Example sentences of "[det] [be] [Wh adv] he [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 This is where he meets the beautiful Estella for the first time .
2 This is why he calls the object of his study ‘ narrative discourse ’ , which he defines as ‘ the oral or written discourse which undertakes to tell of an event or a series of events ’ , and which he distinguishes from narrative as series of events ( story ) , and narrative as the act of narrating .
3 This is how he described the way the idea came to him .
4 After all that is where he wants the power .
5 That is why he gave the City prior notice of measures that will come into effect in April , 1994 .
6 ‘ And that is why he prefers the company of men ? ’
7 ‘ He is now outside the camp , that is why he climbed the wire .
8 That 's why he hates the garden so much , and wo n't let anyone go in there . ’
9 That 's why he met the seven earlier in the afternoon .
10 Perhaps that 's why he feels the need to remind us that His Name Is Prince .
11 That 's why he joined the Einsatz Commando . ’
12 I wonder if that 's where he met the gypsies .
13 That 's where he got the horn in the eye . ’
14 That 's where he grabbed the ball .
15 That 's how he stole the xarkon . ’
16 Franco knew that Yagüe would show the enemy no mercy ; that was why he had deployed Yagüe with the Legion in Asturias , in 1934 , and that was why he repeated the tactic in 1936 .
17 That was why he preferred the violence — it showed she felt something for him .
18 That was why he dressed the way he did , always immaculate . ’
19 That was why he promoted the idea of the Grand Slam Trust Fund , an opportunity for the four Grand Slam tournaments , as the pinnacles of the game , to make a major contribution to the grass roots on a global basis , over and above the enormous funding they provide for tennis in their own countries .
20 That was when he saw the thin figure jogging towards him in the gloom , and heard the roar of engines come up fast behind him .
21 Climbing from his car , Curtis surveyed the carnage wreaked by his enemy — for that was how he regarded the Prophet now — his enemy .
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