Example sentences of "[verb] [Wh det] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I — she — there was something she wanted to know which I can now tell her . ’ |
| 2 | It introduced entirely new aerodynamic principles to kiting which we shall describe under ‘ Foils ’ later , and because of its efficiency , it has been applied to power-kiting with some astonishing results , not least being measured speeds approaching 195km/h ( 120mph ) in horizontal flight . |
| 3 | Richard Marpole highlights what you can see country-wide and outlines a fascinating walk in the Norfolk Broads |
| 4 | Please send what you can to WOMAN Appeal , Dr Judith Ennew , Director Care International , FREEPOST , London E17 3BR . |
| 5 | The fountains in the Piazza Navona , and then the Fontana di Trevi , and the Campo de ’ Fiori where we can buy what we 'll need for our picnic — ’ |
| 6 | I er I remember always do n't buy what you ca n't afford do n't get anything unless you can pay for it . |
| 7 | In other words Locke argues on the basis of his general notion of the relationship between the individual and God and the individual and his fellow human beings , erm Locke argues that the individual in the state of nature has what one may fairly call legislative and executive authority over others . |
| 8 | Second , the defendant has what one might term the ‘ lawful motivation ’ , believing that the actions taken were right and proper . |
| 9 | Yes , I , I 'd give you two , one is my favourite of all shrub roses which is Fantan la tour which has what one can only describe as loosened sort of shaggy shell pink flowers with the most exquisite perfume , it 's a , it 's an untidy flower like the old shrub roses really should be the best of them erm and a very pale shell pink , a wonderful variety , not particularly repeat flowering , relatively short flowering season but so wonderful when it is in flower and the other one , er she says she does n't like red , now is n't really red , it 's a very very deep reddish purple and it 's a variety called Tuscany Superb and I grow Tuscany Superb in my garden alongside er some fennel , a foliage fennel plant and the feathery fennel together with , almost the aniseed aroma of the fennel together with these deep deep purple flowers of Tuscany Superb is absolutely wonderful , it 's actually on the edge of my herb garden . |
| 10 | Each language has what we might call general preferences for certain patterns of reference as well as specific preferences that are sensitive to text type . |
| 11 | In brief , he has to step back two generations and undergo what one may call a painful cultural circumcision ( God 's Lively People , Fontana , 1971 ) . |
| 12 | I quickly capture what I can on film . |
| 13 | When Mrs Reynolds came to visit her husband , the staff nurse spent some time with them both explaining what they should expect immediately after the operation and she arranged for Mrs Reynolds to telephone the ward the following afternoon . |
| 14 | In that envelope is a letter explaining what I would like . |
| 15 | Mr Walden has spoken to farmers in his constituency about the issue and has been explaining what he 'll be telling Mr Gummer . |
| 16 | She did not doubt what it would be : suicide while the balance of Liza 's mind was disturbed . |
| 17 | ( In exactly the same way , congenitally blind people can understand the physics of vision , but are unable to conceive what it would be like to experience seeing , for example , different colours . |
| 18 | Please send whatever you can . |
| 19 | To believe that people have been sensible of God in other ages is not however to accept what I may call the ‘ vehicle ’ of the Christian myth which has carried their religious sensibilities . |
| 20 | So Tallis described what she could sense , and then they moved on through the silent and deathly place , watching the dying and the dead with caution . |
| 21 | To a hushed court Dr Howe described what he would do if the court granted the application . |
| 22 | They suggest what I shall argue : that integrity rather than some superstition of elegance is the life of law as we know it . |
| 23 | And I realise what I can do . ’ |
| 24 | We 're brought up short when we recollect what we used to know — useless knowledge , if we work in an ad agency or a civil engineer 's office , the mere residue of an undirected education — but knowledge which is still appealing , for all its uselessness . |
| 25 | Most seemed to know what one should do there in a variety of situations in order to be an accepted member . |
| 26 | In 1874 she planned the Association of Headmistresses in order that head teachers should ‘ hold conferences occasionally in order to know what we ought to assert and what surrender ’ . |
| 27 | The right hon. Gentleman wants to know what we shall not accept from Europe . |
| 28 | This she protested against very strongly , on the ground that she had known many missed and some murdered who essayed to travel round that way in the night ; not that she thought such dark deeds as robbery would be perpetrated by any of the islanders , ‘ But you see , sir , the island is very near the sea , and all sorts of men are sailing round about , an ’ when they 've spent all their own earnings on drink , it 's hard to know what they 'll no' do to try and get more . ’ |
| 29 | It is important to understand how managers perceive their role in organisations and to know what they would class as good management practice to understand why they themselves do things . |
| 30 | Golly it 'd be interesting to know what they 'd make of this tape for the next couple of hours . |