Example sentences of "[vb past] what [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clare baked nothing that could be found at the local baker and charged what she considered exorbitant prices , which people seemed happy to pay in cash . |
| 2 | After becoming a socialist in the early 1880s he retained what he called ‘ an Englishman 's wholesome horror of government interference and centralisation . ’ |
| 3 | Then I provided what I hoped to be the optimum conditions for healthy growth — perfect drainage . |
| 4 | When we described what we wanted to do , he said , ‘ That 's totally impossible . |
| 5 | We described what we believe usually happens . |
| 6 | they 've started off with it erm the report described what they 've learnt but they have n't actually put what they 've learnt |
| 7 | The two policemen took statements from the servants about the last known moments of the occupants of the manor , and from Seb , Tom and Carrie , who described what they had seen as they approached the manor house the previous night . |
| 8 | Corbett leaned forward and described what he had seen . |
| 9 | A young messenger-boy for the Post Office described what he thought brought youths to Highbury . |
| 10 | She referred to one pupil 's piece of writing which described what he thought he had learned in the first session with the advisory teacher : |
| 11 | The playwright St John Ervine was standing nearby and described what he saw to the Daily Mail : |
| 12 | The first Westerner to enter Basra was a former US Attorney General , Ramsay Clark — a veteran anti-war campaigner — who toured the city on Feb. 5-6 , and described what he saw there as " a human and civilian tragedy " . |
| 13 | Van der Pool described what he called the ‘ ageing ’ process in direct files , pointing out that performance degrades over time due to additions , even if the packing density does not change . |
| 14 | It all underlined what I 'd always believed — that Famlio had grown to big , scattered and over-confident , and could be eluded by someone who was small , concentrated and clever . |
| 15 | A report released during The Other Economic Summit ( TOES ) — which grouped together non-governmental organizations concerned with environment and development issues — listed what it called G7 's " failure to address nine crucial issues : atmosphere and energy , species and habitats , water and oceans , transport , land-use , agriculture , waste , global relations and the public right to know " . |
| 16 | The next morning the newspapers headlined what I thought was a completely different ‘ anti-Europe ’ speech . |
| 17 | Bunny buried his face in his beer and I only just caught what he said over the noise from the band . |
| 18 | You seen what they 've been doing ? |
| 19 | Tempers exploded at breakfast time after Rosemary and Carssier who had feuded for a month accidentally bumped into each other between two beds and their slanging match to violence when Rosemary shouted what you need is a man ! |
| 20 | It has been starved of funds , and leading politicians with the power to do something about it have done little or nothing , apparently content as long as the radio reported what they wanted it to report . |
| 21 | In the CI5 computer room , Bodie reported what he had found out about the girl to Cowley . |
| 22 | The notion that the Jews were philosophers recurs in a book about India by Megasthenes who was an ambassador to that country on behalf of Seleucus I in about 293 and who reported what he had seen . |
| 23 | This technique not only combated the problem of contrast , which autochrome plates did not handle very well , but it also created what he described as a wonderful three dimensional effect when projected . |
| 24 | This technique not only combated the problem of contrast , which autochrome plates did not handle very well , but it also created what he described as a wonderful three dimensional effect when projected . |
| 25 | This view is reinforced by the writings of some of the early church fathers such as St John Chrysostom , who observed that there was no conflict over natural common property such as air , sun , water , earth , sea , light and stars or even man-made common property such as baths , cities , markets and arcades , but only over private property which created what he termed that frigid expression ‘ Thine and Mine ’ . |
| 26 | This was to be his most important contribution towards the new Foreign Office , but throughout the whole campaign , he unswervingly pursued what he considered to be the ideal solution to the problem . |
| 27 | Jaq noted how wistfully Grimm regarded what he rated as gourmet ambrosia disappearing into the monster 's maw remorselessly . |
| 28 | Theodora reviewed what she knew about the Society of St Sylvester . |
| 29 | She in fact demonstrated what I have elsewhere argued ( Watson 1987 : 14 – 16 ) is at the basis of all education worthy of the name — a quality of five-fold respect , namely for oneself — a proper self-affirmation ; for all other people as persons like oneself ; for the total environment in which we find ourselves , both natural and cultural ; for beauty , delighting in experiencing a sense of awe and wonder ; and finally respect for truth which , however difficult to attain , needs to be like a beacon beckoning us forward . |
| 30 | In the aft compartment they went through the routine exercise of listening to the remaining six missiles and found what they had expected , nothing . |