Example sentences of "what had [vb pp] [prep] his [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He sighed regretfully as he picked his way slowly through the tattered refugees camped here and there on the floor , wondering what had become of his Louis XVI table .
2 What had passed through his mind in the baggage-room at Royalbion House would remain his own personal secret .
3 He must have been wondering what had happened to his Sunday dinner , if they had such a thing in Joy 's house .
4 It came from a scene set in a bar not unlike ours , and was said just after everyone in the bar had turned pale at the sight of a particular young man , a regular , entering the bar after a week 's absence ; the thing was , they were all wondering how they were going to break the news to him that there 'd been a terrible suicide , they were all wondering who was going to be the one to take this boy to one side and tell him what had happened to his friend , and why .
5 And , because of what had happened to his father , honesty and integrity were of far greater importance to him than to many businessmen she had worked for .
6 After a wash and shave , then breakfast — a roll containing a fried egg washed down with one more mug of cocoa — I wondered what had happened to his tea rations .
7 What had happened to his youth ?
8 Endill learned that this was what had happened to his grandfather , Cornelius Swift .
9 He spent most of his time searching through magazines , picture books and newspapers , hoping to find some clue as to what had happened to his mother and father .
10 He was very angry at having been sent away and was very confused about what had happened to his mother .
11 It was what had happened inside his head .
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