Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With these exhortations in mind let us now turn to examples of anthropologists trying to elucidate the meaning of exotic symbols . |
| 2 | What future do I now have ? |
| 3 | Instead of asking ‘ How do we ever unlearn our native egoism ? ’ we must ask ‘ How near to a true philosophical egoism do we ever succeed in getting ? ’ |
| 4 | What sort of instrument did you normally use ? |
| 5 | ‘ Funnily enough , that 's why the whole episode did him less harm than it might have done . |
| 6 | WHICH PUBLIC FIGURE DO YOU MOST DESPISE ? |
| 7 | Into this imaginary world of people unable to learn from their market experience let us now introduce a group of outsiders who are themselves neither would-by sellers nor would-be buyers , but who are able to perceive opportunities for entrepreneurial profits ; that is , they are able to see where a good can be sold at a price higher than that for which it can be bought . |
| 8 | What percentage do you actually pay er to in in commission ? |
| 9 | What aspects of your work do you really dislike ? |
| 10 | How much of a check do they actually go into if somebody makes a claim on that ? |
| 11 | Only on his way home did he suddenly realize that illness could have prevented her from meeting him , and only when he entered the farmhouse that evening did he discover that she was dead . |
| 12 | Only in the War of Independence did they occasionally raise their voices against ‘ the rich ’ . |
| 13 | How many miles a week do you do , what kind of terrain do you usually train on and how heavy are you ? |
| 14 | What current campaign do you most support ? |
| 15 | What current campaign do you most support ? |
| 16 | Right yes but even if , even if Romeo took marriage , the fact does n't always mean you 're chicken does it just say let's talk about it instead . |
| 17 | If you 're asking a civil engineer to do some work for you i if that civil engineer has a degree does it automatically mean that the work 's going to be perfect and wonderful ? |
| 18 | For the moment let us simply note that natural history may have important ritual implications . |
| 19 | With a timetable to them we are in the best place to do it now cause we 're still learning we have only done three jobs , four now have n't we ? erm the Kathy procedure is definitely needed . |
| 20 | what job do you normally do ? |
| 21 | He said : " To the best of my recollection , at no time and in no place did I ever say " break bones ' . " |
| 22 | I 'm sure that bloody corset did me more harm than good . |
| 23 | No , hardly put it down in his C V , Des O'Connor singer Did they ever make that ? |
| 24 | well the questions a very simple one , back in January nineteen eighty eight , on any occasion you spoke to Mr either before or after the first article did you ever raise this question with the solicitors letter ? |
| 25 | When you go out in the evening do you always draw the curtains and leave a light on ? |
| 26 | Wölflinn himself describes the Bernini statues at some length but at no point does he ever mention the subject … |
| 27 | The other meaning uses plastered in the type of structure which we have introduced in the present section ; notice that it allows addition of to be ( and that it is parallel in its overall structure to ( 42 ) where there is a non-finite clause complete with subject , verb and object ) : ( 41 ) Clara wants the façade to be plastered ( 42 ) she wants the builders to plaster the façade Let us also take note of a subtle and rather interesting ambiguity , found in : ( 43 ) Oliver imagined her red-haired This may mean that Oliver is allowing himself to speculate on the effect of , let us say , adding a wig to a blonde lady of his acquaintance ( and this may therefore be called the " cosmetic " version ) ; or he may be trying to build a mental picture of someone he has never met ( the " unacquainted " version ) , in which case imagined could be replaced by supposed with very little alteration in the meaning of the whole . |
| 28 | ‘ What the heck did she ever see in that one ? ’ |
| 29 | Er , which radio station do you usually listen to ? |
| 30 | After all , what evidence did I really have ? |