Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [Wh adv] [pers pn] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are some very good science programs on TV , but others present scientific wonders simply as magic , without explaining them or showing how they fit into the framework of scientific ideas . |
| 2 | Self-sealing cartridges have built-in valves and can be fitted or removed whenever you want . |
| 3 | Spectacles are not allowed , so if you ca n't see well enough without them but want to compete anyway you should either get a pair of soft contact lenses or see how you manage without glasses . |
| 4 | Better to knowing now than to know when you arrive there . |
| 5 | I am running a 1986 V8 County 90 which at 25,000 miles has no more than normal backlash in the transmission line , yet a most irritating noise has developed which can only be described as a clunk that occurs whenever I apply or lift off the throttle in any gear . |
| 6 | Make a list of words that describe how you think Brian Smart would feel about coming to school each day . |
| 7 | First , it makes the differences seem natural and inevitable — rather than questioning where they come from and what social functions they serve , readers are urged to accept and adjust to them . |
| 8 | It 's the job that dictates where we live now , I 'm afraid . |
| 9 | Briefly , er I think that explains why we have n't got the erm item mentioned in paragraph seven . |
| 10 | . During this first hit it 's important to get the speed of the lawn , try and judge where you want the ball to end up to . |
| 11 | You can ask for the visits to be extended , but before you get that you 're taken to the governor and asked why you want it longer and who is coming to visit you . |
| 12 | Many plants spread naturally in this way , their flexible stems arching down and rooting where they rest on the ground , and gardeners have adopted this method for woody subjects otherwise difficult to propagate . |
| 13 | As a result of all this they realised that to complete the measurements on the range of electrodes and to see how they depend on the other experimental conditions would take nearly three years . |
| 14 | That is , going through various categories — education , qualifications , experience , etc. , and seeing how they match up with the picture of the ideal candidate which you built up . |
| 15 | ‘ We learn by just popping things in and seeing how they do . ’ |
| 16 | Well you start going for the paper and seeing how you like walking right under the ! |
| 17 | And we , can go and eat wherever we want . |
| 18 | Having criticized the limits of the antiracist account of racism , this is an appropriate point at which to explicate my own conception of racism and to indicate why I think it is more persuasive ( cf. |
| 19 | Ryan he says it 's foolish , cards , he says mum when you just , you just put them somewhere and forget where you put them , so he says I 've decided to buy you oh this looks a lovely one |
| 20 | YOU have a chance to alter the top line ( membership ) , if not you , as members , can look at the expenditure sheet and suggest where we start making cuts . |
| 21 | ‘ Outside the churches of St Cuthbert , he is allowing his men to ravage and rob where they wish , and at leisure . |
| 22 | At this point you should go through the exercise on the senses and underline where you have used either a simile or a metaphor . |
| 23 | Trivers imagined that reciprocal altruism would evolve in species capable of recognising individuals and remembering how they behave , and of behaving differently towards different partners . |
| 24 | Try to code the acts according to the Sinclair and Coulthard system and show how they combine into motives and exchanges . |
| 25 | I would suggest that a more natural and more effective approach would be to reverse this traditional pedagogic dependency , begin with lexical items and show how they need to be grammatically modified to be communicatively effective . |
| 26 | What the court must do therefore is take into account all the relevant factors and consider how they affect or are likely to affect the child . |
| 27 | The first part introduces the characters and shows how they set the action going because of their relationship or attitude to each other . |
| 28 | This chapter first presents some general findings about the cost of community services for different types of dementia sufferer , and shows how they increase over time . |
| 29 | About picking up the pieces and wondering where we go from there , even though I know there are other things he 's interested in . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's no use me doing nothing now and wondering why we 've got a problem in March . ’ |