Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [verb] what " in BNC.
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| 1 | This meant in practice that magistrates had less say in determining what happened to children in trouble while social workers gained more say . |
| 2 | Record s of achievement record positive achievements and the student has a large say in selecting what is to be recorded . |
| 3 | It has been suggested that such small cups and a pebble were an ancient form of mortar and pestle for grinding what ? |
| 4 | People are quite good at covering things up ; they say , I do n't know very much about literary theory , you talk to so and so down the corridor ; or Well , I do n't know African writing , but So-and-So does , and then people offer options on them , that to some extent is what we do here , within a framework of a fairly traditional English structure … people manage by excluding what they do n't want to deal with , really . |
| 5 | We begin by defining what we mean by these terms . |
| 6 | Rose points to a developmental model of the growth of government which suggests that governments usually begin by adopting what he terms defining functions ' . |
| 7 | I begin by echoing what the hon. Member for Leeds , Central ( Mr. Fatchett ) said about the interim advisory body . |
| 8 | These days I wear what I like without caring what anybody else thinks . |
| 9 | set to disputing what kind of punishment |
| 10 | But , apart from the fact that there are some patients who , however straightforward their problem may seem , insist upon knowing what caused it in the first place , self-understanding is the key to the successful resolution of any emotional problem . |
| 11 | They say to others what we believe they want to hear , or refrain from saying what we believe they do not want to hear . |
| 12 | I believe in wearing what you feel comfortable , you work better and er like the block , well you 'd , right after we 'd cut anything we 'd just |
| 13 | ‘ It 's just that in life we believe in doing what you want to do . |
| 14 | Other relatives and professionals collude in ignoring what they in fact know-that these people have lived together sexually , domestically and financially as if they were married . |
| 15 | By contrast , the leading British electronics firms rely on making what are called ‘ specials ’ . |
| 16 | Do n't at this stage put any effort into deciding what you learned — just concentrate on describing what actually happened . |
| 17 | If we press this and insist on doubting what the humanist holds as indubitable , we uncover a hornet 's nest of assumptions and presuppositions which are far from being rationally indubitable . |
| 18 | We never end up doing what we want . |
| 19 | The latter can become a point of pride and end in denying what it set out to affirm . |
| 20 | During the lunch break I might have one more go at seeing what all the bloody fuss is about over that sobbing pop LP by Tori Amos . |
| 21 | We do n't ask or even think of asking what justifies them . |
| 22 | Such rules are not mere statistical abstractions but are directly discoverable , as we will attempt to show , in the accounts which football fans and schoolroom ‘ trouble makers ’ offer in explaining what they do and why they do it . |
| 23 | These parents require extensive support , guidance , and help in learning what to do . |
| 24 | By ‘ blimpish ’ The Times presumably means that the directors it so describes show an obstinate and blinkered lack of concern for the national economic interest , and persist in pursuing what they judge to be the more immediate interests of the companies they direct . |
| 25 | I suppose the main difference I notice about living in the two environments is how my dress is n't bound by convention on the island , I just stick to wearing what is most comfortable . |
| 26 | It is not the question of what in general we say when we assert such conditionals , or what they are about , but the question of what reasons we have for saying what we do . |
| 27 | ‘ Just pray by reciting what I told you this morning , ’ the mother persuaded her . |