Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] what the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though popular with patients , such a departure from traditional practice has been known to outrage consultants , demanding to know what the researcher is doing with their patients ! |
| 2 | She took the programme from his hand as if wanting to know what the song was , but her eyes were shut as she bent her head over it . |
| 3 | Within a week he was a member , within a fortnight he 'd come out at home and within three weeks his father was at the CHE group wanting to know what the hell was going on . |
| 4 | ‘ Wanting to know what the sheriff had to say to you , I suppose . |
| 5 | If a giant has come to town the children will allow you to have your council meeting to discuss what the townspeople should do about it , but what they really want to do and what they will learn most from is dealing with the giant . |
| 6 | Dreading to think what the stuff on her face might be , she clawed at it with trembling fingers , trying to interpret the strong odour in the turquoise air around her . |
| 7 | They 'd be better off waiting to see what the law is before wasting money on taking action . |
| 8 | They wait hushed , like the crowd before the soldiers , each waiting to see what the others will do . |
| 9 | His nephew , David Moores , is chairman at Liverpool but Everton are treading water , waiting to see what the future holds . |
| 10 | Pat , whose baby is due in four days , says : ‘ It 's unnerving , this waiting to see what the future holds , but there is n't a lot I can do . |
| 11 | A great hush fell over the entire Wolfwood , as if , thought Snizort , every living creature knew or heard or sensed what had happened and was waiting to see what the Trees would do . |
| 12 | This I 'm pleased to say is being done , a meeting has been arranged with British Aerospace , it should have taken place on Monday er Mike was deputizing me at that meeting and I 'm waiting to see what the outcome of that meeting is . |
| 13 | We were sitting there waiting to hear what the guy at the other end of the phone thought about it and he came back saying , It 's the worst thing anyone here has heard for a very long time — actually I think he was a little more abusive than that , but he went on — I do n't like it and I do n't know anyone else who would . |
| 14 | We were sitting there waiting to hear what the guy at the other end of the phone thought about it and he came back saying , It 's the worst thing anyone here has heard for a very long time — actually I think he was a little more abusive than that , but he went on — I do n't like it and I do n't know anyone else who would . |
| 15 | The whole House is waiting to hear what the Opposition 's policy is . |
| 16 | All over the burrow , both the newcomers and those who were at home were accustoming themselves to each other in their own way and their own time ; getting to know what the strangers smelt like , how they moved , how they breathed , how they scratched , the feel of their rhythms and pulses . |
| 17 | In order to compensate for this , farmers are having to do what the Dockertys have done — diversify . |
| 18 | ( 2 ) That the judge 's failure to direct the jury adequately as to the defendant 's previous good character was a material misdirection which could have caused injustice to him ; that at any stage of the trial the jury were entitled to the judge 's assistance on the facts as well as on the law , the withholding of which constituted an irregularity which might , depending on the circumstances , be material ; and that the judge had erred in failing to ascertain what the jury 's problem was and to give the requisite help ( post , pp. 166C , F–G , 167G , H ) . |
| 19 | ‘ Most people tend to gather at the track and do the group session , without even stopping to think what the training effect is doing to their body , or how they are going to progress next week , or the week after . ’ |
| 20 | This was a slow process , for Tom had to keep stopping to explain what the words meant , and several times had to look them up in a dictionary . |
| 21 | Mrs Tibbs looked out from behind the tall mirror she was carrying to see what the commotion was . |
| 22 | This is a pictorial caricature of an organisation and is an invaluable tool for helping to explain what the organisation is ‘ about ’ . |
| 23 | Half the faces in the stalls were turned the wrong way , trying to see what the fuss was about in the back row . |
| 24 | The hon. Gentleman is trying to guess what the market price will be in X years ' time and what proportion of the market will be accounted for by coal . |
| 25 | Once more things were happening she had not caused to happen but now there was a difference and she sat with her back to the tree trying to discover what the difference was . |
| 26 | Erm we 've covered it I 've done it before I 'm just trying to remember what the answer was . |
| 27 | As a language user you may start from a position of ‘ innocent egotism ’ , whereby you assume that others are like you and share your assumptions , or you can start by trying to assume what the addressee 's terms of reference are and continue in a circular process of mutual discovery . |
| 28 | If the water is very low when you are constructing your map it is worth trying to imagine what the water will be like during a winter flood . |
| 29 | Ianthe was trying to imagine what the room would be like and where exactly the house would be but somehow did not like to ask for further details . |
| 30 | WITH a good deal of head-scratching , with a shuffle here and a waffle there , America 's diplomats are trying to decide what the country 's European policy should be . |