Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pron] be [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A further study of Les Sylphides reveals Fokine 's great understanding of the dance rhythms which he felt he had to make visible whenever he was using well-recognised dance forms .
2 I asked Terry to come along because one of the things I tho I tho I hope we might get round to spending a few minutes on was about Alan 's raised it before about records coming in er , and what the state of the game is in records coming into us and how we 're transferring that information , or not transferring that information onto dep onto department 's national curriculum er material
3 What I was trying to say that the for the fire fighter decision about was very boo 'd upon to the professional advice of our Chief Fire Officers and they have a good for eighteen months of how we are doing this fire fighting in Hertfordshire .
4 He was concerned to discover how they were winning lucrative car parking contracts and whether there was a leak of information from his own company .
5 Then I heard Chet using his on some records and started investigating and found out how he was getting that sound .
6 On the following morning , when I was attending another committee of the Cabinet , I was handed another message that the Prime Minister wished to see me … .
7 ‘ Guess where I 'm going this weekend , ’ he invited her .
8 While in Ceylon we visited Allied Headquarters in Kandy , where I was taken one afternoon by Colonel Christian into the ‘ War Room ’ to hear the reports received during the last twenty-four hours , and a commentary on them by a senior staff officer .
9 This is one very powerful reason why I am writing this chapter .
10 You know , you 're sort of turning the abortion argument on it 's head , that er in an abortion you can say it 's my body , I have a right to decide , and this baby that dies is never going to be there to question that decision , but in this type of situation the baby 's going to be there and okay , you 'll get so many who will just accept their situation and wo n't question it , but you 're always going to get some , or even one who will say I want to know my origins , I want to why I was conceived this way , why I was born this way , why , I have two mothers , that maybe a surrogate mother and a natural mother ?
11 You know , you 're sort of turning the abortion argument on it 's head , that er in an abortion you can say it 's my body , I have a right to decide , and this baby that dies is never going to be there to question that decision , but in this type of situation the baby 's going to be there and okay , you 'll get so many who will just accept their situation and wo n't question it , but you 're always going to get some , or even one who will say I want to know my origins , I want to why I was conceived this way , why I was born this way , why , I have two mothers , that maybe a surrogate mother and a natural mother ?
12 that 's right discussed why I was asking this question , thought there might be a
13 Look , Quite frankly , I mean I just do n't know why I 'm writing this column , OK ?
14 I ca n't think why I 'm making this sandwich for you .
15 That 's why I 'm having this push with Stevie that the early BBC stuff should be heard .
16 He 'd told her about Valldemosa too , which was why she was taking this route to the north of the island .
17 He then launched an inquiry into why she was granted Legal Aid .
18 Beverley 's achievements made the headlines last year when she was named outright winner and Science and Technology Section winner in the Cosmopolitan /Clairol Achievement Awards , a competition which aims to highlight women who have attained excellence in their professions .
19 But it 's been adapted , it 's been worn by an ordinary person doing everyday things , and I think that 's , it 's something that 's , it 's very important to remember when you 're studying Victorian fashion and Victorian costume , that actually a lot of the documentary evidence gives a very biased picture and that to find clothes like this , I think you get a much more realistic picture of what people actually wore .
20 Well la , last year , when you were doing that painting for er , Derek .
21 And do you know where you 're having that teaching practice ?
22 Yes , I mean I 've got to say that , I thought they kept going at two nothing down you know sides , and I 've played in games where you 're playing top opposition and you can go under a little bit ca n't you ?
23 Well I knew where she were heading that night that day she came to our house .
24 Why you 're doing this Christmas , it may be my last , John said what do you mean , I said well , I do n't know if I 'm going to be in a classroom this time next year , I mean , I really enjoy Christmas with the children , fifteen years since I 've done it , I 've forgotten how I enjoyed myself .
25 ‘ Is that why you 're making this journey ? ’
26 I wonder why you are reading this chapter ?
27 ‘ That 's why you were hugging each other . ’
28 Yet , when one looks back , it all seems dim and forgotten already , except for the silly little incidents which stick in one 's mind , such as when we were dive-bombed one morning and the sergeant-major fell into his porridge ! …
29 Our Secretary has received a letter from Mr. Doug Baird , Press Officer for I.O.M. Tourism , to the effect that Saddle Mews has won the Island in Bloom award for the BEST VILLAGE — no mean achievement , and even better than last year when we were awarded 1st prize in the ESTATE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD section .
30 Yes , well erm it it is n't the effect of the changing er E C grant that 's elsewhere in the budget and legislative changes item with the increasing cost there er , if you can change the grant or for instance where we 're getting less grant from the E C.
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