Example sentences of "and what [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She wondered about the other men who had been on the plane , and what theirs felt like . |
| 2 | From reports of the game and what we saw of Wright and Arsenal on TV , Graham could be doing Mr Buksh a big favour . |
| 3 | Wish fulfilments as we know , and what we saw about dreams and so on , so the pleasure principle that reigns in the unconscious . |
| 4 | The reason behind this is having regard to the advice in the draft P P G thirteen and what we read in P P G twelve about erm trying to reduce dista erm distances travelled . |
| 5 | The writer works at the impossible task of creating a poem , a narrative , which tries to narrow the gap between the signal and what is signalled : tries to reverse the separation between the world and what we write about the world . |
| 6 | Yet skin is a functioning organ affected by environmental changes , and what we put on it in summer often hinders rather than helps . |
| 7 | In between , we say , we ‘ play it by ear ’ and what we listen for is the child 's own claim to have its decisions treated as authoritative and to be ready to bear the responsibility . |
| 8 | We are inclined to think they are pretty typical , given our less detailed work at other football grounds and what we know of other groups of schoolchildren . |
| 9 | The same principle obtains if a man permits his personal belief to derange dramatically the laws of probability and what we know of human nature . |
| 10 | From this , and what we know of the demise of the mosaic craft in the mid-late third century , it has been customary -and reasonable — to infer that the Barton mosaic and the comparable mosaic from Woodchester are of the early fourth century , probably before 325 . |
| 11 | One of the main topics of this chapter is miracles and what we mean by them . |
| 12 | And what we mean by it is a little vague , but that 's really important . |
| 13 | Labour councillor Hugh Lloyd , who represents Upton , said : ‘ It all depends on what the Government say and what we get from land sales . |
| 14 | Linguistic change , therefore , is change in agreement on norms of usage , and what we observe in our quantified data is difference in the quantitative incidence of certain variants in particular social groupings . |
| 15 | This was largely as a result of Eliot 's own initiative ; and what we knew of it was derived from the works of Jacques Maritain , which were largely the source , I suspect , of Eliot 's own knowledge . |
| 16 | Once this abstractionist tendency is grasped , the disparities between Adorno 's theory and what we see around us are explained . |
| 17 | So the two levels he proposes are what we do and what we feel about what we do . |
| 18 | And what we learn about them . |
| 19 | ‘ With her background it 'll be referred to Special Branch and Five … and that fiddled telephone … and Praeger without any background — we should have left his wallet , but they 'll trace something about him anyway — and then we can admit we went to see her — once — and what we talked about and there we are . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Because we only have 5 to 6 full-time care assistants , I spend a lot of time in the first interview to make sure we get the sort of person who really understands our attitude , and what we expect of them . |
| 21 | It also outlines what guidance and support you can expect to get at work and what we expect from you in return . |
| 22 | And we keep records of bookings , stating what is expected of us , and what we expect from a booking , ’ says the cheery singer . |
| 23 | But I do think that the district auditor is beginning to be presented as a bogie man erm , waved in the faces of people in rural areas , as a sort of threat that even if the council does n't want to close your school , it might , and I think that probably is n't a very proper use of the district auditor 's image , nor of his report , and I think perhaps some direct contact with him , er to show what progress we 're making , paragraph by paragraph , and what we think of that report from December ninety-one , probably needs to be made . |
| 24 | Thus , when we think of a person , the impression we give to him and the one we wanted to give to him and what we really think of him , and what we say to other people about him are all exactly the same . |
| 25 | Because there are some people that want to listen to what we say in our house , and what we say to each other . |
| 26 | On occasion , the Minister has criticised the lack of detail in our overall defence expenditure proposals and what we propose for the Territorial Army and the reserve forces . |
| 27 | he 's just saying that in a group if we look at the historical background of the language , it helps to see you know how What the strong points are of the linguistic and what we need to be bolstered on . |
| 28 | As far as ho erm the H R T is erm here we go you see , this is post-natal illness this is right , we need one on that as well , but what we need to know , and what we need to be aware of , is that the discussion has to be actually put out through the members in the same sort of way as Ken and Peggy have done in the erm Midland and East Coast region and also on Working Women 's Safety , it needs to be taken on board that we are absolutely fed up , sick to death and absolutely running out of patience at having to hammer home this thing about equality . |
| 29 | Because women 's work is never done , and underpaid , or unpaid , or boring or repetitious and we 're the first to get the sack , and what we look like is more important than what we do , and if we get raped it 's our fault , and if we get bashed we must have provoked it , if we raise our voices we 're nagging bitches , and if we enjoy sex we 're nymphs and if we do n't we 're frigid , and if we love women it 's because we ca n't get a real man , and if we ask our doctor too many questions we 're neurotic and if we expect the community to care for our children we 're selfish , and if we stand up for our rights we 're aggressive and unfeminine , and if we do n't we 're typical weak females , and if we want to get married we 're out to trap a man , and if we do n't we 're unnatural , and because we ca n't get adequate safe contraceptives , but men can walk on the moon , and we ca n't cope or do n't want a pregnancy we 're made to feel guilty about abortion , and for lots and lots of other reasons we 're all part of the Women 's Liberation Movement . |
| 30 | And what we having for lunch ? |