Example sentences of "be [verb] [Wh det] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been wondering what made me think of Schumann . ’ |
| 2 | I 'm wondering what made them change their mind over the er knock through into the garage . |
| 3 | Well that 's why I 'm asking what do I do ? |
| 4 | Speaking from London at the announcement of record profits for the Birkenhead-based firm , he said : ‘ We are not rushing at anything but the question must be asked what do we do with our cash balances . |
| 5 | We do the first bit who needs to be trained what do they need to know is the second |
| 6 | As soon as the villain is about to be unveiled what does she do , she throws the sand in the face of her pursuers . |
| 7 | Erm well I mean I think there 's some very fundamental issues in all this in , in the communication spectrum first of all using the phrase back to basics , what do people mean by that and that 's where the , they , they have gone wrong because the problem is that here we are , four people round this table and I 'm sure if all of us were asked what do we mean by getting back to basics , we 'll come out with a totally different you know set of things that meanings . |
| 8 | Instead we have the politics of statistics , and unless a citizen has a pocket calculator at hand with which to check the figures being bandied about , he is virtually disenfranchised — until , that is , something is said which makes him sit up and take indignant or enthusiastic notice . |
| 9 | and , you know , once you start into , into that er scenario yo yo yo you , you , you ca n't very very little erm opportunity for anything because all you can do is , is to say what do we do now , never mind what we could , should or might have done then , what do we do now because the future is that way and the past is |
| 10 | One particularly useful feature is Autocloning which lets you bring in a scanned or painted image — such as an ordinary snapshot — and edit it in a particular painting style . |
| 11 | ‘ If your uncle has been murdered what do you expect to happen to the business and to you ? ’ |
| 12 | I 've be I was using what do you call it ? tablet but I 'd something . |
| 13 | When I had a lock that was sticking what did I blow What powder I did I blow into the lock to make it work better ? |