Example sentences of "be [conj] what [pron] had [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although you always came to me brimming with news of where you had been and what you had done , I do not think you told me everything . |
| 2 | Anna was full of prattle about where she had been and what she had done . |
| 3 | Francis Morgan stood and stared at them , and even before the man stepped forward steadily , hand extended , mouth opening to speak , he understood who they were and what they had come to tell him . |
| 4 | Although she knew they were both wrong she could n't apportion blame to either of them , not yet , at any rate ; the only thing she knew at the moment was that what she had heard tied her to this house and the business as if she had signed a contract giving away her life . |
| 5 | Very few came to him with a complete understanding of who he was and what he had come to do , so their faith was correspondingly weak . |
| 6 | He suffered opposition , rejection , hatred and death because of who he was and what he had come to do . |
| 7 | She felt like telling him who she was and what she had done , only he would n't be interested , he 'd be embarrassed . |