Example sentences of "[to-vb] what [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm , he 's , and even then she accepts does n't she , or she appears to accept what she 's told ? |
| 2 | Speakers express their message in terms of their own perceptions and within their own frame of reference without making any attempt to relate what they want to say with what the other person is likely to hear . |
| 3 | To maintain this fragile truce , she began to relate what she 'd bought . |
| 4 | Now we have to consolidate what we have done . |
| 5 | The next day was hungover and quiet ; everybody wanted to know what we had got up to , and Girod told us that we would not be accompanying the section in town that afternoon . |
| 6 | In other words we need to know what we 've received , what we 've spent and where it belongs i within the organization . |
| 7 | First we have to know what we want to make . |
| 8 | Fribble , whose eyes were bright and whose whole bearing was alert , wanted to know what they had to do . |
| 9 | When she saw them she was going to tell them about the tea and in the same breath demand to know what they had found and why Cobalt had anticipated finding anything in the Villa Fiesole . |
| 10 | Yes , I find it a lot easier actually not to know what they 've done , when you start work there you tend to come over these cases , which to do |
| 11 | ‘ Still , ’ said Toby , ‘ I 'd like to know what they did do . |
| 12 | ‘ And the consultant wanted to know what she 'd had to eat , of course … ’ |
| 13 | I do not want to know what she intends doing in a year 's time or in 10 years ' time , because she will not be in government then . |
| 14 | I want to know what you 've done . ’ |
| 15 | You need to know what you 've got , not precisely the solicitor does n't want to know that you 've a house and three insurances and two bank accounts and a building society . |
| 16 | so if you do , you do n't want your chauffeur to know what you 've got in the glove box |
| 17 | ‘ Well I 'm not , ’ said Robert , ‘ and I want to know what you 've found out about that manuscript I gave you ! ’ |
| 18 | YOU only had to walk into the members ' lobby of the Commons yesterday to know what you 'd suspected for days . |
| 19 | I have to know what you propose to tell them . ’ |
| 20 | Contrary to popular belief , you do not have to know what you want to do for the Careers Service to be able to help you . |
| 21 | You have got to know what you want to do , and to go for it . ’ |
| 22 | The trick here is to know what you want to say and make sure that you say it . |
| 23 | The key to good writing is to know what you want to say . |
| 24 | It is important to know what you want to get , and how far you want to go . |
| 25 | I 'd be most interested to know what you think keeps me awake . ’ |
| 26 | the right to know what you need to do to improve |
| 27 | ‘ I suppose because he got to know what I had seen and how much I remembered . |
| 28 | She should have been more concerned , more anxious to know what he had to confide , since he had invited her here for that very purpose . |
| 29 | He stopped and had a cup of tea himself and explained to the Covent Garden porters , who wanted to know what he 'd got in the back , that it was the Sleeping Beauty . |
| 30 | You say he is clever , clever enough to know what he wants to do and what makes him satisfied . |