Example sentences of "[prep] what [noun] [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was angled so that only the captain could see it and Jezrael had no knowledge of what it showed , only her own innate fear of what damage it might cause . |
| 2 | I had a fleeting thought of what fun it would have been to do this trip with Rosemary . |
| 3 | ‘ Indefinite ’ science is obviously extremely important , for without some understanding of what general shape a causal explanation should take and of what concepts it should use , it would not be possible to give a detailed , or ’ limited' , causal account of the particular causes of some particular effect . |
| 4 | An imaginative pragmatist judge might be tempted , for example , to divorce the question of what rule he should lay down for the future from the question of how he should decide the case before him . |
| 5 | I mean it 's a case of of what time we 'd make the journey is n't it ? |
| 6 | Over the last decade and a half strong ecological conservationist movements have emerged and yet there is still no clear idea of how to deal with the ecological problems , nor of what goals we should set . |
| 7 | Think back to Jem Higgins and ask yourself of what use it would be for me to preach your message to him . ’ |
| 8 | But to show such contempt , such disregard of what talent she might possess — that was what she found unforgivable . |
| 9 | Much talk with friends of what result we would ‘ settle for ’ — as if we have any choice . |
| 10 | But since no one had told me about what had taken place the night before , I had no idea of what advice they would give . |
| 11 | Assuming sex education is given to the child by a school , the question of what form it should take must be considered . |
| 12 | If I say it was wonderfully exciting , you will wonder when I am going to do it again , and if I say it was a mistake , which it was , you are going to ask me under what circumstances it might not have been a mistake . ’ |
| 13 | The field linguist , engaged in radical translation , asks himself under what conditions the natives would assent to a given occasion sentence S , and under what conditions they would dissent . |
| 14 | We sha n't be able to do a thorough coverage , I know , but it 's a relatively small area , and we may as well keep it under what control we can manage between us . |
| 15 | To arrive at the answer that makes best financial sense , present commitments have to be weighed against likely future expenditure ( together with what money you will have available ) . |
| 16 | We know with what confidence it must have been made . |
| 17 | McLeish , sitting on the other side of her , huddled on the uncomfortable bench-seating , could smell the faint perfume she wore and thought , with what detachment he could bring to bear , that one of the minor complications of this case was going to be the reactions of every man involved as suspect , colleague or witness , to this beauty he had managed to import on to his staff . |
| 18 | The ‘ boomers ’ packed their tents hurriedly , the log buildings were emptied of their contents and demolished , and one and all hurried to Wainwright as best they could , and with what vehicles they could command . |
| 19 | Disappointingly , the policemen took no notice of the blood , but drove off in the direction the robbers had taken , with what result I can not say . |
| 20 | ‘ I suppose this means you want me to leave , ’ he said with what dignity he could , half-sprawled across the desk with his chin six inches above the remains of a take-away pizza and a cardboard cup of coffee dregs . |
| 21 | Mr Maxmilian Frizzell had never read a book since leaving school and did not know who Lawrence was , so he put down the newspaper and took up the Car Dealer and Garageman with what dignity he could muster . |
| 22 | Each case is different , and it will be for you to decide upon what action you should take to try to improve your parent 's situation in the light of your knowledge of her circumstances . |
| 23 | This chapter examines the broader economic circumstances of non-institutionalized elderly people , and the way these have changed over the last eighty years , to see how far and in what areas they may challenge the assertions of the ‘ structured dependency ’ school of authors . |
| 24 | Will he elaborate and tell us in what circumstances we would have used them ? |
| 25 | But in what mood she would be listening was not so certain , considering everything that had happened . |
| 26 | Dear Gordon , Q. I would like to ask your advice on which are the best concentrates for my horse and in what quantity they should be given . |
| 27 | She watched , not pursuing in what event he might not be there to make it himself . |
| 28 | It is , rather , that the errors that they make permeate their philosophy of mathematics , their account of its foundations , of what their subject is about , and in what direction it should develop . |
| 29 | These five possible areas of leisure activities are only illustrative for the particular methodological problem here being discussed ; they are not in fact derived from any research , but they will suffice to show that the researcher should now be thinking in what order they might be placed so as to g*e a sensible progression in an interview . |
| 30 | So how does the Creation 6 program decide which colour is which and in what order they will be placed ? |