Example sentences of "[to-vb] [Wh det] he [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pawed at the Daily Telegraph but failed to find whatever he was looking for and lit a cigarette instead . |
| 2 | We have , for example , an electronics officer so unbelievably advanced in his speciality that none of your much-vaunted high-technology whizzkids in Silicon Valley would even begin to know what he 's talking about . ’ |
| 3 | You know he 'd far prefer to have the cheap workforce that you could tell exactly and appear to know what he 's talking about , whereas the older men knew that he knew absolutely nothing . |
| 4 | I 've always wanted to know what he 's doing with his hands . ’ |
| 5 | He seems to know what he 's doing on everything . |
| 6 | More than any of the other major characters in the great story from Genesis to Kings Moses has a tendency to know what he is talking about . |
| 7 | She pretended not to know what he was referring to but he would not be fooled . |
| 8 | I had to know what he was doing without me . |
| 9 | It was all new to her , but the Indian seemed to know what he was talking about , and so she had gone along with him . |
| 10 | He decided to go on to the second and third caves , determined to find what he was looking for . |
| 11 | From November ‘ 74 he began to find what he was looking for . |
| 12 | As it was impossible to hear what he was saying above the din of the bombardment , he pointed to the area outside the farm indicating that Lovat was somewhere there . |
| 13 | He described how it was only after four years ' teaching that he had begun to question what he was doing on the grounds of both commonsense and increasing knowledge . |
| 14 | At first you might find it difficult to understand what he is talking about , because most of us are not even aware that these tensions exist . |
| 15 | And thus the reader has to go more than the usual way he goes to understand what he 's looking at . |
| 16 | As I told General Carson , he 's so incredibly advanced in his electronic speciality that your high-tech whizzkids in Silicon Valley would n't even begin to understand what he 's talking about . ’ |
| 17 | He met Fanny Blandy , who is said to have been the only person to understand what he was talking about , and she used flags to signal to him in the harbour from the family Quinta da Santa Luzia . |
| 18 | She seemed to read what he was doing in an instant , but he did n't wait around to see her reaction . |
| 19 | Jessamy began to realise what he was getting at . |
| 20 | It took her a moment or two to realise what he was referring to and remember Florian 's words out on the balcony . |
| 21 | No , no leave the door cos daddy does n't want mummy to see what he 's doing in the kitchen see , if you keep moving that she can see . |
| 22 | If you focus your eyes on his nose or his fists , you wo n't be able to see what he is doing with the rest of his body . |
| 23 | She moved closer to see what he was pointing at . |
| 24 | It was impossible , from this distance , to see what he was wearing on his feet , but it seemed likely that he was one short of a full complement of shoes , because in his right hand he was holding a large , brown , elastic-sided boot . |
| 25 | I looked out of a window to see what he was looking at , but there seemed to be nothing of great note , only the racegoing passengers streaming off their forward carriages en route to write postcards home from the station . |
| 26 | She stepped out herself then , hoping to get nearer ; she would like to see what he was doing to her , for she had no clear idea , in spite of the expert descriptions she provided for Cati in their vigils . |
| 27 | I would not venture to say which he is doing in this case . ’ |
| 28 | She looked back to ask what he was talking about . |
| 29 | For a moment or two Billy was too relieved even to ask what he was doing in the house , or how he 'd managed to get in when it was all locked up . |
| 30 | ( b ) He must take reasonable steps to explain what he is looking for and the basis of his suspicion ( s.2(3) ( b ) ) . |