Example sentences of "[adv] [Wh adv] [pers pn] [vb past] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of which made it impossible to explain exactly why she 'd been so upset to find , after arriving , tired and exhausted , at the large house in Lowndes Square , that she was going to see even less of Ross than she had in New York ? |
| 2 | Her thoughts annoyingly flitted back to Ven again , and she realised now , of course , just why she had been so outraged when Lubor had tried to kiss her last Friday . |
| 3 | Lydia was wondering why Elizabeth had n't asked April to her dinner party , and also why she had been so silent on the previous evening and had left so early . |
| 4 | He told me proudly how he 'd been there a few times in the past . |
| 5 | Sometimes when we 'd been out to clubs Bernie would give me a lift home to my parents ' , right out in Greenford where we 'd moved just about the time I started keeping twilight hours . |
| 6 | As for Greg-he was precisely where he had been before . |