Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pron] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mamma mia ! 'ow you stoppa thissa machina stupido ? ’ |
| 2 | The will of John Scott ‘ of Silkstone , gentleman ’ ( 1707 ) , refers to the ‘ Messuage Wherein my mother Pilmay lately dwelt with the Glasshouse ’ , together with the nearby water corn-mill . |
| 3 | No one wants to know how my character study of Mark Antony 's going , whether I 've vacuumed under my bed , what videos I 've been watching while they were out , how many lengths I 've swum without a break , whether I 'm telling the truth or lies . |
| 4 | Each state was required to submit a state implementation plan ( SIP ) indicating how its control programme would bring about the attainment of the NAAQSs by 1975 . |
| 5 | I visited Bassetlaw last month to see how its community care services work now and how they are set to change . |
| 6 | Those questioned were also concerned that they were not given information on exactly how their tax liability was worked out . |
| 7 | A Lending and Security Act would set the framework of law regarding security in personal property , whether consumer or commercial transactions were involved ; in particular , it would cover what lenders could do to recover their money if borrowers defaulted , and how their security interest in any goods involved would be recorded and safeguarded . |
| 8 | Most people find it very difficult to understand how their pension scheme works . |
| 9 | On letters written on typewriters made from old toothbrushes and elastic bands , prisoners facing death tell their correspondents of daily life in the jail , of the regulations , of the procedure before an execution is carried out , of how their cell light shudder under the strain when someone is electrocuted in the chair . |
| 10 | In a frank debate on the Anfield crisis on Sky TV Thompson , former Liverpool skipper and coach , told how his shock sacking had shattered his family . |
| 11 | It contrasts the blood-thirsty dynasty of Michael Corleone as he builds up his gambling empire from a base in Nevada in the '50s with the story of how his father Vito ( Robert De Niro , playing Brando 's original role ) left Sicily to become the protector of poor Italians in a New York neighbourhood at the start of the century . |
| 12 | Britain were left to rue a string of squandered chances in the second period , when Polish goalminder Tomasz Jaworski produced a reminder of how his soccer counterpart had dashed England 's World Cup qualifying hopes 20 years ago with a series of inspired saves . |
| 13 | She noticed how his slicked-back hair carried the faint , sweet scent of gel . |
| 14 | While she felt he should be honest with his colleagues , she could understand a reluctance to have stories about how his ne'er-do-well father had walked out before his birth and he had subsequently been neglected by his mother appear in the Press . |
| 15 | Yet the hon. Gentleman thinks that that is how our benefit system should be run . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , like I said , I got t'thinkin' about how our Triad friend would go about gittin' himself an ’ his goon squad clear , if the buildin' wuz surrounded by a hostile force . |
| 17 | Remember how our peasant woman made her way painstakingly on foot , then by boat and cart to the uezd centre of Roslavl' in Belorussia . |
| 18 | It defines how our quality system relates to us and our activities . |
| 19 | You can see how your IT business network should develop . |
| 20 | Notice how your graph line changes direction with each change of speed . |
| 21 | This section looks at how your hospital treatment will be arranged , and the service you should receive when you get there . |
| 22 | Is it possible to tell us how your advertising revenue performed in the first half on your Westminster Press and F T and whether you 've experienced any improvements in sits vac advertising since the end of the first half ? |
| 23 | You could make a chart showing how you spend your time , and particularly how your leisure time is divided between domestic chores , car maintenance , TV , videos , taking the children out , the pub , visiting friends and relatives , and so on . |
| 24 | I bought a Moses basket ( quite rare at that time ) for my baby , and wondered why my room mate was not so enthusiastic . |
| 25 | Which is probably why my glass case is still empty . |
| 26 | In the early part of 1991 , before all this occurred , I went through a period of time when my find rate dropped drastically and on many occasions I went out and came back home with nothing at all . |
| 27 | Because I dreamt about her last night when my manor house had fallen silent and its mullioned windows gazed like sightless eyes over the dark , lush fields of my estate . |
| 28 | I was practising this the other day , in preparation for the time when my climbing standard drops slightly , and was surprised to read some interesting facts about myself . |
| 29 | I was led into all these commitments in a very friendly and deferential spirit , and in a similar spirit of friendship and hospitality I was invited to numerous social engagements , from impressive lunch in honour of the Minister of Education to an invitation to a private home in Jaipur , where my kind host and hostess had gone to the trouble of preparing sandwiches , cake , chips ( without the fish ) and pudding , in case I should not like the Indian dishes served for the other guests ! |
| 30 | Ah well we , we actually made our own condition and this is one time , I 'm telling you again , where my union membership came in very handy . |