Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] [Wh det] the " in BNC.
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1 | This chapter shows us what the Brigade of Guards is really like . |
2 | His profound sense of fatalism becomes apparent as early as the last paragraph of his very first speech : ‘ … every few years there is still a case , and as the parties tell me what the trouble is , … the thought comes in that … another lawyer , quite differently dressed , heard the same complaint and sat there as powerless as I , and watched it run its bloody course . ’ |
3 | He asked the lawyer to tell him what the Law said . |
4 | Certainly , when Yeats chaired the Irish Senate committee that commissioned the Irish coinage ( so wonderfully handsome as it turned out to be ) , it was photographs of Sicilian Greek coins that went out to prospective designers to show them what the committee had in mind . |
5 | The frescoes show us what the colonnades looked like and capitals of varying designs can be inferred from them ; some of the stone pedestal lamps seem to be miniature versions of the full-sized timber columns . |
6 | The girl asks me what the woman is singing about . |
7 | The way we vote is being influenced by editorial interpretations of what John Major said to Norma over breakfast ; by magazine articles telling us what the Kinnocks enjoy for breakfast ; and by TV coverage ( live , no doubt ) of Paddy Ashdown telling us why he chooses toast and Marmite every time . |
8 | If you see new words written and are not sure of the pronunciation because you have not heard the word or phrase used , check the pronunciation with friends — they do not have to be experts at phonetics to tell you what the word rhymes with — then bring it into your own conversation with confidence . |
9 | Orders came in , and that helped the warehouse people unpack the boxes and despatch them ; the information got fed back to the editor to tell him what the sales were , and it was a continuous process and all of the people tended to see the computer as working very much for them , rather than for the other department next door . |
10 | The information got fed back to the editor to tell him what the sales were . |
11 | Notice that the preview shows you what the icon will look like at its normal size . |
12 | When Kalchu asked him what the others would do , he confirmed our suspicion . |
13 | We have I have got I we have produced for you today , some detailed plans showing you what the capacities are of the routes , what the present flows are and what the effects of the new settlement will be upon those capacities . |
14 | to be delivered in one statement show you what the chances are you 'll be doing it anyway but not erm what you are actually doing purpose you 'll always be followed by a tentative benefit always be followed by cheque standing or in this case tell me how does that . |
15 | ‘ I remembered , ’ said Wexford , ‘ as soon as Cullam told me whose the body was . |
16 | That this book tells you what the new ones are . |
17 | ‘ We all think our gut reaction and intuition tells us what the public wants . |
18 | On one U-day last winter , a short-sighted neighbour asked me what the pretty flowers were . |
19 | Now West Mercia Police want the public to tell them what the travellers are doing . |
20 | to meet with Jim so that we can a a the objective of which will be for Jim to tell us what the content of his course is , so we can assess where whether there are gaps in our training . |
21 | Lord Morison said it had been argued that the unique and novel attempt by the Mullan family to establish something which the Crown had failed to do in a criminal case raised questions of general importance . |
22 | Although I did n't , he he , I did n't have time to ask him what the hell he 'd been up to . |
23 | Whenever you run a program it switches to the output screen to show you what the program has produced . |