Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pron] [verb] what " in BNC.
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| 1 | These kids have to have a structure , and to know that you mean what you say . ’ |
| 2 | And I think you know me well enough by now , Bella , to know that I get what I want . ’ |
| 3 | Thus , intergenerational expectations are created ; we say that we know what it is like to be a child ; we have some understanding of the needs , joys and sorrows of childhood ‘ from the inside ’ . |
| 4 | They found that he knew what he wanted ; that he was persuasive in trying to get it ; that what he wanted was good ; and they suddenly realized that this new young professor dragged them into the twentieth century . |
| 5 | The jury found that she understood what she was doing but that her signature had been procured by her husband 's influence . |
| 6 | Although this questionnaire was based upon insights from case studies of self-evaluation in Solihull secondary schools , it was of course inevitable that some Solihull teachers might not consider that it asked what were , for them , the most pertinent questions . |
| 7 | The other holds that we discover what we have to say through the process of writing — D. H. Lawrence would support this view . |
| 8 | I do n't know if you know what it is to work every day as if your life depended on it , to work until you feel you are going to bust a gut , until you want to cry or howl at yourself because your own body is so stubborn . |
| 9 | I do n't know if you realize what hell it is to leave the life one leads , and go to a new city where one knows no-one and nowhere to go . |
| 10 | But skipper Dave Watson revealed : ‘ Tony was disappointed at being dropped and he said what he felt at the time . |
| 11 | Fifth , last night was the most important night of my life so far , and I 'd very much like to know if you meant what you said to me when we were making love , Virginia . |
| 12 | So we can talk about what we want and you know what we 're interested in , in the most |
| 13 | This repeated question is very successful in reducing others to furious but impotent silence , but there is very little to be learnt from it as it stands until we know what lies behind it . |
| 14 | She said where 's that fucking Tara she gone for a fucking blow again and they 're all laughing and she said what are you fucking bastards laughing at and there 's Tara there with tears down her face Tara tried to tell her she fell off the chair well that was it . |
| 15 | And they all started laughing and I wondered what they were laughing at . |
| 16 | If you want if we do what I to do |
| 17 | erm , well I think it 's , do , erm I do n't know whether you understand what 's been asked doctor it cou it 's a question of costs , er normally where er matters erm are dealt with in chambers for in counsel appear then erm these counsel do n't get paid for the other side erm unless there is certificate for counsel as I understand it , were the , were the counsel appeared before the Judge erm they are entitled to their costs and this is er an appeal to the Judge , but er what I think Mr is saying is , in case he happens to be wrong in that he would like an order that er his fees should be proper fees of the defen of the plaintiffs on this appeal and er such as you could say seems to me that er , that is a , that would be proper |
| 18 | There 's just one thing I need to know before I start what does a washing machine look like ? |
| 19 | He reminded himself of the details and exulted as he saw what he could do with it . |
| 20 | God knows I tried when I realised what was happening to us , although it was like a starving man walking away from food for me . |
| 21 | We grow in grace , we grow as we learn what God teaches us . |
| 22 | ‘ So you already had a flight booked when you heard what had happened ? ’ |
| 23 | Her heart sank as she realized what she had laid herself open to . |
| 24 | The others pushed on past him in the doorway , but they too stopped when they saw what was revealed on the other side of the windows . |
| 25 | When people came in to choose a light fitting , how often do you think that they considered what they wanted the light for , or whether they liked , or whether they choose it because they liked the style of the design of the light fitting ? |
| 26 | 4 Do you think that he gets what he deserves ? 5 Have you ever been showing off and something has happened to you ? 6 Why do you think we like it when people who are being bigheaded get show up ? |
| 27 | I know , I know , I know I should n't be angry cos it 's not , you know , obviously you 're not gon na think every time someone says they fancy you you 're not gon na think oh God he 's lying , there 's no reason , you should n't ever think that I mean what they 're doing now is just making you into a paranoid wreck . |
| 28 | Then later , couple of months later when we found that list checked that we understood what the list meant and we presented that list to our church meeting . |
| 29 | ‘ Would you prefer that I do what some man should have done years ago ? |
| 30 | I mean once I know what a thing is |