Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] what be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do not be limited by seeing only what is said . |
| 2 | Will be passed on , but in this instance they all need to be shown how to work it , yes , mhm , so that concerned me a little bit , apparently because they were holding the mike right up to their mouth and it was distorting terribly what 's going on up there |
| 3 | And I always spend the greater part of the first session explaining just what is going to happen and how he is going to feel ; as a result I hope that , by the time we begin the hypnosis itself , the patient will have had all his questions answered and his fears allayed , and will have begun to feel confidence in me and what I am about to do . |
| 4 | But this abolishes , in effect the distinction between particulars and universals , while leaving us with the problem of explaining just what is meant by " different " places and " different " times . |
| 5 | He worked frantically to help the casualties , tearing up what was left of his linen for bandages and soaking them in olive oil and wax to apply to bums . |
| 6 | He slurped as noisily as a ravenous dog , mopping up what was left with hard crusts of bread which Father Peter shoved before him on a wooden platter . |
| 7 | No matter how Boswell did it physically — and later it will transpire that he wrote some of it in a notebook Johnson gave him ; no matter how he proceeded editorially , whether through a combination of this abbreviated writing , then checking afterwards what was said , and finally choosing — or agreeing — how much of Johnson 's commentary and observation he should release , Boswell achieved something at least as important as a legally accurate record — he created , above everything , the feel of a full account . |
| 8 | These criticisms take two main forms , the first is the difficulty in actually finding data which unequivocally support any of the hypotheses , the second is the problem of deciding exactly what is meant by arousal . |
| 9 | The 1944 Education Act provided for this by drawing up what is called the dual system of county schools ( ie non-denominational ) and Aided Schools whether Catholic or Church of England where a denominational education and environment would be provided . |
| 10 | So sorting out what is going on in an ERP is like untangling a complex bundle of many different strands of similar wool with one hand tied behind the back . |
| 11 | We did n't tell anyone , and I took things very quietly , doing exactly what was advised and taking it one day at a time . |
| 12 | If we had no possibility of observing directly what was holding it up , we could still argue that something must be there . |
| 13 | The first is the difficulty of stipulating when a sound-change is completed ( this is amply demonstrated by the history of ( h ) , above ) , and hence the difficulty of saying precisely what is meant by ‘ sound-change ’ . |
| 14 | So in a way I welcome the fact that these figures bear a little more relationship to the real situation er than last year 's did , but we 're still a long way short of knowing exactly what 's going on . |
| 15 | ‘ No , ’ she refused , knowing exactly what was coming next . |
| 16 | Knowing exactly what was coming next , and her heart aching for poor Phena , Ellie said softly , ‘ And she could n't find any record of a David Anthony Kent having been born , having even existed — and so knew that her mother had lied . ’ |
| 17 | But although the distinction between reformist and revolutionary parties may thus become somewhat blurred — and the sharpness of the distinction is further diminished by the difficulty of determining precisely what is to count as a fundamental change in a social system — it remains an important one , compared with which many other distinctions that have been made between parties , and between party systems , seem less significant . |
| 18 | This is because The Stock Exchange , from , 1979 onwards , began to modernise its clearing-system by introducing progressively what is known as TALISMAN . |
| 19 | The southern aspect is dominated by Leo , with the famous pattern making up what is termed the Sickle ; to find it , use the Pointers , Dubhe and Merak in the Bear , in the direction away from Polaris . |
| 20 | She was also marvellously quick in carrying out what was asked of her . |
| 21 | Because he goes around the country with his tape recorder finding out what 's going on . |
| 22 | Early suggested people was just checking him out , finding out what 's going on they 'd send the feelers out . |
| 23 | Nonetheless , every detail you can obtain from a crime , or witness 's statement , the better you chances of finding out what 's happening around here ! |
| 24 | For example , a historian will be interested in finding out what is written on a sheet of medieval vellum , whereas an archaeologist will want to know what animal skin was used , how the vellum was made , and what pigments were used for the ink . |
| 25 | Intervention also occurs because of the difficulty for the controlling authorities in finding out what is going on within the company and ensuring that policies are implemented in practice . |
| 26 | I was one of the first ones to be flown out and then there was a postal hold-up so I had real trouble finding out what was going on , and also trying to organise to have him brought home . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , ’ he continues , clearing up what 's left of the cheese and pineapple sticks . |
| 28 | and he 's having a punch up with his brother and he keeps letting his brother hit him he 's got this holographic image he , who accompanies him with this fucking computer , and working out what 's going on why they 're there sort of thing cos he goes back in into to different times to help these people out |
| 29 | Quite simply this means working out what is needed and seeing how you can supply it . |