Example sentences of "[verb] what [verb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He do n't know what to play with next , his mirror or his swing . |
| 2 | While we 're deciding what to look at next , I ask John what Quo are up to presently … |
| 3 | Poulantzas thus constructs what appears at first to be a morass of categories in continual flux ; but he then extracts from it a pattern of relations which he regards as constant . |
| 4 | Those who rebut any ideas of extraterrestrial civilizations ask what seems at first sight to be a very salient question : ‘ Where are they all ? ’ |
| 5 | As experienced dog owners we thought we knew what to expect at first — a little mess , some chewing , a bit of a handful . |
| 6 | Tank had what appeared at first sight to be good credentials , having designed the Focke Wulf 190 aircraft which had given Germany air superiority for eighteen months during the Second World War . |
| 7 | See what happens at next year 's National Championship Air Races , September 16/19 , 1993 . |
| 8 | Even so , it is possible for a court to interpret a statute as covering what looks at first sight as a casus omissus if it can find or invent some plausible general principle of interpretation , an exercise that may call for a little ingenuity . |