Example sentences of "figure [adv prt] [Wh adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Figure out why the mainframe business is n't the best cash cow ever made . |
| 2 | In a few hurried situations I forgot to switch on , and missed the picture opportunity while trying to figure out why the camera was n't working . |
| 3 | ( The diagram on the instruction leaflet is not very clear , however , so this is likely to be one of those times when you take quite a while to figure out how the confounded things fit together , and then feel a bit daft when you realise how easy it is . ) |
| 4 | ( The diagram on the instruction leaflet is not very clear , however , so this is likely to be one of those times when you take quite a while to figure out how the confounded things fit together , and then feel a bit daft when you realise how easy it is . ) |
| 5 | They thought that we meant the insults and could n't initially figure out why the injured party would fall about laughing instead of going into a sulk . |