Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] [Wh adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I do n't think I do n't think I 'm leaving anything out on that and I do n't think I 'm misinterpreting where the discussion went on Friday . |
| 2 | " I was wondering where the postcards came from , " Jane said . |
| 3 | I was wondering where the hell I can get my hair done first thing tomorrow morning . ’ |
| 4 | I was wondering where the socket is . |
| 5 | There were two decisions which were binding where the rule of privilege had been applied to copied documents : The Palermo ( 1883 ) 9 PD 6 , and Watson v Cammel Laird & Co ( Shipbuilders and Engineers ) Ltd ( 1959 ) 1 WLR 702 . |
| 6 | What had she been doing when the killer struck ? |
| 7 | Finally , if you are wondering where the new Ogwen guidebook has gone , so is the guidebook team ! |
| 8 | If you are wondering why the Festival is shorter than usual — do n't worry — we 'll be back to our ‘ normal ’ July spot in 1993 [ Friday 9th–Sunday 18th ] ! |
| 9 | ‘ You are wondering why the man has disappeared under a black hood . |
| 10 | I guess you 're wondering why the blues have got you . ’ |
| 11 | In case you 're wondering why the conversation 's being recorded this evening . |
| 12 | And without another word he left the table , went out of the kitchen , presumably through the scullery , and into the backyard ; and when the sound of the door shutting came to them , Mick turned with a laugh towards Joe , saying , ‘ I bet you 're wondering where the first part of grace before meals went . ’ |
| 13 | Do you remember what you were doing when the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded on April 26 1986 ? |
| 14 | That that 's how I felt , that you were getting into it , you were understanding how the bits tied together |
| 15 | THE Lawson affair rumbled on in the Commons yesterday with the Labour leader , Mr Neil Kinnock , asking the Prime Minister why she did not ‘ tell the truth ’ when she was asked why the former Chancellor of the Exchequer resigned by television interviewer Brian Walden . |
| 16 | But who was to judge where the spiritual ended and the secular began ? |
| 17 | He always forgets that , with the Inland Revenue , we are considering how much of a citizen 's money should be handed over to the state , whereas in matters relating to benefits we are considering how the taxpayer 's money is handed out on our behalf . |
| 18 | If we are asking when the issue of who were England 's legitimate rulers was resolved , then the answer can clearly not be 1660 or 1688 ; 1715 , with the failure of the Jacobite rebellion might have a strong claim , although there are some scholars who would maintain that Jacobitism continued to be a significant threat thereafter , so that the succession did not finally disappear as a political issue until after the failure of the rebellion in 1745 . |
| 19 | ‘ And the school term ends in another week , which means the children either mooching around the house all day under-occupied or vanished and one 's wondering where the hell they are . ’ |
| 20 | They are shown how the relationship can be kept in good order and repaired by means of a great array of sacrificial rituals , and how the well-being of their society can be maintained . |
| 21 | Now they 're investigating how the rave was organised . |
| 22 | CITY workers described last night what they were doing when the blast occurred . |
| 23 | Foreigners used mistakenly to think that British diplomats always knew what they were doing when the truth was they were dimly muddling through . |
| 24 | Presumably they were asking how the principles of morality are discovered and known to be true , and discussing the role of revelation as a source and foundation of morality and religion . |
| 25 | It is puzzling why the C&G 's managing director Andrew Longhurst feels he needs to pay Guardian members 4 per cent of their balances to get them to agree to the merger . |
| 26 | Since the Common Market annually produces such vast quantities of wine fit for nothing better than compulsory distillation , it is puzzling why the authorities still require producers of Coteaux Champenois to churn out as much as one or two pieces of this liquid for every marc pressed . |
| 27 | Thus it is explained why the sun reigns supreme for six months of the year , followed by deadly winter until such time as the god of Spring blinds him again . |
| 28 | It is harder to explain why the government involved the public in its actions than it is to explain why the various parties involved in the preparation of the rescript thought it could be turned to their advantage . |
| 29 | In fact I did these in the same way as the neckband , doing the button band first ; after that it is to mark where the buttonholes are to go , it 's just a matter of arithmetic since the needles are numbered already . |
| 30 | This sketch may serve to show what obstacles the prosecuting authorities have experienced in bringing the B.M.F.L. case to trial , and how hard it is to predict when the trial will eventually occur , and what form it will then take . |