Example sentences of "of what he [was/were] [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The futility of what he was trying to do swept over him . |
| 2 | Tallis recognized what he was doing immediately , and sensed the point of what he was trying to tell her . |
| 3 | Again it amused him to note the general application of what he was beginning to think of as Wexford 's Law . |
| 4 | He had completed a first draft by July 1941 , but he told Hayward that he was not pleased with the result because he was over-conscious of what he was attempting to do : " he was always aware of this problem in his work , and it had effectively led him to abandon much of the poetry he had been writing in his Harvard years . |
| 5 | Nicholson , at this point , was in the news through the acclaim being bestowed upon him for Easy Rider , and his first taste of stardom was received with some apprehension ; his on-screen connections with marijuana and LSD also attracted a great deal of media coverage ; serious press interviews , with him personally as the focus and centre of attention , were also unfamiliar territory into which he ventured nervously , almost unsure of what he was going to say and how he was going to express his feelings and opinions ; he had plenty , and serious ones at that . |
| 6 | There was also the question of what he was going to say . |
| 7 | I am aware of the matter that the hon. Gentleman raises , not least because he was courteous enough to give me an indication of what he was going to mention this afternoon . |