Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [Wh det] i [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of explaining what I was doing , I gave him details of the expedition typed out in French . |
| 2 | Th that 's where I , I really started in and sort of showed what I was made of . |
| 3 | I was in just such a trance , going through the motions of doing what I was told , but without being able to do so in reality . |
| 4 | I get paid for doing what I 'm told . |
| 5 | I want you to get involved in sharing what I 'm doing for you with other folk . |
| 6 | It is a book that I greatly admire , for in his own time its author succeeded in doing what I am struggling to do now . |
| 7 | ‘ If I am not successful in finding what I am looking for I shall return and tell you . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm asking you to give me credit for knowing what I 'm doing , Josie . |
| 9 | In this I may be vulnerable , for I was on the lookout for miracles and it was while watching Nancy , listening to her and eventually breaking my own icy shield and talking to her , that I came close to seeing what I was looking for . |
| 10 | My father used to get so angry at her stubbornness — not at all like me , used to doing what I was told . ’ |