Example sentences of "[Wh adv] i [verb] [vb pp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He answered at once , ‘ Whenever I 'd found the hole in the floor . |
| 2 | Essentially that 's how I 've spent the rest of my life , to date . |
| 3 | ‘ Everyone who asked how I 'd done the lighting , I told them . ’ |
| 4 | Wanted to do an article on how I 'd built the company from nothing . |
| 5 | I told him about Frankland , and how I had seen the boy with the food . |
| 6 | This was not how I had imagined the conquering of my childhood dream peak , and I was muttering and tutting under my breath as I clambered up towards them . |
| 7 | They had heard how I had prevented the King from destroying all their ships . |
| 8 | When my master 's wife came into the room some time later , I showed her how I had killed the rat . |
| 9 | That is what I am concerned with , and that is how I have measured the application . |
| 10 | So I bought indoor-plants and was given indoor plants , and one of the indoor plants I expended my energy on was the fern with the bright , shiny leaves and the indestructible appearance bought that day when I had suffered the apocalypse . |
| 11 | It 's only when I 've lost the track |
| 12 | I do n't mind shopping on Saturday when I 've got the money , but I do n't like it during the week — I 'm usually broke by Monday — so I keep it down to a minimum . |
| 13 | ‘ One of these days when I 've got the time . ’ |
| 14 | " The only fun I get , " he muttered in the voice of a man with nothing left to live for , " is at the end of every day when I have fed the dog and I climb in the tent and change the bandages on my blisters . " |
| 15 | Member can come back in a minute when I have developed the point . |
| 16 | Notice where I 've put the feather please . |
| 17 | They came out where I 'd put the old door on the , you see where I 've put the door here |
| 18 | I was cowering in my usual corner in Boots ' chemist 's shop in Scarborough , where I had developed the habit of a weekly weigh-in to keep a morbid eye on my progressive emaciation . |
| 19 | In this damp clay I had left footprints , and over these footprints I now found the splayed-out pug marks of the tigress where she had jumped down from the rocks and followed me , until the kakar had seen her and given its alarm-call , whereon the tigress had left the track and entered the bushes where I had seen the movement . |
| 20 | By then it was too late to get the room and I walked back to the spot where I had committed the robbery . |
| 21 | On the third day , I was marched before a prison officer , who perfunctorily asked me my name and address , and if I would confess to where I had concealed the body of Victor Frankenstein . |
| 22 | I had to go about north-north-east , and if I hit the coast in the wrong place I could go first one way , then the other , until I came to the shingle where I had left the dinghy . |
| 23 | to New York where I had found the rogue ensconced in a suite of |
| 24 | The following day he arrived to collect me from the hotel where I had spent the night . |
| 25 | Like where I 'd seen the bartender before . |
| 26 | That 's why I 've moved the bookcase behind your head . |
| 27 | Well y you 'll appreciate why I 've asked the question er Mr , because they supported it , they made representations in support at the consultation draft stage , they did n't object at the deposit stage , and yet today , as I understand your evidence , you 're telling us that they do object to site D thirty nine being shown within the inset . |
| 28 | That 's why I 've bought the record . ’ |
| 29 | That 's why I 've taken the liberty of preparing and enclosing a suggested Personal Itinerary , which incorporates an abundance of ways you might enjoy your stay with us … |
| 30 | I had no idea why I had brought the knife and what I 'd used it for . |