Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [verb] what [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are also times when we need to ensure that we understand what is being said , and this can be done by asking simple questions or making comments which help elucidate or develop what the counsellee is saying , such as , ‘ So you think that … ’ , or ‘ You mean that … ‘ , or even ‘ I 'm not sure that I follow what you mean … |
| 2 | The Recommendations look to the future and describe what the author of the report thinks should be done about the problem that has been the subject of so much investigation . |
| 3 | The committee carried out a range of fascinating research and confirmed what the public knew already , namely that the ham sandwiches available in motorway cafeterias had a tendency to be ‘ thin , tasteless ham in soggy bread ’ . |
| 4 | You must penetrate the disguise and discover what the question is really about . |
| 5 | Of course , back then , the proles could n't get enough of me , waving their grotty flags at the wedding and saying what a breath of fresh air I was and calling their filthy little daughters Sarah . |
| 6 | For example , in a normal conversation between a child and an adult , if the child said ‘ er … um ’ or looked puzzled in response to a question , the adult would attempt to resolve what appeared to be some problem of understanding by rephrasing the question or asking what the problem was . |
| 7 | However , no amount of relationship building will replace hard work and accomplishing what the public relations campaign set out to do . |
| 8 | Again , however , he spoke in general terms about greater competitiveness and supplying what the market wants but failed to suggest what steps he intended to take . |
| 9 | When asked to clarify his intended future playing policy , he said : ‘ Have a look and see what the team does in Spain , see how it plays and then we 'll talk about it . ’ |
| 10 | Right , so now we 've got round to what we can do for the casualty , let's have a look and see what the body 's trying to do here and then we 'll say how you 'll help them a bit more . |
| 11 | This is to keep sight of the positives for so often professionals working with very vulnerable elderly people focus on the pathology and forget what the client may have going for her/him . |
| 12 | As we discuss the changing role of the traditional high-street off-licence , it is all too plain that none of the first six customers have browsed or bought wine or done what the market research says they should be doing . |
| 13 | It 'll be worse now , in retrospect , it 'll worse phoning Amy up at that moment and asking what the name was . |
| 14 | Isabel stared up at the royal castle high on its hill overlooking the town and wondered what the grim stone fortress would mean to her . |
| 15 | When I was a schoolgirl some friends took me on to a farm and I used to watch the milking and think what a grand life it was , so healthy , not at all like life in the pits and the factories . |
| 16 | He would have survived if he had accepted the plan in the first place and done what the Corporation had wanted him to do instead of putting forward his own counter proposals . |
| 17 | Using this assumption , combined with general knowledge of the world , the receiver can reason from the literal , semantic meaning of what is said to the pragmatic meaning and induce what the sender is intending to do with his or her words . |
| 18 | Maguire will surely be champion jockey in due course but appreciates what a long haul he has ahead of him this season . |
| 19 | Do the procedures allow each side to have its say and know what the other side are saying ? |
| 20 | We were all caught up in the shock and wondered what the significance was . |
| 21 | ‘ The truth in question is hidden , lying concealed beneath appearances ; we must then inquire , since its nature is not open to us , whether it is still possible to know it through some sign and whether we have a criterion by which we may recognize the sign and judge what the thing truly is . ’ |
| 22 | On the other hand , if there are no others in the field , an offer of , say , 2½ per cent less than the asking price could be made ; and if the house is somewhat overpriced , try an offer between 5 and 10 per cent less than the asking price and see what the reaction is . |
| 23 | During his campaign Mr Pink appeared in national newspapers , on television and wrote what the tribunal heard was a ‘ torrent of words , ’ including letters to the Prime Minister . |
| 24 | Probably as the snorting monsters emerged from the Black Hole of Balcombe in a cloud of smoke and steam , a merry crowd of villagers who watched from the top of the embankment gave a wary cheer and wondered what the world was coming to ! |
| 25 | My plea : give the Hesketh Hubbard society or similar a stand again so that people can escape the hurly-burly to an oasis of calm and do what the like best : draw ! |
| 26 | My plea : give the Hesketh Hubbard society or similar a stand again so that people can escape the hurly-burly to an oasis of calm and do what the like best : draw ! |
| 27 | Margaret Ramsay explores the problems stress can bring to the workplace and suggests what a company needs to be checking out . |
| 28 | Here , adult contributions might be reasonably elaborate , in that they might add new information or extend what the child has said . |
| 29 | She could n't find her handkerchief and said what a nuisance it is not to have pockets in frocks . |
| 30 | The research aims to describe how police authorities give effect to this duty and to analyse what the consequences of their adopting different strategies — formal consultative committees , public opinion surveys , informal liaison etc — are for the work of police authorities , for policing priorities and for police management practice . |