Example sentences of "[to-vb] [Wh adv] [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Huy could see no mark on the body to indicate how she had died . |
| 2 | Both Betty and Lydia found this odd and wanted to know how they 'd managed . |
| 3 | He did not want his girlfriend to know how he had deceived her with another woman . |
| 4 | He describes an extraordinary incident when , after top police officers had left , other men involved in the torture spoke to him , wanting to know how he had resisted . |
| 5 | They were burning to know how he had got on in New York , and Isobel asked him . |
| 6 | She did n't need to be Sherlock Holmes to know how he had picked up his nick-name . |
| 7 | Local reporters were keen to know how he managed to carry out his civic duties , to which Mr Snyder replied blithely that fellow committee members sat beside him during screenings and gave a running commentary ‘ to fill me in when the screen goes silent ’ . |
| 8 | they want to know how it 's spoken and that . |
| 9 | Besides I want to know how she has grown . |
| 10 | I looked up , startled to find how I had forgotten everything but the antics of these two monstrous beings . |
| 11 | She sought to discover where he had obtained the information he was supposed to have passed on to a Sunday newspaper . |
| 12 | I am not suggesting that any horse should be allowed to indicate where HE wants to go , but patient , firm and strong riding will build up confidence and obedience more than a big stick and spurs . |
| 13 | ‘ Two men , a green BMW , loading up at the back of the house , please do n't fuck me around , ’ Culley said , ‘ because I 'm becoming angry , and I want to know where they 've gone . ’ |
| 14 | The same could be said of Chimera who nonetheless seem to know where they want to go . |
| 15 | I did not want anybody to know where I had come from . |
| 16 | ‘ M'sieur Rohan will wish to know where I have brought you , mademoiselle , ’ Jacques said uncomfortably . |
| 17 | And the Turk 's Head stayed shut with padlocks on the doors and the windows boarded up , and Uncle Titch went away and no one seemed to know where he 'd gone to , not even William 's grandad , and no one seemed to know whether he 'd taken his fairground with him or whether it was still there behind the shutters and the padlocked doors in the dark rooms with the bloodstains still on the walls and floors . |
| 18 | Hereward 's own background needs clarifying in case there are other people who wanted him dead.Dersingham , and by extension Vanessa , might have a motive , so I need to know where he 's got to in his search for a putative heir . |
| 19 | ‘ They wanted our money but did not want anyone to know where it had come from . |
| 20 | When y when you 're dealing with seventeen feet of strata as in York , you n you need to know where it 's come from . |
| 21 | I think if you 've got somebody who 's got a er a solicitor or an accountant then you need to establish why he wants to talk to them and also er if he , if he 's adamant that he wants to do that , find out who he is and ask if you can speak to him as well , or you can explain erm you know what the , what , what you 're doing with the client . |
| 22 | Erm , on page thirty you talk about the erm Employer 's Federation in the er minimum terms and conditions , well I 'm only hoping that my own firm Securicor do n't have any er input into that , because er as you know they unilaterally reduced all the terms and conditions Securicor guarding and cleaning recently erm I 'd like to know when we intend meeting with Securicor Cleaner I do know you 've written to them on a number of occasions and their refusal to meet with us . |
| 23 | Too arrogant indeed , to know when he had failed . |
| 24 | to know when he wants to go to the loo . |
| 25 | If I had , I should also have had the sense to know when I had achieved it , and therefore when to start eating normally again . |
| 26 | You get to know when you have to give satisfaction . |
| 27 | Clearly defined aims and objectives will bring you the results you desire , and remember : if you do n't know where you are going , then how are you going to know when you have got there . |
| 28 | They want to know why we have to send in so often for reimbursment . |
| 29 | ‘ I want to know why you came to look for me . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I would dearly love to know why you keep sticking me with motives that I just do n't have ! |