Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we had eaten in silence I asked him what the trouble was . |
| 2 | I asked him what the problem was and he told us that when people are together and a lot of energy is being created through tension , it can manifest itself in equipment failures . ’ |
| 3 | I asked him what the time was when I rang and he said |
| 4 | But if someone asked me what the " oldest tree in the park " meant , or what " oak " meant , or what the meaning of the sentence as a whole was , I would have to explain to him the meaning of these expressions with the help of some other expressions which he could understand . |
| 5 | ‘ It was rather touching that when I told him who the other members of the cast were — Ian Richardson , Zena Walker and Freddie Jones — he said : ‘ Do they know who it is who 's playing the character ? ’ |
| 6 | If I told you what the wine cost , you would n't dare drink it . ’ |
| 7 | Hairdressers and make-up artists know who 's had what done and where , who 's had whom , when and how , and with what , where and how many times , and in the thirteen years I 've known Lynette , I have never known her betray a confidence , so I tell her what the lump is . |
| 8 | Moderator I tell you what the convenor would say six four O is it for the panel to bring forward a rite or is it for the er committee on worship to bring forward rites ? |
| 9 | I tell you what the littl'un the boy one night . |
| 10 | I tell you what the biggest racist are the black , black , not so much the blacks , are the Asians |
| 11 | I tell you what the sleeves will have to be altered |
| 12 | The may maybe I just comment on that that last that last point , which as I understand it it the the justification for a new settlement is brought about solely by increasing the requirement for Greater York to twelve thousand seven hundred , going through those figures there seems to me , for instance , for both Ryedale and Selby to be more provision than could be met in a single settlement , I I think the the figures put forward by Barton Willmore are more than can be met in existing allocations and a single new settlement of a reasonable size . |
| 13 | Well I suppose you what the thing is we |
| 14 | Nor will I tell you what the letter said . |
| 15 | Well shall I tell you what the directors of the construction company said ? |
| 16 | So I ask them what the land 's like , is there water ? |
| 17 | I use it myself the same way . ’ |
| 18 | It looks like smoked salmon and tastes like nothing on earth , but I gave it her the day before his next ward round . |
| 19 | But thank you all , and I wish you you the members and N C V O itself , every good fortune , and I think we 've had such a good day today , and I think Sir Leonard has shown us a really very clear way forward , and I know that the relationships which already exist , and those which will be developed can only be Thank you all very much for your support and help through those years . |
| 20 | It is theories which tell us what the world is like and we can not make the recourse that empiricist accounts of theory wish to do , to check our theories against a world conceived independently of theories . |
| 21 | I met the then Chairman of the AAA , Bill Ferguson , who asked me what the problem was all about . |
| 22 | And , it was the attitude of the other men going to a , play another school , I came across this man who asked me who the referee was on that particular day ? |
| 23 | But then life is invariably ultimately hard on someone with pretensions beyond their talents and a style best encapsulated in the story told about the boy in his Taunton constituency who asked him what the time was . |
| 24 | I think this was the day you asked me what the quality of life was . |
| 25 | She did n't want to go back to the lies Kate told whenever she asked her what the matter was , to the telephone ringing and the queer , high-pitched voice insisting it was the box-office of the Essoldo Cinema . |
| 26 | She asked me what the time was . |
| 27 | But , in fact , as I pointed out the minute you told me what the letters said , there was n't one line there to connect them with Chambers . |
| 28 | She told him what the old lady had said . |
| 29 | Yeah eight o'clock Wednesday night she showed it us the map . |
| 30 | She tells them where it is , how far , and in what direction ; she tells them what the food tastes and smells like , and she also tells them how good a food source it is . |