Example sentences of "[vb infin] [Wh det] [vb -s] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laches could amount to bad faith and , in any case , the longer the time lag the greater the likelihood that the partners will , even inadvertently , do some act which affirms their partnership with the offending partner and which might raise an estoppel to prevent their proceeding with his expulsion . |
| 2 | While the double-blind trial is well suited to testing of conventional drugs it often can not be applied to complementary therapies , for instance , the acupuncturist must establish a close link with the patient during treatment , and the therapist must know which points he is needling and possibly modify them as the patient 's responses change . |
| 3 | But you can introduce whatever treasures you like — the scope is endless . |
| 4 | Children are often snappish and can not be touched ; they want to do as they please yet do not know what pleases them ! |
| 5 | Do you know what pleases your partner most ? |
| 6 | Do you know what pisses me off ? |
| 7 | He ended with one of his most beautiful and profound utterances : ‘ Do you know what frees one from this captivity ? |
| 8 | I do n't know what does it take an hour or so ? |
| 9 | If you do not know what documents you have and how they relate to one another , your priority should be to put them in order rather than to transfer them to an electronic system . |
| 10 | The problems is that you do n't know what documents you need for your enquiry . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't know what makes you think she 's unfaithful , ’ Nigel said weakly . |
| 12 | ( 158 ) I do n't know what makes you think you can get away with this kind of business … |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't know what makes you so certain I 'm the woman who — ’ |
| 14 | But the point is what I 'm saying is if we could get that stuff there on Friday afternoon and get the the conveyor set to where you want 'em , because I do n't know what leads you want the lorry got there on Monday morning , wants unloading , and we 're flying about for damn leads , we we 're gon na be in trouble . |
| 15 | You do n't know what awaits you , ’ he said in a placatory tone , striding towards her . |
| 16 | Continuing our policy of letting you know what services you will find in the Scottish Science Library ( SSL ) this issue highlights our collection of company annual reports , our CD-ROM collection and the foreign periodicals collection , which formerly belonged to the Royal Society of Edinburgh . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't know what brings you , ducks , but it 's good to see yer . ’ |
| 18 | He also talks to him about the possible relationship between stress , smoking , poor dietary habits , alcohol and the incidence of peptic ulcers so that Peter understands what is happening and can consider what changes he might make in his lifestyle . |
| 19 | Please ring me and I will explain which numbers you should use . |
| 20 | But Branson always regarded licensing deals as unsatisfactory ; in the first place , the licensee could pick and choose which records it wanted to release , and did not always have the ‘ emotional commitment ’ to making them hits . |
| 21 | ‘ You may assume whatever makes you happy about my — er — personal life , min søde Gina . ’ |
| 22 | I mean th a great variety of things are depressing but can you identify what makes you depressed ? |
| 23 | Indeed , indeed so that 's what you might use , yep What 's the value , I mean what does it do what does it do for the company first of all ? |
| 24 | To try and do what makes me happy , dress in a way that makes me happy . |
| 25 | ‘ It was the first time I did n't have to worry what the other girls were gon na think , what anyone was gon na think and if I do n't like what happens I can cut it out … |
| 26 | ‘ I just do n't see what upsets them . ’ |
| 27 | When were here , so , yeah , oh I shall go and see what bargains I can get here , eh . |
| 28 | I 'd rather see what makes me different as something almost congenital . |
| 29 | I could see what stops them falling in on top of each other . ’ |
| 30 | Oh I 'm not just a pretty face I do n't remember what dates it has , make up three appropriate dates So they 're both coming at half past twelve , yeah ? |