Example sentences of "[to-vb] [Wh det] he [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to know what he means by that remark . |
| 2 | Through their objectivity , he argued , search consultants were able to provide what he saw as conceptual help in defining a business need and translating it into the sort of people who could fulfil it ; actually searching for people was perhaps less important . |
| 3 | He then proceeded to elaborate what he meant by this consumption , for example , that cotton is turned into fabric , so new cotton must be grown ; fabric is worn out , so that new fabric must be woven , etc . |
| 4 | If the speaker is observing the maxims in a fairly direct way , he may nevertheless rely on the addressee to amplify what he says by some straightforward inferences based on the assumption that the speaker is following the maxims . |
| 5 | He sat gazing into space , his unblinking stare which had compelled Harold Macmillan to shift him in Cabinet so as to avoid what he took for continual rebuke , unbroken by the throng that pressed about him . |
| 6 | IMRAN KHAN , the Pakistan captain , has called for an overhaul of Pakistan cricket to combat what he describes as widespread ‘ nepotism and favouritism ’ . |
| 7 | Speaking of the funerals the former Bishop of Derry , Edward Daley appealed to politicians to treat what he described as this intolerable situation with the utmost urgency . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's all right , then , ’ she answered weakly , not daring to ask what he meant by this last cryptic announcement . |
| 9 | Angered by Hoover 's decision to switch 400 jobs from Dijon to Cambuslang , Mr Mitterrand told a television audience that the 11 other nations would eventually force Britain to stop what he described as unfair competition by opting out of the social chapter . |