Example sentences of "[verb] what [verb] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , though I have my suspicions as to the cause , I 'd like to know what made you act the way you did . ’ |
| 2 | of course our members er of which we 've got a hundred and twenty three thousand , flood the lines into Luton wanted to know what happens they imagined a surplus as being some pot of er big tub of notes that they can dip it and we can dip into , but of course the surpluses have been used basically by British Telecom in particular for funding early retirement schemes er we 're in no way in knowledge whether the money 's every been paid back . |
| 3 | Lemon juice I want to know what did you mean . |
| 4 | He must have wanted to know what triumphs she had to report . |
| 5 | I waited , then said , ‘ But I 'd certainly like to know what makes you think I am . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I know the circumstances were n't the best , but , even so , I 'd like to know what makes you doubt my sincere proposal of marriage . ’ |
| 7 | It was in this atmosphere of craven piety that Lillian Hellman , the playwright who had carte blanche in Hollywood to write what pictures she liked , administered a cold douche to the nation 's conscience by stating unequivocally that she refused to inform on anybody else but herself . |
| 8 | ED DOUGLAS SET OUT TO DISCOVER WHAT MAKES HIM TICK |
| 9 | I 've got your balance here and I say what have you got ? |
| 10 | I say what have you got on your |
| 11 | The individual who 's gon na be assertive is likely to be open and honest or likely to admit things that are not so good at honest those , but they 're not gon na necessarily apologise for those , they 're gon na treat those as statements of fact and they 're certainly gon na try and involve other people and actually say what do you think this , what are some ways forward er but it does n't mean that they 're gon na be walked all over and they still stand up for the things that they firmly believe in . |
| 12 | But as I say what do you feel as as students do you feel that you have the facilities here that could be improved on or or |
| 13 | Say what do you wan na give up smoking try these . |
| 14 | I say what did you do that for ? |
| 15 | I bet sixty thousand , and you know what people in this particular bar , and they say what did you say was being good , how many people work here ? |
| 16 | ‘ Do you know what made him steal from his employer all those years ago ? ’ |
| 17 | She did n't know what made her say it but she felt proud , a lovely , running excitement went through her , like water . |
| 18 | In fact I do n't know what made me think he was that way in the first place — unless it was you , of course , leading me off the trail ! |
| 19 | Oh , I do n't know what made me do that , rotten thing to do , that was . |
| 20 | For several seconds I do n't know what made me wake up . |
| 21 | I do n't know what made me look in the bag , but it were n't . |
| 22 | I do n't know what does it take an hour or so ? |
| 23 | so he says but I do n't know what to do he says cos if there 's a job you know , if there 's any overtime , cos there ai n't been none but if there 's any overtime he says I do n't know what to do I said bloody do the overtime , let her hang about . |
| 24 | I I would n't know what to do you know . |
| 25 | so he says but I do n't know what to do he says cos if there 's a job you know , if there 's any overtime , cos there ai n't been none but if there 's any overtime he says I do n't know what to do I said bloody do the overtime , let her hang about . |
| 26 | I I I I I do n't know what to do I have to ask my boss tomorrow again you know ? |
| 27 | The problems is that you do n't know what documents you need for your enquiry . |
| 28 | If you do not know what documents you have and how they relate to one another , your priority should be to put them in order rather than to transfer them to an electronic system . |
| 29 | Did n't know what hit him did he ? |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't know what makes you think she 's unfaithful , ’ Nigel said weakly . |