Example sentences of "[Wh det] i [vb past] [verb] to [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Read had not been particularly interested in my political book ( which I had submitted to him in fulfilment of the option clause in my contract with Routledge , so I got together some more representative pieces and sent them to Eliot , no least because he had published my article on ‘ Philosophy and Politics ’ in The Criterion , and because I had again spoken about my plans at our first meeting after the war . |
| 2 | well they were always against me , well Bill was during the war , what I 'd done to them , finished all the decorating , put shelves up , go on the slate to put his aerial up , he would n't go up , I had to climb out my bedroom window onto the gutter and its a wonder I did n't kill myself then , put his aerial up and |
| 3 | It was what I 'd said to him , near enough . |
| 4 | For the rest of the night , I could see him pointing at me and telling all the other guests what I had said to him . |
| 5 | 'A' was what I needed the most , she gave me criticism and took what I had said to her seriously . |
| 6 | By giving me a little he was showing both concern for me and his determination that I should pay materially for what I had done to him . |
| 7 | It 's from the Bible , actually , and it would have formed a small part of what I wanted to say to you this morning ; ‘ Do n't make friends with people who have hot , violent tempers . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's what I wanted to talk to you about . ’ |
| 9 | That 's what I wanted to talk to you about . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Anyway , ’ said Polly , ‘ that 's not what I wanted to talk to you about . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Well , what I wanted to talk to you about is this flat of yours . ’ |
| 12 | But that 's not what I wanted to talk to you about . |
| 13 | That 's what I wanted to get to you . |
| 14 | That 's what I wanted to get to you . |