Example sentences of "[prep] what [pron] [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not after what ye 've done ! ’ |
| 2 | The thing I do n't like about this amendment is it actually moves us nowhere and we can not after what we 've seen over the summer , move nowhere . |
| 3 | After what we 've said about visual support , it might seem perverse to use a video machine without the picture . |
| 4 | Jan Kern , secretary-general of the DLV , echoed those sentiments when he said : ‘ After what we have heard , there are no more faultless doping tests in the world . ’ |
| 5 | But he did n't want to go to the bloody thing , not after what they 'd done to the poor old man . |
| 6 | And the Old Bill came down and found them and nicked us , even after what they 'd said . |
| 7 | After what she 'd said earlier … ’ |
| 8 | After what she had gone through she knew she could not reconstruct the universe , only recapture her own lost world . |
| 9 | The police had been convinced it was a genuine accident that took his life ( and that of his mistress ) but after what she 'd been through , after what she had discovered , Donna could not believe that men willing to kill for the possession of a book had not taken the life of the man she 'd loved . |
| 10 | We checked all but our oilies , hand baggage and briefcases into the airport lock-ups , and after what he had said about the weather , I was glad to see , when we got to the car desk , that he had laid on a four-wheel-drive land-cruiser . |
| 11 | Logical really , after what he had said to Pat Merge with the Mallorys ; marry a Mallory . |
| 12 | She did not understand how Oliver could be so calm after what he had said about Dad at the end of the party . |
| 13 | She did n't mention the word ‘ love ’ , because , after what he had said and seeing now in his eyes what he truly thought of her , she doubted whether she could love a man like him . |
| 14 | The very thought made her mouth water , but she 'd cut her tongue out before admitting it to him after what he had said . |
| 15 | Vic Wilcox demanded , an hour or so later , when they were back in his office after what he had referred to as ‘ a quick whistle round the works ’ . |
| 16 | She could n't understand how he dared to show his face after what he had done to Mr Potter . |
| 17 | Why should she be worried about him , after what he had done ? |
| 18 | It is hardly surprising that , after what he had witnessed , he should set about some slaughter of his own . |
| 19 | After what he had told me , or thought he had told me , it must have seemed reasonable . |
| 20 | Though Polly had little sympathy for Clive after what he had put her through , this merciless dismissal of another man 's entire future made her skin crawl . |
| 21 | Perkin would n't have risked any way to kill me that meant creeping up on me , not after what he 'd seen . |
| 22 | ‘ Titch would n't go near the place after what happened , and I was surprised your grandad could after what he 'd seen . ’ |
| 23 | After what he 'd said she did n't dare turn the key in the lock , but she made short work of undressing . |
| 24 | ‘ After what you 've put me through , I ca n't let you get away with this ! |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't want to go in any of the women 's services after what I 've heard from Eileen , ’ Anne said . |
| 26 | Aside from the rest , after what I have said to Caswell — that you are my wife — we should make it good . |
| 27 | Watching her , Trent recalled sailing towards what he had expected to be his death the previous morning on Golden Girl … his sense of deprivation , of having been robbed of his right to a normal life . |
| 28 | I consider you are a person unworthy of existence in this world , considering what you have done . |
| 29 | But at least I 'd taken the first step , and not an easy step , considering what I 'd said to the doctor at our last meeting . |
| 30 | Bénezet let him go , and sat for some moments considering what he had heard , before he rose at leisure , and walked back thoughtfully to the guesthall . |