Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] what [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | However , to the extent that our assumptions for thinking about them remain within the framework which derives from Weberian thought , we may well not recognize them for what they may be . |
| 2 | The mercenary ones simply put up with them and pretend that they love them for what they can get out of them . |
| 3 | There were lessons all around me about what I should be doing , where I should be going , but I chose to ignore them . |
| 4 | You joked me about what she should of in the day ? |
| 5 | Yet we are also familiar within ourselves with what we may call our rational streak . |
| 6 | Rachel looked up sharply but his expression was inscrutable , giving away nothing of what he might be feeling . |
| 7 | To be greeted by complete strangers with instant derision was a sobering experience , and it vividly reminded me of what it must have been like for those first black people , in the eighteenth century , walking the streets of England freely . |
| 8 | I had a conversation the other day with Con that reminded me of what I used to be , before I got corrupted by this place . |
| 9 | And all the time my cut thumb reminded me of what I must forget to stay sane ; all the time sick with worry about what 's happening to me so I have to keep ordering myself : Think about the invalid . |
| 10 | He has reminded me of what I should have said in my supplementary answer to the hon. Member for Pontypridd ( Dr. Howells ) . |
| 11 | Nothing like what he would call ‘ photography ’ . |
| 12 | She gave him what was left of the already denuded packet : only two hundred pounds , it was true , and nothing like what it should be . |
| 13 | Unless , like Chris Patten , she needed you for what she could n't do herself ( write a decent speech ) , any wet , however bright , was kippered on the back benches . |
| 14 | Thank you for what you may be able to do . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't blame you for what you must be thinking . ’ |
| 16 | This road takes you through what I would say was the most savage landscape you are likely to see in the Pyrenees without actually setting off into the mountains on foot , a valley which has rocks where other valleys have trees . |
| 17 | The photographs show you something of what you will see — underground roadways , coal-faces , haulage engines , and on the surface the blacksmiths ' shop , the baths , and exhibitions . |
| 18 | It 's about individual people realising they can do something beyond what they may normally expect to achieve . ’ |
| 19 | Jabbing violently forward , with no thought whatsoever of what she would do if she actually hit him , she did n't even notice where he was retreating until it was too late . |
| 20 | Jay knew it , numbed herself against what it might mean . |
| 21 | In research for the advertising campaign — where we carried out in-depth , face-to-face interviews with senior representatives of 50 existing and potential customers — we looked at existing attitudes and probed them on what it would take to persuade them to come to us to answer their problems . |
| 22 | If by our standards their lot was a hard one , what they suffered inside was nothing to what they would have had to endure outside from a still brutalised populace . |
| 23 | What she may endure now is , however , nothing to what she will lace very soon . |
| 24 | Nothing to what you could see tonight . ’ |
| 25 | A foolish heart ( mine ) betrayed me , blinding me to what I should have seen . |
| 26 | I 've got to be made to realize that I only love him for what I can get out of it . |
| 27 | ‘ She says , can you come to coffee and tell her about what I 'll need for school . ’ |
| 28 | If you scored two or more points you should , if you have not already , see your doctor and get further advice from him or her about what you should do to reduce your heart disease and stroke risk . |
| 29 | His difficulty is that his party has nothing to tell him about what it would spend if it were returned to power , which it will not be . |
| 30 | have a chat to him about what you could do I said do n't worry I said . |