Example sentences of "[noun] what [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruth took a deep breath and summoned all her courage to put into words what she had decided after her sleepless night at Mrs Taylor 's . |
| 2 | This is accompanied by a status LED , to let you know at a glance what you 've selected . |
| 3 | ‘ It falls to me , as it did first with Peter Shilton and then with Terry Butcher , to place on record on behalf of the Football Association what he has done for his country . |
| 4 | It was now dusk but the old librarian had the sconce torches lit and gave Corbett what he had requested , a candle and a battered copy of the ‘ Sic et Non ’ , the brilliant satire on scholastic theology by the Parisian scholar , Abelard , who had lost his family as well as his testicles for ridiculing the theologians and then compounding his sin by falling in love with a woman . |
| 5 | When we went to er Zoe 's place there they 'd got some tins , that Megazone tin what I 've got |
| 6 | Though Musgrave did not bring himself to ask the soldier what he had seen , his impression was ‘ that Aimable had not been fattened up to the mark of the visitor 's large expectations ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ I get involved in many different projects and I can to a certain degree prioritise what I want to do . |
| 8 | Is that you you must give in our tender documents , we must tell the contractor what he has to allow for in his price . |
| 9 | Asked in Tuesday 's programme what he does to relax after a match , Mungall replied : ‘ These days I go to the Sponsors Lounge to collect the Man of the Match champagne ! ’ |
| 10 | It was her habit after the lecture on the theory of economics , which she found particularly intractable as a subject , to take her notes ( she was a sparse but efficient notetaker ) to a quiet table by the window , drink some coffee and study what she had written down . |
| 11 | We can do the work by using photographs or drawings initially , but it 's often more exciting for the children to make the images themselves , perhaps later drawing what they have done in comic strip form , making their own comic based on the story that 's been created in the drama . |
| 12 | The difference between tactics and strategy " is that tactics covers what you need to do at the moment and strategy provides the broad guidelines that determine over-all direction . |
| 13 | It is possible to get round the need to refer to yourself by using the following devices , which can be varied in order to avoid any over-formulaic effect : — Adverbs and adverbial expressions Instead of " I think it is likely that … " use " Arguably … " ( but bear in mind what we have said about " arguably " above , Chapter 3 , p. 68 ) . |
| 14 | I agree with the county court judge , in that I do not think that Lord Greene had in mind what we have to consider here , namely , the position of a tenant , a person who has been a statutory tenant ( I am not begging the question by using the word ‘ tenant ’ but it is a convenient expression ) between the time when the order for possession is made and the time when it falls to be executed having regard to a suspension granted under section 5(2) of the Act of 1920 . |
| 15 | about school er further education on , on the magazine and I felt that perhaps , bearing in mind what he 'd said earlier about I have n't had any contact with you for thirteen years , that might have been something that you could 've you know reinforced a bit well we 've now got financial advisers , the other thing or one of the other things we 're doing is , is this contact magazine which we 're sending out to policy holders and it , you know , it helps to bridge the gap as it were . |
| 16 | Each student can make up a package of tests to go for ; he may repeat those that he fails , without the social disaster of being kept down a year ; and he may make up a mix of practical and theoretical according to a plan worked out with his class teacher , and bearing in mind what he aims to do next . |
| 17 | I 'll bear in mind what you 've told me . ’ |
| 18 | In the second case a woman asking questions about her leg ulcer was told , ‘ Look , dear , you go away and make up your mind what you want done , and then we might be able to help you . ’ |
| 19 | Try not to do it as you go , I mean , try to have a very definite idea in your mind what you want to do cos otherwise , you know , you start off , you 've painted half of it grey and think oh do n't like it like this bit ! |
| 20 | If you can make up your mind what you want to eat then there is a unique goal . |
| 21 | Whatever you decide , bearing in mind what I have written above , you should not be disappointed . |
| 22 | Subsection ( 2 ) , concerned with payments when administration orders are in force , provides clear support for the view that the draftsman had in mind what I have described as the natural meaning of the word depositor in this context . |
| 23 | She had replayed in her mind what she had overheard , over and over again , and each time she tried to ignore his words at the end . |
| 24 | They usually , you know , say on the telly what they intend doing ! |
| 25 | Them packets what they had to do . |
| 26 | The ingredient that champions have is that they practice what they need to learn . ’ |
| 27 | Naturally , Mother began to put into practice what she had learned at Helmsley . |
| 28 | Family health services authorities have found themselves acting with and on behalf of district health authorities wanting to get closer to general practitioners and to understand better what they want purchased . |
| 29 | No-one knows better what it takes to make a championship-winning team . |
| 30 | While he and Blanche hummed up in the lift to the conference room , Dexter told the superintendent what he had found out at the dry cleaner 's . |