Example sentences of "[pron] [Wh det] [pron] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and while Ken 's giving them out let's try and remind ourselves what we talked about last week . |
| 2 | He did n't know himself what he meant by that … |
| 3 | Were I to tell ye what I thinks o' that , mate , like as not you 'd 'ave me guts for garters ! thought Forest . |
| 4 | And let me show you what I mean by that . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll tell you what I think of this so-called special relationship . |
| 6 | Things do not look white in virtue of something analytically involved in their looking white , something which they have in common — as metals have in common that their oxides dissolved in water yield an alkaline solution — with other things that look white . |
| 7 | Let us consider just two of them : ( 1 ) Is it true that the word ‘ here ’ is an exception to the rule that knowing the meaning of a word means knowing what is meant by it , that is , knowing something which we call by that word ? and ( 2 ) Supposing that the word ‘ here ’ can be used meaningfully without our knowing something which we call ‘ here ’ , are Russell and McTaggart right in their assumption that the word ‘ I ’ is not like ‘ here ’ in this respect ? |
| 8 | I would owe that to my father … to try and understand something which he believed in enough to die for ? ’ |
| 9 | His Engineer 's Year-book , first produced with W. Hannaford-Smith , was a major achievement and one which he steered for thirty-six years . |
| 10 | The goddess Hathor is thus given an uncharacteristic fierce role , but one which she fulfilled with great zeal . |
| 11 | This meant she could continue to level her basilisk stare ( the one which she reserves for special enemies ) at selected MPs . |
| 12 | She sat up with a start , blinking , to find the room full of electric light again , and her host occupied in turning off the lamps , his face streaked with oil and his black hair wildly untidy , but with an air of triumph about him which she registered with some amusement . |
| 13 | ‘ When you were n't here at nine , I thought maybe you would n't be coming in again , ’ Jimmy remarked , and , before she could ask him what he meant by that , ‘ I like your hair that way , Leith , ’ he opined . |
| 14 | It seemed to me that this would be an interesting and upbeat note on which to finish our current serious on the theme of disasters , so I asked him what he meant by human betterment . |
| 15 | In other cases , strong feelings have been aroused , and there has been one electronic punch-up. stated quite reasonably that Sheffield United are crap , and Julie Donnelly , a list member with Blade tendencies , told him what she thought of that in many words of few syllables . |
| 16 | An older club member gave me a lift back to the station and I asked her what she thought of Ten Forward . |
| 17 | He remembered the old church , and from the description of it which he wrote in old age , it is possible to form a more complete picture of its internal arrangements than of any other pre-Conquest church . |
| 18 | Tell me what it means in ordinary words . ’ |
| 19 | While erm Nana 's away tell me what you remember about old weddings . |
| 20 | ‘ And tell me what you know of this supposed wife of mine . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Tell me what you look like erect . ’ |
| 22 | Nottingham three four three four three four to ring and er call as well and tell me what you think about that leaf statue and the trees round there cos we 've got the councillors on talking about that after er one o'clock today . |
| 23 | and I told you that from the minute he sat down and he started playing , I 'm a card shark , nobody tells me what I know about bloody cards |
| 24 | But , if you asked me what I did during those months , I could n't come up with anything constructive . ’ |
| 25 | He explained to them what he meant by that , about how he 'd run into Mr Plant in the small hours , wearing only a shirt . |
| 26 | They carried an answer to division ; as one Irishman said , ‘ You people have brought us what we need in this colour-conscious land of Orange and Green . ’ |
| 27 | Beyond that , tell us what you thought of all the obvious aspects ; lift queues , skischool , mountain restaurants and so on . |
| 28 | Sorry remind us what you mean by disruptive selection again . |