Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] what [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We intend to establish what the attitude of the financial institutions is to the industry , ’ said CIOB Commercial Director Julian Barlow . |
| 2 | Well , of course , again if you want to see what a neutron or a proton is made of , I mean a neutron is a very small thing and a proton is a very small thing — it 's about ten to the minus thirteen centimetres across . |
| 3 | You , you can have your erm if you were watching a programme and er , I 've done this , erm if you 're watching a programme and you want to see what the weather forecast is er you can have that superimposed on your programme . |
| 4 | If you want to know what a man is really like , take notice of how he acts when he loses money . |
| 5 | ‘ If you want to know what a word means , ’ said my philosophy tutor , ‘ never look it up in a dictionary . ’ |
| 6 | I want to know what a kill joy is . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't think I 'm being treated fairly and I want to know what the hell is going on . ’ |
| 8 | I want to know what the microphone is ? |
| 9 | I want to know what the difference is , and I want to know whether we need to take action or what ? |
| 10 | IF YOU want to know what the future holds for Europe 's financial markets , the best guess is usually to look at America 's present . |
| 11 | ‘ I expect you want to know what the future has in store , do n't you ? ’ |
| 12 | The organisation that calls the general election closest is the one that is most attractive to Tesco or Finefare or whomever it might be when they want to discover what the public thinks of their baked beans . |
| 13 | I want to hear what the doctor has to say . |
| 14 | bores him , but he wo n't and then it pulls me , I want to do what the majority wants to do and then he do n't and I feel guilty cos I think oh I should be with him , but |
| 15 | You have certain losers in Clubs and a good plan in hands like these is to play out the suit in which you have certain losers and wait to see what the opposition do . |
| 16 | Experimentation is wasted unless you stop to analyse what the result of it was . |
| 17 | Look look what the wind 's look look what the wind 's blown in , look what the wind 's blown in . |
| 18 | Look look what the wind 's look look what the wind 's blown in , look what the wind 's blown in . |
| 19 | Unlike the demos you get on ZZAP ! 64 covertapes , PD demos tend to illustrate what the programmer or the host machine can do rather than try to sell you a game . |
| 20 | I , I like to hear what the rest of erm , the Committee got to say on it , actually . |
| 21 | you know telling what the value is and |
| 22 | It does n't mean to say they do n't like participating , but they 'd like to you know see what the group view is before they put in their own views so they 're analyzing , thinking . |
| 23 | I know see what the programme is . |
| 24 | Or if I am called to a meeting that does not have a purpose written on the agenda , I demand to know what the purpose of the meeting is , before we start . |
| 25 | However , this approach holds dangers for him which become apparent when we try to discover what a contradiction is . |
| 26 | Yeah , and that wa , she said well it 's an insurance job she said well it do n't matter , you stand the first hundred pound and then erm then the VAT so she said I dread to think what the price of the job were on the insurance ! |
| 27 | Dread to think what the cake 's like , dread to think what sort of cake we 've got |
| 28 | Try to anticipate what the ball will do , especially if the greens are contoured . |
| 29 | Try to anticipate what the historian is about to say . |
| 30 | From 1979 to 1987 , six Conservative Ministers were found guilty of breaking the law — in their official capacity , I hasten to add ; I hate to think what the tally is now . |