Example sentences of "i [vb past] [verb] what [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd forgotten what a joy it is to have a girl-friend . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , I heard your dog scratching at the door , so I came to see what the matter was . |
| 3 | My canoe had turned side on to the river and against the flow and as I turned to see what the noise was I realised that I had hit a log sticking out of the water . |
| 4 | But at last I learned to know what a lie was : to induce my mother to stop beating me I would lie — I would say , yes , I had lied and was sorry , and then she would whip me for having withheld the admission so long . |
| 5 | I had done what a lot of people do when struck with shyness — tried to detach myself from a situation because I anticipated rejection . |
| 6 | I wanted to know what the heck was going on between us ! ’ |