Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] what the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , I do n't think I knew what the word ‘ erudite ’ meant until I met Kenneth . |
| 2 | As the shock receded , Charles found himself wondering what the disagreement had really been about . |
| 3 | England found nobody to do what the Pakistan quickies — Wasim Akram in particular — had done to them . |
| 4 | D' ya know what the axis is ? |
| 5 | D' ya know what the sales code does on your B M S ? |
| 6 | Well I do n't know you know what the name we 've used |
| 7 | D' you remember what the papers and TV said about it , Mr Barnes ? ’ |
| 8 | She had spent a sleepless night agonising over what had happened between herself and David and she found herself dreading what the atmosphere would be like between them . |
| 9 | It had been a slip on Doreen 's part , Lucy recalled as she found herself wondering what the situation had been with Clive . |
| 10 | ‘ We want him to see what the reality is , compared with the tabloid myth , ’ said a party organiser . |
| 11 | The twinkle in his eye was reassuring , but when we tied up at Tobermory and the purser pointed out to sea where a group of small rocks ( or so it seemed ) showed strung out on the horizon like a mother duck with her ducklings after her , I felt a cowardly twinge , and found myself wondering what the ‘ relatively mod cons ’ could be . |
| 12 | Er now let's go back over oh first of all let me explain what the idea is Hello . |
| 13 | Let me know what the prospects are . ’ |
| 14 | If we take sentences without contexts and devise interpretations for them on the basis of the mutual compatibility or otherwise of the type-meaning of the words in them , we are putting ourselves under constraints which have nothing to do with syntax ; by thus restricting and deforming our appreciations of the structure we prevent ourselves seeing what the effect of the syntax , qua syntax , is . |
| 15 | Herein lay a paradox : the PSBC was ‘ patronage [ good ] , that is , supporting projects of merit and quality ’ , whereas ‘ paternalism ’ [ bad ] referred to institutions , such as the BBC , which believed they knew what the public needed . |
| 16 | Let us consider what the interviewer is trying to do when seeking an interview and what the reaction of the informant may be . |
| 17 | … let us see what the statement of claim alleges , or rather does not allege . |
| 18 | So let us see what the questionnaire can tell us . |
| 19 | I know that Coventry is nowhere near Calderdale , but let us see what the hon. Gentleman can do . |
| 20 | Under the first few sample questions are guidelines to help you understand what the interviewer is hoping to find out so that you can construct replies which show why you are the candidate who should get the job . |
| 21 | You can use the REM statement to put remarks and comments in to your program to help you remember what the various bits of your program do . |
| 22 | ‘ I think that in any case technological developments ensure that there is no point in trying to propagandize or conceal , because people have access to the truth — at least , in theory they have access to more data that will enable them to determine what the truth of a matter is — through satellites , facsimiles , etc . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm encouraging people to diversity , so I 've got to let them know what the pitfalls are . ’ |
| 24 | What , at least it will enable you to know what the tropical species are because some of them have got quite weird and wonderful names and most people do n't know what some of them are . |
| 25 | The names of these are , to say the least , a little esoteric , but , thankfully , as in almost every area of this program , and animated preview is available to let you see what the final effect is like . |
| 26 | ‘ We said prayers for his recovery and Tony 's dad has promised to keep in touch to let us know what the latest is . |
| 27 | ‘ I believe I know what the club need to check the slide . |
| 28 | I find that whenever I notice some sentence in context , I immediately find myself asking what the effect would have been if the context had been slightly different . |
| 29 | From this it follows that we could give some account of what it might mean to ‘ change the context ’ in the sense in which Fillmore ( 1977 : 119 ) envisages this when he says ‘ I … find myself asking what the effect would have been if the context had been slightly different . ’ |
| 30 | But this was just a dentist 's waiting room and it made him wonder what the rest of the house would be like . |