Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] [Wh det] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not for me to say what the states should do although I have a personal view . |
| 2 | ‘ Then you must also realize that for me to do what the Brigadier suggests would be a betrayal of everything my father stood for and gave his life for . ’ |
| 3 | It would be wrong for me to anticipate what the final conclusions of CAJEC , and the Councils of the Institutes ( which will ultimately have to make the decision on the current ‘ hot ’ topics ) will be . |
| 4 | Her eyes sought out his to divine what the real mood was : Hope jammed her gaze with a glazed and bland smile . |
| 5 | That evening , I went to see King Lear at the Old Vic , but I was unable to shake off my self-pity and I could n't for the life of me see what the old git was moaning about . |
| 6 | We came at last to his office which was basically a roomette like my own : that is to say , it was a seven-by-four-foot space on one side of a central corridor , containing a washbasin , a folding table and two seats , one of which concealed what the timetable coyly called ‘ facilities ’ . |
| 7 | All of which suggests what the drafts of the poems confirm — that he knew , or wanted to know , exactly what he was doing . |
| 8 | Do any of you know what the law is called that gives you your rights when you buy |
| 9 | He said , ‘ Neither of us knew what the other was doing . |
| 10 | It is important for you to understand what the physiotherapist does , so that you can follow any instructions the physiotherapist gives you for remedial work at home , and can appreciate the patient 's progress . |
| 11 | It seems to me that you get these big moments in the life of the church , as you do in the life of any institution , historically speaking , and it takes a long time for you to discover what the effect of them is going to be . |
| 12 | ‘ I ca n't imagine Blenkinsop 's going to come up with anything to match what the Admiral had disinterred . |
| 13 | It has occurred to me to wonder what the previous experience has been of youngsters who savagely assault old people , whether they have ever been close to an old person . |
| 14 | The Lord Chancellor said that the new conveyancing scheme , ‘ seems to me to show what the Law Society can do by way of setting appropriate standards of service to the public . |
| 15 | twelve months ' M O T just to what to pay what the lad had offered it |
| 16 | And it 's up to us to negotiate what the potential amount they want . |
| 17 | Research studies , however , including ( … ) those of Wolkind and Kozaruk ( 1983 ) on children placed through the Adoption Resource Exchange , and Reich and Lewis ( 1986 ) , and Maca-skill ( 1985a ) concerning the agency Parents for Children , indicate that children who have been placed against their parents ' wishes seem to be settling quite well , but there are insufficient numbers , followed up for insufficiently long , for us to know what the impact of adoption of older children without consent is going to be in the long term . |
| 18 | He admits : ‘ The verdict was such a shock , but it 's only as time goes by you realise what the implications are . |