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Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] what [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1	In research for the advertising campaign — where we carried out in-depth , face-to-face interviews with senior representatives of 50 existing and potential customers — we looked at existing attitudes and probed them on what it would take to persuade them to come to us to answer their problems .
2	You joked me about what she should of in the day ?
3	He has reminded me of what I should have said in my supplementary answer to the hon. Member for Pontypridd ( Dr. Howells ) .
4	A foolish heart ( mine ) betrayed me , blinding me to what I should have seen .
5	It 's about individual people realising they can do something beyond what they may normally expect to achieve . ’
6	Jay knew it , numbed herself against what it might mean .
7	An agreement reached in the early Forties between Bavaria and the family , which effectively enshrines the strict historic laws of entail ( Fideicommiss ) , limits her in what she can dispose of : archives , libraries , and , to an uncertain extent , the furnishings and works of art intrinsic to the family seat , are all protected .
8	Malik had such a generalized air of gravity that his manner to individuals never conveyed anything of what he might really be thinking .
9	However , to the extent that our assumptions for thinking about them remain within the framework which derives from Weberian thought , we may well not recognize them for what they may be .
10	This road takes you through what I would say was the most savage landscape you are likely to see in the Pyrenees without actually setting off into the mountains on foot , a valley which has rocks where other valleys have trees .
11	‘ She says , can you come to coffee and tell her about what I 'll need for school . ’
12	Unless , like Chris Patten , she needed you for what she could n't do herself ( write a decent speech ) , any wet , however bright , was kippered on the back benches .
13	But , he favoured her with what she could only perceive as a reassuring smile when , ‘ I 'm on my way to Mariánské Láznë myself , ’ he commented easily , ‘ so that 's one problem you can forget . ’
14	Not when you compare it with what they might advertise in Golf Monthly or something like that where
15	It was the social security man , and recognizing his voice I braced myself for what he might say .
16	Piers asked Alyssia pleasantly , and she again felt as though they were both making an enormous effort to include her in what they would have preferred to be an intimate tête-à-tête .
17	‘ I do n't blame you for what you must be thinking . ’
18	Use it for what it should be used for .
19	To be greeted by complete strangers with instant derision was a sobering experience , and it vividly reminded me of what it must have been like for those first black people , in the eighteenth century , walking the streets of England freely .
20	I had a conversation the other day with Con that reminded me of what I used to be , before I got corrupted by this place .
21	And all the time my cut thumb reminded me of what I must forget to stay sane ; all the time sick with worry about what 's happening to me so I have to keep ordering myself : Think about the invalid .
22	The mercenary ones simply put up with them and pretend that they love them for what they can get out of them .
23	I 've got to be made to realize that I only love him for what I can get out of it .
24	‘ All he left was debts , and I 've nothing but what you can see . ’
25	Thank you for what you may be able to do .
26	‘ You others will tell Creggan what you know and can remember and in telling him will remind yourselves of what you may have forgotten .
27	His difficulty is that his party has nothing to tell him about what it would spend if it were returned to power , which it will not be .
28	Yeah , well the easy way for them to assess him is have a look at his tests , and if he has n't done any , then they 'll just assess him on what he can do .