Example sentences of "what [noun] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions have taken place with the United Nations High Commission on Refugees over the last month . |
| 2 | Instead , she remembered what Peggy had said just now : ‘ I 'll stay if you 're lonely . ’ |
| 3 | As Fulbright presented it , in what amounted to a proclamation of American innocence and British guilt , the US had been had' by her allies ; and while this may not appear to be entirely convincing , Fulbright had picked up the importance of what Acheson had described as the danger of Ho Chi Minh 's ‘ direct communist connection ’ — and might , indeed , have gone further . |
| 4 | He and the Reverend McQueen set out after breakfast to find the ruins of what McQueen believed had been an ancient pagan temple to the goddess Anaitis . |
| 5 | It occurred to her that what Pascoe had said earlier was n't at all coy ; in fact , the more she thought about it , the more carefully judged it seemed to be . |
| 6 | He paused , realizing what Pascoe had meant . |
| 7 | The navigator of a ship or plane has to tell his captain what direction to steer to reach his destination . |
| 8 | Reportedly no decision of what direction to take has been made , nor is any apparently pending for an operating system not due until 1994–95 . |
| 9 | What Daugherty had liked most about New York Nights was the performance of the ex-Broadway actor John Wray as the gangster Joe Pivaldi and he told his readers that this characterization would stay with them for months . |
| 10 | ‘ To tell you what Penver had arranged about the business ; you said you wanted to know . ’ |
| 11 | On the other hand their subordinates — that large body of laymen and women who , as assistants or typists , seemed necessary to support what Ian had called the one per cent addressed these senior clergy by their titles to their faces and even amongst themselves referred to their superiors in this way . |
| 12 | On the other hand , British political leaders gave priority to what Churchill had called their own dream and their own task . |
| 13 | He got long , ill-spelt letters from Claire every week , telling him what Doyle had done , and how Mary the cook was going into hospital , and the Labrador had taken first prize at the Eadstown Field Day . |
| 14 | What Patrick said made sense . |
| 15 | It may not be what Ferranti wants to hear . |
| 16 | It may not be what Ferranti wants to hear . |
| 17 | It is coupled to one of GM 's four-speed automatic gearboxes which features a responsive kick-down , what Vauxhall likes to call a ‘ seamless ’ change-up and lock-up in third and fourth ratios . |
| 18 | What Ferguson had found and what the left just could not see was that when Hollywood really tried they produced a thing that ought not be pedantically analysed for ‘ the thing exists by itself for its moments on the screen , unquestionable ’ . |
| 19 | Janowski held talks with Song Jian , Minister in charge of the State Scientific and Technological Commission , who stressed the traditional friendship and co-operation between China and Poland " no matter what storm has occurred " . |
| 20 | Jealousy , jealousy , see what money does do n't ya ? |
| 21 | On my right through the car window I see what money has done here . |
| 22 | What joye-killer haue forced my teares to floode , |
| 23 | Li Shai Tung stared back at the boy for a moment , then looked down , chilled by what Ben had said . |
| 24 | Harry trailed along behind Ockleton , bemused as he always was by beeswaxed pews and glittering plate in what experience had taught him was an irreligious world . |
| 25 | She wondered what experience had moulded him into the cynical man that he now was . |
| 26 | What hours did have to work ? |
| 27 | Amaranth had repeated enough of what Harvey had told her about the motorway to make it worthwhile telephoning his partner in Arden to make local inquiries . |
| 28 | Guatemala remains a terrible reminder of what Nicaraguans have fought so long and hard to replace . |
| 29 | When you think of what birds have to go through — shooters , hunters , in Malta , Spain , Italy and Cyprus — I 'm stunned that anything survives with cats around as well . ’ |
| 30 | What Wieman has done — as well as reaching the lowest temperature on record — is to simplify what has been an immensely complex piece of laboratory apparatus . |