Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] what [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Then you must also realize that for me to do what the Brigadier suggests would be a betrayal of everything my father stood for and gave his life for . ’
2 We came at last to his office which was basically a roomette like my own : that is to say , it was a seven-by-four-foot space on one side of a central corridor , containing a washbasin , a folding table and two seats , one of which concealed what the timetable coyly called ‘ facilities ’ .
3 Do any of you know what the law is called that gives you your rights when you buy
4 He said , ‘ Neither of us knew what the other was doing .
5 Still , it would do no harm for you to see what a galaxy looks like .
6 It is important for you to understand what the physiotherapist does , so that you can follow any instructions the physiotherapist gives you for remedial work at home , and can appreciate the patient 's progress .
7 It seems to me that you get these big moments in the life of the church , as you do in the life of any institution , historically speaking , and it takes a long time for you to discover what the effect of them is going to be .
8 ‘ I ca n't imagine Blenkinsop 's going to come up with anything to match what the Admiral had disinterred .
9 The Lord Chancellor said that the new conveyancing scheme , ‘ seems to me to show what the Law Society can do by way of setting appropriate standards of service to the public .
10 My mate used to fix sheds , the garden sheds , had this little card with Chad on it said what no shed
11 twelve months ' M O T just to what to pay what the lad had offered it
12 Research studies , however , including ( … ) those of Wolkind and Kozaruk ( 1983 ) on children placed through the Adoption Resource Exchange , and Reich and Lewis ( 1986 ) , and Maca-skill ( 1985a ) concerning the agency Parents for Children , indicate that children who have been placed against their parents ' wishes seem to be settling quite well , but there are insufficient numbers , followed up for insufficiently long , for us to know what the impact of adoption of older children without consent is going to be in the long term .
13 We can give descriptions of a photon in terms of the way it behaves , but it is very hard for us to imagine what a photon actually is .
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