Example sentences of "[conj] what [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , nothing ; or else the memory of a meeting , ‘ but I ca n't recall what the outcome was or what we were discussing . ’ |
| 2 | Remember how we missed the last bus because I was kissing you — we did n't know where we were , or what we were doing , did we ? |
| 3 | We knew they were geologists … they did n't come in contact with anybody on the island , they did n't tell people what they were doing or what they were looking for . |
| 4 | Little groups stood about talking of the war or Brighton or what they were going to cook for supper . |
| 5 | I did n't know who was playing or what they were playing , or where , or why . |
| 6 | Hypnosis may also occasionally help someone remember by encouraging them to imagine how they felt or what they were doing at the time of the event . |
| 7 | Isabel sat in her room , behind a locked door , and her sister knew neither what she did there or what she was planning to do and least of all did she know why . |
| 8 | Things were n't turning out as she 'd expected at all ; now she was dazed , confused , hardly knew where she was or what she was saying . |
| 9 | She left him there , and went out into the desert , not knowing where she was headed , or what she was going through . |
| 10 | He looked at her vaguely as if he was n't sure who she was or what she was doing there . |
| 11 | They 'd never understood him or what he was trying to do , he once told me . |
| 12 | She did not question who it had been or what he was looking for . |
| 13 | that bastard , did n't know where he was gon na , he was indicating but I did n't know whether he was gon na just go on or what he was gon na do . |
| 14 | ‘ Better than nothing , ’ said Harvey , who never seemed to care where he was or what he was doing . |
| 15 | Tock was still a little stunned from the accident and would become confused as to where he was or what he was doing . |
| 16 | Stephen did n't know who the boy was or what he was doing on Big Allen and he did n't speak to him . |
| 17 | He had n't explained whether he actually believed in the existence of God , or what he was going to seek the reason for in his meeting with the almighty . |
| 18 | I got on the bus at the terminus at the bottom of Avondale Buildings and rode it back and forth to the other end of the line , sitting on the top deck , not knowing where I was or what I was doing , until the conductor came up to me at the other terminus , after my fifth trip , and asked : ‘ You all right , mate ? ’ |
| 19 | I was n't sure where I was — or what I was doing . ’ |
| 20 | If you really do not know where you were or what you were doing , begin by imagining the object itself . |
| 21 | A vast new respectable society arose round the professions , dignified by the belief that what they were doing ( although it might be exorbitantly expensive ) was in pursuit of some higher calling . |
| 22 | They each believed that what they were doing was vital for the betterment of the world as each saw it and neither would give way to the other , or defer in any way to the other 's claimed priority in attention , preference or responsibility . |
| 23 | To suggest that what they were doing before was of low priority is a misleading simplification — could one for example conclude that if a professor moves from one department to another he does so because the former is of low quality ? |
| 24 | No-one should ever think that what they were doing was too small . |
| 25 | The defendants claimed that what they were doing was in furtherance of their dispute with the provincial newspapers . |
| 26 | Remembering that what we were experiencing was meant to be enjoyable left our wits spinning like a lawn sprinkler . |
| 27 | The lady had cordially assured me at the outset that I was free " to party with anybody I liked the look of " ( this , except for the half-ounce bikini she wore , being her only hint that what we were sitting in was n't a beauty parlour or seminar room but actually a brothel . |
| 28 | ‘ The analysts finally said that what we were doing was not the problem — the problem was that we made it look as though the truth was being dragged out of us . |
| 29 | We believed that what we were doing did n't infringe on the characters of any group of people , and therefore we had a clear mind . |
| 30 | to me that it would be perverse of us to fall into the trap if we were to do so of endorsing Policy E two and not know that what we were endorsing was in fact what the Secretary of State specifically rejected on the grounds perhaps that it was unduly restricted or detailed or inappropriate for some of those other reasons that are set out in the earlier part of that notice of approval . |