Example sentences of "[verb] [Wh det] [vb past] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his book Acid Rain , Fred Pearce describes what happened to a report on the severe lead pollution in Scotland . |
| 2 | He got out to speak to them and an argument started which led to a fight . |
| 3 | On the portion devoted to the South East news where , incidentally , there are many marginal seats , first we had Neil Kinnock , then there was Gordon Brown giving what amounted to a party political broadcast . |
| 4 | There has been criticism of the group 's wheeling and dealing which came to a head with the surprise sale of the William Hill / Mecca betting shops chain to Brent Walker . |
| 5 | Eventually , on July 25 , Aoun issued what amounted to a rejection of the new plan . |
| 6 | Simon James , say the prosecution , made what amounted to a confession when he was in Spain after the discovery of White 's body . |