Example sentences of "whatever [noun] [vb past] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The making of a claim was a privilege rather than a right , and claimants would therefore be expected to heed whatever rules had been in force . |
| 2 | But now the old paternalism began to reassert itself , determined that whatever shackles had been placed around the BBC should also tie down the commercial companies . |
| 3 | All he had was the certainty that whatever steps had been taken that day had led them in one direction only . |
| 4 | Instead she glanced about the small chamber off the hall into which she had been ushered , thanking whatever saint had been responsible that de Raimes was apparently going to keep her to himself . |
| 5 | He had seen the young French clerk whom Celeste had seduced , be broken in a matter of days and confess to whatever question had been put to him . |
| 6 | Nonetheless , Ace hoped that Daak 's flamboyant display of aerobatics had dislodged whatever creature had been on the hull . |
| 7 | Here he dismounted and prayed that whatever spirit had been working within him would continue to work , that this furious feeling of benevolence to all mind — if only a beggar would pass by and he could give him a shilling ! — would not abate , that he ‘ could truly and today start a new life , O Lord , for Thy sake and in Thy name ’ . |
| 8 | Whatever Marguerite had been about to say she did not continue and later changed the subject with firmness that told Jenna she would not bring it up again . |
| 9 | Lucy could only conclude that , whatever Charlie had been saying , it had n't included specific mention of her name . |