Example sentences of "[to-vb] [Wh det] i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And for , our children when they grow up cos I had three children nearly every one that had come into the town had little ones so you see we were trying to build a town for our children to benefit which I do n't know whether you think that it 's a town worth living in but I think that we have done very well and it 's a town that is caring for such as the elderly they really do care ! |
| 2 | I was wearier , I was more tolerant , that was the only difference and that change only enabled me the better to accept what I 'd always been . |
| 3 | And I said I wished I could go and sniff the various scents to see which I liked best . |
| 4 | To explore what I mean further , I want to examine some data collected as part of a larger project looking at children and television . |
| 5 | The evidence of these obstacles and resistances is plain enough , not only in the slow , uncertain and frequently subverted extension of the right to vote which I have already indicated , but in the bitter hostility and violence that has always been directed against the attempts of ordinary citizens and workers to organize themselves in trade unions , cooperatives , community action groups , and similar bodies . |
| 6 | I 've got to do what I set out to do , Tom . |
| 7 | Why , I 'm going to do what I set out to do at the start — I 'm going to make sure that bastard marries you ! ’ |
| 8 | I wanted nothing more , though I think Dana must have wanted other things that I never thought of offering him ; with him alone I would have been happy to do what I had always denied others . |
| 9 | If you will contain yourself in reasonable patience , and permit me to do what I came here to do , we will all be better off ! |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm going to do what I came here to do in the first place . |
| 11 | ‘ I asked my childminder to do what I do when Laura is naughty , and that is tap her on the hand and tell her ‘ no ’ — and that is all , ’ she explained . |
| 12 | Without her and Aubrey 's help and guidance , I would n't be able to do what I do today . |
| 13 | To do what I do well , be proud of it , and watch it knowing that it was bloody good and entirely born of me . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm going to do what I have n't done in five years : please myself . |
| 15 | ‘ The workers in our group already have lots of knitting to do what I need now is another group of volunteers , ’ Moira said . |
| 16 | At the time I did n't believe him because I was n't used to hearing the truth from people 's lips , preferring to believe what I thought rather than what I heard . |
| 17 | I do , however , keep giving the actors directions which belong to a five-week rehearsal period and then have to tell them to forget what I 've just said . |
| 18 | Oh what 's that one Bare Naked Ladies , I 'd better not play that just at the moment oh what 's this one oh Billy Joel so so I 'd better take that out you I 'm always tempted to forget what I 've actually played and what I 'm not going to play . |
| 19 | I have n't told my husband about this and I do n't want my ex to spoil what I have now . |
| 20 | I shall not attempt to repeat what I said then , for repetition makes bores of us all in the House ; I am glad , however , that the scepticism that greeted what I had to say about the benefits of a single European currency has since been replaced by understanding and support in several quarters . |
| 21 | Oh it 's gon na take me half an hour to decide what I want now , I 'm in that kind of mood ! |
| 22 | To avoid this happening to me , I am being careful to describe what I saw as exactly and carefully as possible . |
| 23 | You only have to read the last dozen AAIB accident reports to see what I mean there . |
| 24 | Went about quarter past one little clock these cards to see what I says so . |
| 25 | She seemed not to notice what I realised almost at once — that Lili 's memory differed , not in essentials , but in flavour , from her own . |
| 26 | In the early stages of a book I always write out two things : one , the plot , that is , the murder and how it happened and perhaps how eventually it will be seen for what it is ; two , the story ( which to make what I mean even clear to myself I generally label " The Storyline " ) , that is , in very rough outline what happens first and what happens next and next and next . |