Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the intra-verbal support of the infinitive is a general virtual person , the speaker must also conceive the actual support to which the infinitive 's event is incident and the relation in time between the virtual and actual persons whenever he wants to use this verb form . |
| 2 | I should perhaps say a little about how I came to think this way : that the key to educational change is in the stance that teachers individually and collectively adopt towards change . |
| 3 | In the rest of this chapter I shall describe how I tried to do this , drawing on my own experience and developing mathematical interests and understanding . |
| 4 | ‘ Do please tell us all about how you came to do this , ’ she said . |
| 5 | Sir I I 'm just not sure how you how you want to play this because you may feel I beginning to feel we 're probably getting to the end of this circuit here . |
| 6 | But before I talk in more detail about how we hope to raise this money let me spend a little time explaining why I feel that this appeal is so vital to children everywhere . |
| 7 | The White Paper sets out how we propose to take this further . |
| 8 | Yes so this i I mean this is what maths is , is about , you start doing something and then So how we going to lay this out ? |
| 9 | He became particularly interested in how they managed to combine this well-organized and criminal activity with an image of themselves as law-abiding citizens . |
| 10 | God knows how they manage to keep this about themselves with the situation as it is . |
| 11 | Just how they manage to tread this highwire of deft abandon must be due , in part , to excellent artistic direction but in the main to superb dance skills . |
| 12 | She bent over to show me how they tried to eat this dust . |
| 13 | I asked Roger how he managed to establish this kind of control , to reproduce with twenty or more disruptive pupils the semblance of a ‘ model ’ lesson . |
| 14 | He 'd danced here on the same legs that now lay dead beneath him , while Sartori had told him how he planned to take this wretched Dominion , and build in its midst a city that would shame Babylon ; danced for sheer exuberance , knowing his Maestro was a great man , and had it in his power to change the world . |
| 15 | I asked John how he planned to do this shot and he said , ‘ Simple . |
| 16 | I do not intend to say much about how he proposes to do this , or about the background in nineteenth-century intellectual history which accounts for his finding the picture attractive . |
| 17 | Here the paraphrase would be " how he longed to see this sunlight once before he died ! " , but the fact remains that the person designated by he in this example is felt as not yet having attained the realization of " seeing the sunlight once more " , i.e. as being before this event in time . |
| 18 | Exactly how he intends to do this , and how such an attempt will fit into his strategy to bring inflation under control , remain a mystery . |
| 19 | In order to make the radio series , over 30 interviews were recorded exclusively , although only 5% could be used in the finished production , which is why I decided to produce this book , which will prove to be an excellent documentation on the life of David Bowie — an insight into this enigma of the rock world — told by those who really know . |
| 20 | And first I must say why I need to make this digression . |
| 21 | That 's why I wanted to do this movie . ’ |
| 22 | That 's why I wanted to do this movie . ’ |
| 23 | She stood looking after him for a moment ; then she dropped on to an upturned box , and bending her head into the folds of flesh under her chin , she asked of herself why she had to do this . |
| 24 | Being part of the racing establishment , he could be helpful to her , and he had seemed to understand why she needed to pursue this , and it would n't be that painful to see him again . |
| 25 | Introduction your introduction should explain briefly why you chose to analyze this particular sample . |
| 26 | I still ca n't figure out why you need to see this person anyway . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Why you want to see this stupid man ? ’ she snapped , her grammar deteriorating with her temper . |
| 28 | One problem that occupied him was trying to dissuade Hanns from joining the army : ‘ Do n't do anything so foolish … it seems a hopelessly idiotic and pointless idea , and I can not understand why you want to do this ? ’ |
| 29 | There 's no reason why we need to put this money in our budget . |
| 30 | wondering why they chose to walk this way quietly |