Example sentences of "[vb infin] [Wh det] [be] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do n't know which is causing the most pain or even which event grieves us the most . |
| 2 | That 's another thing you see that that that today you had a a tin ladle and it ever the ladle sort of leaked or developed a hole in ti you did n't discard it and throw it away , you used to go and buy what was called a , which was two little tin washers with a little bit of , I ca n't remember if it was f a fabric or or rubber , two pieces and you put one on one side and one the other and then a little screw and bolt went through , nut and bolt went through it and tightened it up and that stopped your leak , and that ladle then lasted a lot more a lot longer time . |
| 3 | A child who suffers up to forty fits a day is baffling doctors , who say they do n't know what 's caused the little girl 's brain disorder . |
| 4 | What we do n't know is how much above the capping level we might be able to spend because we do n't yet know what are called the deminimus provisions . |
| 5 | Scientists have suggested that the fish are infected by a bacteria or a fungus , but they do not know what is causing the disease . |
| 6 | ‘ Our information is that Mr Evans left the Club in order to go and see what was delaying the arrival of his wife whom he had been expecting for some time . ’ |
| 7 | The region would become what is called a black hole . |
| 8 | Folly could n't understand what was taking the man so long . |
| 9 | But erm , it was suggested about a year or so before I left , that I might take what was called The Gardeners Scholarship to erm The Royal College for the Blind , which in those days was at erm Upper Norwood S E nineteen and erm so erm I had no objections , I did n't , I did n't see any future at all in it anyway , but erm I took this erm scholarship examination , went up to the R N C to work erm some papers and to be interviewed and erm , much to my surprise they erm offered me one of these scholarships which was worth forty pounds a year for three years in the Commercial Department of the College which was an innovation really as erm primarily a College of Music for erm blind students and erm so off I went to the R N C of sixteen and erm did my three year course and got erm some R S A certificates and erm was reasonably successful I suppose I , perhaps I was n't as diligent as I should have been . |
| 10 | Sebastian refused to be quashed , then found that as he did n't have what was called a proper income he had problems in obtaining a mortgage . |
| 11 | If they choose to go into an independent sector home , they , and they have a low level of income , they do access what is called the residential care allowance , which is further income support benefit of up to forty five pound a week . |
| 12 | Sudden surges or dips in the mains supply are more common than blackouts , and you might not notice what 's causing the glitches in your work . |
| 13 | For just £9 a year you will receive What 's Brewing every month and will get generous discounts on CAMRA and Alma Books publications . |
| 14 | I heard a strange sound coming from the hut , but I could not think what was making the noise . |
| 15 | With the passing of the 1910 Choice of Employment Act , the education committee decided to exercise its powers and petition for the closing of the JAC ( which had not yet begun its work ) so that it could open what was termed a Juvenile Employment Bureau and Care Committee System . |
| 16 | And er after that , my father went with the rounds with the collieries , where you had to belong to union to go to them , and Colliery did n't accept what was called the old union . |
| 17 | Gradually they learn to discriminate , although for some time they can not determine what is influencing the mother 's movements towards or away from them . |
| 18 | Well I found an old brown paper parcel tucked right away in the corner where the noise was a- coming from , but I could n't find what was making the noise , I opened the parcel and found this old kettle . |