Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [Wh adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could even observe other clinics to see how they work . ’ |
| 2 | There now has to be more meetings to see how it 's going to work in practice . ’ |
| 3 | He looked so extraordinarily like Tom Cornelius that Nora glanced at once at Sarah to see how she responded . |
| 4 | Again , study our leading riders to see how they keep hold of their horses ' heads and remain balanced themselves . |
| 5 | I would erm suggest that they go at Swindon to see how it 's done . |
| 6 | They also complained about unfairness , but there was no willingness to look at the charges or to have proper consultation with local authorities to see how they and the Government could work together to improve the general standards of our beaches . |
| 7 | Robin Child 's influence has gone far beyond the limits of the classroom and his Marlborough pupils : he has lectured widely , here and abroad , to teachers , art societies , art colleges , educationists , church audiences and schools ( some subsequently sending their own heads of department to Marlborough to see how it 's done ) on many aspects of art and art history , the philosophy of teaching and his own approach to it . |
| 8 | I invite them to examine the Opposition 's policies to see how they would fare under a Labour Government . |
| 9 | Crossing a busy road is the biggest risk that most of us take in our daily lives , travel gives the opportunity to see how we cope with the unknown . |
| 10 | ‘ Its a tremendous opportunity to see how they approach treatment in the U.S. and we are very grateful to everyone who has helped us to get there . ’ |
| 11 | He also agreed to go round to Maidstone 's apartment to see how he was . |
| 12 | He explained that Maidstone was ill and that it was essential to get inside the apartment to see how he was . |
| 13 | The planners put red and white markers on the house-tops to indicate where it would go . |
| 14 | The strong normative bias in the study of social policy has led at times to a greater preoccupation with criticism of policies than with attempts to discover why they take the forms they do . |
| 15 | Was it normal , she had enquired , for elderly gentlemen making termly investigations into your scholastic progress to indicate where you were to sit for interview by laying their hand on the sofa cushion , and then , when you sat down , failing to remove their hand ? |
| 16 | She did n't need to be Sherlock Holmes to know how he had picked up his nick-name . |
| 17 | These quantitative measures of uncertainty will then be entered in a number of investment formulations to see how they perform . |
| 18 | This is a blatantly implausible claim , of course : why would I look a word up in the dictionary to see how I use it ? |
| 19 | Manager Walter Smith said : ‘ We must wait until Tuesday to see how he is progressing . |
| 20 | I 'm seeing on Tuesday to see how he wants to g us to go about it in Norway . |
| 21 | And we 'll be returning in a future programme to see how they cope . |
| 22 | Then I realized most of the visitors and all the residents were watching me and I turned my head from side to side to see why I was getting that uncomfortable my-flies-must-be-open feeling . |
| 23 | It is well worth spending a few minutes setting up the rails and lace carriage to see how it works even if you do n't want to knit with them at present . |
| 24 | However , if you need to work particularly closely with specialist or local media it does make sense to get to know the organisations and their needs , and meetings with editors and journalists to see how you can best help each other are a good idea . |
| 25 | When they were about 2 weeks old and measured about ⅓″ ( total length ) I decided to conduct an experiment to see how they would react to a shell ; I had an empty Apple Snail shell scrounged from my long-suffering dealer for just such an experiment . |
| 26 | erm but these things could be done without going to committees , without any problem whatsoever if we just have this experiment to see how it works . |
| 27 | I was just having a little experiment to see how it takes and how strong it is and I know what I 'm doing . |
| 28 | Monday 8.55am — I arrive at the office for what looks like a quiet day catching up on necessary office work and telephoning some of our low-dependency clients to see how they are . |
| 29 | In October 1970 , screenwriter Goodman and Dustin started research on the character in New York by going to a couple of universities to observe the behaviour of certain professors , presumably threatening the eggheads with violence to see how they would react . |
| 30 | It would be worth a little temporary gossip to see how he did it . |