Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [verb] what the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When one reads a figure one must always ask what the figure represents . |
| 2 | Briefing should also cover what the expatriate needs to do about property in the home country . |
| 3 | I 'm serious about that , it grieves me greatly the possibility that he may not hear what the patch has to say . |
| 4 | And then he gave order that all the windows of the towers which looked in upon the town should be closed up , that the Christians might not see what the Moors did in their houses ; and the Moors thanked him for this greatly . |
| 5 | You might then wonder what the cutting of the hair had to do with it — well , one of the features of auto-immune diseases is that they cluster within individuals and sometimes within an individual 's family , and the reasons for that are that the immune responses that we have we inherit with our genes . |
| 6 | Well they 'd basically do what the British troops would do but they would n't lose much hate against them would they ? |
| 7 | The legislation reflected a judgement that local authorities could not deliver what the national interest required . |
| 8 | Because I was less a true coward , a calculating coward , than someone so innocent , or so Greek , that he could not see what the war had to do with him . |
| 9 | Sad that the industry of our age could not keep what the ingenuity of the former found out . |
| 10 | He could not reveal what the buyers was planning for the building , however , any investment in the site is certain to bring jobs with it . |
| 11 | When an increasing number of psychologists could not find what the theory required them to find , the theory was modified . |
| 12 | He found himself saying , ‘ In 1919 the Enabling Act was passed ’ and then could not remember what the Enabling Act was ; although it was and still in part is the Act which defines the nature of the establishment in England . |
| 13 | Later , she could hardly remember what the issues were that had so roused them to mutual abuse . |
| 14 | She could n't tell what the words were , but she was grateful that he was being detained . |
| 15 | He could n't understand what the lecturer was talking about because he knew nothing about accounts . |
| 16 | Camille could n't see what the dimensions of the leaf had to do with anything and asked whether mustard and cress were therefore worthless and was there any value in endive , all frayed and ragged as it was . |
| 17 | He could n't see what the men were doing most of the time , because they were either inside or hidden by buildings . |
| 18 | She was n't doing anything interesting at all so I could n't see what the fascination was . |
| 19 | I still could n't see what the problem was but the whole hallway area had gone suspiciously quiet . |
| 20 | I could n't imagine what the others were used for . |
| 21 | Gooseneck could n't remember what the marital row was about . |
| 22 | You just could n't believe what the man has done . |
| 23 | I drew my fingers over my face , tenderly rubbing at the swellings and could well imagine what the scene looked like . |
| 24 | the man and a wife you 'd never know what the problem was because the relationships that will be private to them . |
| 25 | In the judgment , Lord Denman C.J. states that the court need not inquire what the effect of a demurrer to that plea would have been , thus hinting that if the plaintiff had then demurred , the defence might not have been found sufficient . |
| 26 | Just as Goscelin 's statement that Cnut was devoted to St Edith sits somewhat ill with a remarkable tale reported by William of Malmesbury , and may simply reflect what the Wilton nuns wanted people to believe , churchmen writing the histories of their own foundations tended to be prejudiced . |
| 27 | The council would not say what the ‘ procedure ’ for dealing with stores will be over the next three Sundays until the matter is discussed by the Environment and Public Health Committee , but it has already authorised legal action against large stores which continue to open . |
| 28 | The spokesman would not reveal what the results of the survey were — or how many members refused to answer the questions . |
| 29 | It was made worse because he would n't do what the doctor told him . |
| 30 | ‘ You would n't credit what the Orrie 's short for ! |