Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh yes they did for , for the increase in traffic I mean that er that er went on over the years gradually creep , creep , creep on until the whole atmosphere of the place was er I do n't know improved should you say or not I do n't know whether it 's er well it certainly has n't improved but erm it changed , it was such a lovely little place really , and of course you could run across the road whenever you liked I mean we used to play in Street of picking out in a sweet shop window er a name be Cadbury 's or chocolate or something you 'd be standing across the road and you 'd be running backwards and forwards backwards and forwards , there was no sign of anyone getting run over cos there was nothing about , and when I was a kid going to the Bluecoat School I 'd run across that bridge every morning without looking right or left , because if anything had hit me , well nothing used to be coming you could see a tram coming but oh there was nothing else at that time in the morning oh no it was , would n't like to run across today . |
| 2 | ‘ This was equally true of the teachers , since they , together with the headmaster , could have decided to stop my research whenever they felt it threaten them ; equally , if they had accepted me with open arms it would have meant that the boys would not have trusted me greatly . ’ |
| 3 | they actually put forward some proposals , whereby what do you call him withdrew the clause and wrote another one which negated anything that was said before ? |
| 4 | Sanglemore is how I think they pronounce it . |
| 5 | What she said and how she said it made me feel like a child . |
| 6 | No , just put down how you think you do it . |
| 7 | That 's how they know they have it . |
| 8 | our mutual it helps them if we know how it works it helps us if we know what problems they encounter |
| 9 | THE teenage lover of the man accused of carrying out a vicious sex attack on a coast to coast rambler told yesterday how he asked her to give him a false alibi . |
| 10 | about that oh how what do you mean it 's what that what this place was all about . |
| 11 | Er , what 's it 's I was still on traction you see , and last week when I went I thought I 'd got these hives . |
| 12 | There were times during these last couple of years when I felt he hated me . |
| 13 | ‘ The next day , when I thought you suspected me of smuggling , perhaps worse , my pride took quite a battering . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ The irony is that I did n't realise till Christmas , when I knew I loved you , that it was someone like you I should have been looking for all these years since . ’ |
| 15 | No you see when I put I put it up |
| 16 | He soon had it back with Granny 's belongings intact , and I could hardly believe my ears and eyes when I heard her thank him and allow him to lift her back onto the driver 's seat , in gratitude for which she kissed him on the cheek . |
| 17 | If I think hard work is admirable then I seek it in others and overreact ( often on limited data ) when I think I see it in others . |
| 18 | I do n't know why I let you annoy me this way . ’ |
| 19 | Now you know why I advised you to let it climb . |
| 20 | why I made him tell you . |
| 21 | I said that 's why I thought she had you and Mi Michael with Mootty and Michelle . |
| 22 | I felt awful as other children were upset and their mums looked horrified so I had to go and explain to each mum individually why I thought she did it and say that they were to feel free to stop her themselves and explain . |
| 23 | She is — was — outstandingly able , that 's why I asked her to join us . ’ |
| 24 | That 's why I asked you to join us as soon as was possible . |
| 25 | ‘ That is why I asked you to meet me . |
| 26 | ‘ That 's why I want him to know he can talk to us . |
| 27 | ‘ You know why I think they do it ? |
| 28 | And that was probably why I think he showed us that banner . |
| 29 | with all ty I get on with all types of people , that 's why I think I like you know er I like people . |
| 30 | That was another reason why I feel I let her down so much . |