Example sentences of "[Wh adv] they [vb past] [vb pp] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Up to this point we had kept up with the other parties , but while they had tackled the step easily , we were left puzzled as to how they had done it . |
| 2 | So just looking at that process , the process of making a piece of practical drama , whether it comes from text or not … the processes of assessment are very complex and far-reaching , and I think it would be very unreal to say that anybody could get to the end of that process without knowing very clearly what … the task had been , how they had approached it , how it had gone at the end really . |
| 3 | Because that 's how they 'd done it twenty years ago , and that 's how they 're going to do it till they retire . |
| 4 | It was beautiful how they 'd laid it down that the baby should be brought up in Dynmouth so that they could always see it about the place . |
| 5 | We 'd keep them for a fortnight in those pigeon holes because most people claim stuff if they realize where they 'd left it within a day or two and then as the weeks went round we used to take stuff out of there and just lump it altogether , having duly labelled it up and erm record it and used to have tuppence an item if anybody lost anything . |
| 6 | Kate had been so busy looking around the room that she 'd rather forgotten why they had entered it in the first place . |
| 7 | And er the thing was , we found out afterwards why they 'd done it . |
| 8 | It was er one foolscap plus of , of words you know , explaining what , what they 'd done and all this and why they 'd done it ! |