Example sentences of "of what he [verb] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His words rang in the clear air and she could feel her head swimming from the enormity of what he had just said . |
| 2 | Of course , the irony of what he had just said escaped him , but it caused Shiona to smile a bitter inner smile . |
| 3 | Got out paper and pencil to try and think through the implications of what he had just seen , then gave up and started off home . |
| 4 | When he took the ale into the warm farmhouse living room and saw everyone standing around the crackling log fire with food and drinks in their hands , he thought again of what he had just seen through the kitchen window . |
| 5 | He had been moving heaven and earth to gain what was now little more than a pittance , in the light of what he had unexpectedly inherited . |
| 6 | He crossed the road , willing himself to suppress the significance of what he had already accepted : there was no turning back . |
| 7 | Seen in this light , and in the light of what he had now told me , I studied him afresh . |
| 8 | It was like a slap in the face , the insult so unexpected , and the revelation of what he had really thought of her all along was so hurtful , so callous that she went rigid in his arms , white with stiff dignity , eyes brilliant with pain . |
| 9 | Others said that Horsley saw in Hayling the image of what he had always wanted to be — idealistic , full of derring-do , glamorous , and free from the tedious baggage of conventional business life . |
| 10 | She would teach Creggan the eagle lore she knew , and remind Kraal of what he had perhaps begun to forget . |
| 11 | ‘ Peter , ’ said Sarella when she 'd got over the shock of what he 'd just said , ‘ surely you do n't imagine we can go on with this charade any longer ? ’ |
| 12 | The shock of what he 'd just seen must have still been on his face because he just shrugged and ran . |
| 13 | None of what he found now seems novel but that is , perhaps , because the study has become a classic . |
| 14 | Moreover , he must come to terms with a new awareness of what he has previously accepted , perhaps without thinking , which under the intense microscope of social enquiry may well seem to verge on the ludicrous or to be morally indefensible . |
| 15 | So ( v ) what a person says , using the first person singular , present tense , of a psychological verb , is true or false precisely in so far as it is an expression of what he has inwardly observed . |
| 16 | Is what was said earlier — what a person says , using the first person singular , present tense , of a psychological verb , is true or false precisely in so far as it is an expression of what he has inwardly observed — true of ‘ I know ’ ? |
| 17 | What he tells you should be the distilled essence of what he has personally found . |