Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [Wh adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each year Mrs Curdle asked to see how the previous year 's bouquet had worn , so that the doctor and his wife were in honour bound not to destroy these offerings . |
| 2 | We will have to wait to see how the new system works . |
| 3 | These responses are then examined to see how the subjects perform on the production of certain given morphemes ( the progressive morpheme — ing , the plural morpheme , the past tense morpheme , etc. ) in linguistic contexts which would , in native speaker speech , require their obligatory occurrence . |
| 4 | Plus , plus you got to see how the other breeds are doing , and |
| 5 | His stubborn cousin , who saw his models as a kind of earth , part of the body and blood of the soil they dug , one impregnating the other , failed to see how the interchange he saw stamped on the dazed faces of these men could be smoothed away without losing the secret of how they lived , rooted and dumb and rough-barked as live willow trees . |
| 6 | Short and plump , with receding hair and a peeved expression , Pietro looked at first sight like an English tourist who had come to complain about his belongings being stolen from his hotel room , full of righteous indignation about Italy being a den of thieves and demanding to know when the authorities proposed to do something about it . |
| 7 | Again and again , the playmaster threw down his rider before Lucie , breathless and slow of movement , began his speech demanding to know why the donkey kept stopping . |
| 8 | The families of two teenage joyriders shot dead by troops in Belfast are demanding to know why the checkpoint patrol had to kill them . |
| 9 | Parents in Wolverhampton will want to know why the paperwork cost is £100 per pupil there , compared with only £30 per pupil down the road in Solihull . |
| 10 | They will want to know why the Government have decided to shove the Bill through in the final weeks of this Parliament . |
| 11 | Volunteers will want to know where the string , sellotape and gun tackers are kept and will need organising . |
| 12 | At any particular time governors and staff may want to know how the plans are progressing and whether they are being carried out as was agreed . |
| 13 | I hope viewers will want to know how the relationships turn out . ’ |
| 14 | The computer people will want to know how the software will fit in with their portfolio of software , whether it will require additional computer equipment , how well it will be maintained , how portable it is and so on . |
| 15 | So you 've named it systematically and then looked to see where the , the various groups were and put cis in front if you had that arrangement . |
| 16 | ‘ People always want to see how the Führer looks , whether he is serious or laughing , ’ and had expressed disappointment that they had not even heard his voice for a long time in the newsreels , for , as one report put it , ‘ the words of the Führer are gospel for the people ’ . |
| 17 | So if we add an example using the N tuple technique of the exclusive or problem for example er like that we want to see how the network would solve that okay in terms of a single layer network . |
| 18 | how they want to see how the English word is spoken in the nineteen nineties . |
| 19 | Karen also rose , muttering something about checking to see how the meringue was coming along . |
| 20 | The same is true of the all-important assessment arrangements , where secondary schools must wait to see how the tensions between TGAT and the GCSE boards ( and between Standard Assessment Tasks and school-based assessment ) will finally be resolved . |
| 21 | Microsoft Corp Windows NT will be supported as a client — Banyan will wait to see how the market shapes up before making a decision to port to the server version . |
| 22 | There 's been a lot of hot air generated over many years about grass cutting standards but it 's not an idle thought when I say if anybody wants to see where the best grass cutting takes place then they should visit . |
| 23 | ‘ Maybe ’ , I said , with a completely straight face , ‘ he wants to see how the units are getting on . ’ |
| 24 | If you want to know why the charts are no good these days , therefore , do n't blame Radio One : blame Billie Holiday , Stax , Sam Cooke , Blind Lemon Jefferson even . |
| 25 | A group of squatters evicted from health authority land two years ago say they want to know why the site has remained empty ever since . |
| 26 | If we want to know where the truth lies in particular cases , we have to look . |
| 27 | And if you want to know where the expression ‘ melt in the mouth ’ comes from , just try our butter croissants . |
| 28 | I want to know where the hell my dogs are . ’ |
| 29 | I want to know where the Stapletons and Sir Henry are , and what they are doing . |
| 30 | If you decide to sell up , you know , or want to know where the money 's been put . |