Example sentences of "[prep] what [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've yet to see a case of what we would define as really rape . |
| 2 | But still , for week after week , she never dared see if she was right , because she was afraid of what she might find within . |
| 3 | He or she is trying to get a very clear picture of what you can do so that they can place you accurately and not send you on too many pointless interviews . |
| 4 | I suppose while this is for me cos on the sponsorship issue is , would sponsorship have any impact in terms of what I might purchase so if I went to the Scottish Opera or the ballet or to the theatre and I bought a programme which I usually do and one of the things which is interesting about the evening that erm Alan and I spent last time at Scottish Council was that half the people attend Scottish Opera buy a programme and the programmes that I have sponsored always . |
| 5 | And er they have got it now to a state of what I would imagine almost perfection , and that is that every man , woman and child of the population of those two countries er has got adequate protection and even a woman er who wishes to go out and do shopping in the contaminated er environment has the possibility of , of suiting up and putting a special er cover on the pram of her child and actually pushing this child with a special ventilator out . |
| 6 | I should make it clear at the outset that I act as a parliamentary consultant to the Professional Association of Teachers and that much of what I shall say tonight will be based on the practical experience of PAT members . |
| 7 | And Forester had no idea of what he would do then . |
| 8 | Were he alive today he would undoubtedly have bemoaned the fact that he was the frequent target of what he would have probably called ‘ scribblers ’ . |
| 9 | As we trooped in for the service , the sun caught it and , for a moment , I had a virion of what it must have really looked like , all those years ago , when they nailed poor old JC up before the people , one bright day in palestine . |
| 10 | It is often the case that the definition of administrative regions within countries tends to reflect certain historical and institutional processes which , although they might have produced some degree of spatial cohesion , do not necessarily accord with what one might view as appropriate for economic scrutiny . |
| 11 | I got the impression very quickly that she was going through a period where she was experimenting a lot with what she could get away with as an individual . |
| 12 | So far the general level of intelligence , wit and originality in posting is about on par with what you 'd expect ie. as Roger so wisely put it SHITE . |
| 13 | Here one meets with what I would deem quite a drawback . |
| 14 | Luckily penicillin became available and was found to be highly effective in what we would consider today to be almost homeopathic doses . |
| 15 | My money is invested in what you can do now . ’ |
| 16 | No I remember from what I can remember anyway when I first started using negative numbers it was on a graph . |
| 17 | It appears from what I can see there , that the density in there would be too high , which it would not if it were sheltered . |
| 18 | There followed two hours of arguments between protestors over what they should accept as sufficient for leaving . |
| 19 | Well thank you very much , it 's obviously a totally different point of view to what we 'll hear perhaps in a few minutes . |
| 20 | I think there are limits to what we can manage here on the premises because it disrupts life a bit . |
| 21 | Nothing to what you could see tonight . ’ |
| 22 | Even in the first week of June , when potatoes were a foot high and oilseed rape was in glower , snow fell on high ground , and this makes a difference to what you can grow successfully . |
| 23 | Although the use of everyday common-sense beliefs is usually not only unsystematic and inadequate but also often contradictory , if we look more closely at common sense it is likely such explanations of the world are based on what we shall call here ‘ individualistic ’ and/or ‘ naturalistic ’ assumptions . |
| 24 | Her initial action on reaching her room , however , was to sit down by the telephone and to try and concentrate her attention on what she should do now . |
| 25 | A woman would be quite prepared to accept a wage lower than a male compositor 's , since it would probably still be a great improvement on what she could earn elsewhere . |
| 26 | B : Say , what 're you doing [ implication ; " I 've got a suggestion about what we might do together " ] A : Well , we 're going out . |
| 27 | Erm for what it 's worth , I 'll give you my suggestions about what we should do as far as ticket prices are concerned er , having taken in a view of the most important factor of the treasurer 's comments but also bearing in mind that we did have high recurring expenses this year , which wo n't apply in future and we 're not here to make money . |
| 28 | There was a big argument about what we should buy so we had a vote on it . |
| 29 | Below are a list of places where you might see Japlish written , and two alternatives for what you might see there . |
| 30 | So let's let's look at what we can do then . |