Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] [vb infin] what " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The occupational Therapy department do n't understand what art is about at all . |
| 2 | So far as her father was concerned , Molly did n't know what to call him . |
| 3 | Evan did n't know what they were , determined to find out , and so began one of the great sagas of self-instruction . |
| 4 | Addicts do n't stop what they 're doing because someone gives them a talking to . |
| 5 | On the more nebulous issue of value for money of George Street Research said there was clear evidence , of which the opening quotation forms only a part , that clients do not know what goes into a piece of legal work to justify the fee , other than the fact that the job is done . |
| 6 | Dot did not know what Psalms were , but she felt she was beginning to understand about quiet and gentle greenness because she saw it all around her . |
| 7 | Dot did n't know what a banana tasted like , though she 'd heard Mrs Parvis talk about them often enough . |
| 8 | Dot did n't know what her convalescence was . |
| 9 | Dot did n't know what fasting was . |
| 10 | Dot did n't know what a rigger was . |
| 11 | Dot did n't know what an asylum was . |
| 12 | Tammuz did n't know what to say . |
| 13 | I think that our problem is like , that we do n't sort of like get together and me , and I know what I ; m doing with Jack , and Linda knows what she 's doing with Jack , but me and Linda do n't know what each other are doing . |
| 14 | I used to help with sticking the the er money onto the well this used to take about , you know , an hour all these kids did n't know what two pence was , did n't know what twenty pence was and ten pence and fifty pence and then we , they were in go about groups of seven and we get all this done then it would be assembly , then it 'll be games and then that 'll be it for the whole morning ! |
| 15 | Yet , according to French sources , when François Mitterrand complained about the tone of Mr Bartholomew 's warnings at his recent meeting with President Bush on Martinique , the American president did not know what had been going on . |
| 16 | Many candidates do n't recognize what the question is driving at . |
| 17 | If your experiment involves other people ( e.g. if you are comparing different readers ' responses ) , you need to consider ethical issues which arise , including ( a ) getting their permission to use the results ; ( b ) showing them the results and explaining them ; ( c ) not using their names when you report the experiment ( even if they have given permission for this , there is unlikely to be any point ) ; ( d ) the ethical problem that sometimes an experiment is best conducted if the test subjects do n't know what it is for ; that is , if there is a " secret agenda " . |
| 18 | Tilda did not understand what he was doing , but she stared at him from the height of the mast until he became conscious of her , and turned round . |
| 19 | Robyn asked , just a little shakily as her mind raced ahead to the possibilities before her and then retreated with equal speed , because her mind did n't like what it saw . |
| 20 | Neil did not know what to say . |
| 21 | Georgina did n't know what she was letting herself and Ivor in for . |
| 22 | One ‘ unofficial ’ source told me ‘ the club did nt mind what went on with young Ryan on away trips — after all they were roommates and what roommates do — well they do at this club anyway — but Sir Matt 's dog ! |
| 23 | And therefore ( d ) ‘ this is [ sic — should be ‘ appears ’ : JD ] white' does not express what is directly evident . |
| 24 | Such action does not determine what economic activities should be undertaken , but it does provide a framework for discovering and solving problems common to the community as a whole . |
| 25 | We must ensure that any new action does not jeopardise what we have done or make us lose more than we have gained . ’ |
| 26 | Ken does n't know what he 's talking about |
| 27 | ‘ The occupational Therapy department does n't understand what art is about at all . |
| 28 | He said yesterday : ‘ It appears that the Secretary of State has been advised that that Yorkhill complex does not have what the act calls ‘ a significant teaching commitment ’ . |
| 29 | the shopkeepers did n't know what to do with theirself . |
| 30 | Half the other people on the interviewing committee did n't know what it was . |