Example sentences of "[coord] what [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I just do n't understand how planes work or what keeps them up there . |
| 2 | Well some of the questions you think erm you think erm you know , are n't they a bit well way out or what made them ask that . |
| 3 | Together , these two chapters constitute an attempt to address the question I consider to be of overriding importance , which is not whether male/female differences exist ( they do ) , what they are or what causes them , but what they mean : what significant social uses are made of them , or more accurately of discourse about them . |
| 4 | The categorial distinction between the ‘ levels ’ , and what constitutes them empirically , is not clear . |
| 5 | Because teachers often can not answer the question of why they teach as they do and because they refer to statements such as that they just know what to do or have a feeling or sense about what to do , it has been suggested that what guides teachers in making sense of their work and what commits them to action is a mixture of " personal knowledge , tacit knowledge , routine knowledge … when conscious thought is not permitted the time to percolate and inform practice " ( Simons and Elliott 1989 ) . |
| 6 | And the way you use and what use them for . |
| 7 | Professor Geoffrey Codd of Dundee University said an in depth study of the algae and what made them produce toxins was needed . |
| 8 | How do social workers go about investigating these complaints , and what leads them towards deciding that a child has been abused ? |
| 9 | ‘ Those people who criticise what I do , a lot of them have little perception of how ordinary people actually live their lives and what interests them . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , market operators take due account of exchange rate risk ; and what alarms them is not so much the size , but the direction of a deficit . |
| 11 | and what brings them and thousands like them together is their hobby … their sport … climbing … |
| 12 | They 're unique and what makes them unique is that they do not know it . ’ |
| 13 | A strong interest in people and what makes them tick . |
| 14 | And what makes them love him still ? |
| 15 | They need to be greatly interested in people and what makes them tick . |
| 16 | More and more of his time and budget , Mr Mitchinson said , was spent on research , because ‘ one of the things we do n't talk about enough is who is buying books , what it is they want , and what makes them buy ’ . |
| 17 | Openness , and a spirit of generosity towards other people and what makes them tick , can enable very great barriers to be overcome . |
| 18 | As we have seen the Prague School were also interested in the content of texts as well as their language , but what concerned them was the structure of the content as a self-contained system of signs to be separated out into its different levels , not the overall impression that it conveys . |
| 19 | Imamu and Boo are not similar in the way that they are both the same age or the same colour , but what makes them similar and comparable is that they are both outsiders in society . |
| 20 | But what causes them ? |
| 21 | Investigators were concerned about the exclusion of the normal world and shocked at the preoccupation with aberrant behaviour , but what frightened them most was the failure of the movies to fulfil a clear moral role . |
| 22 | As we lifted it , it came out and banged me on the top there , and it knocked me out , knocked me out and I was going to the doctor , but what frightened them all , this was the funny thing , what frightened them all to death , was the fact that I was violently sick you see , and all was bright red you see , and well the fireman passed out , well , do you know what it was ? we had blackcurrant ! |
| 23 | The soirée seems to be the setting for mere social chit-chat and the group includes breezy social climbers , demure maidens and worried intellectuals but what binds them together , apart from their social exclusivity , is the fear that their class is under threat . |