Example sentences of "and what [pron] had [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both parties knew or should have known what they were doing and what they had bargained for when they entered into the contract . ’ |
| 2 | Who she was with and what they had done . |
| 3 | What they had heard in the yard and what they had seen upon investigating — spilled crates they attributed to rutting cats — would not be revealed until morning . |
| 4 | But then she remembered the light beams and what they had said as they had passed her : ‘ Not fair . ’ |
| 5 | This was a soft seduction of her senses , a sensuous reminder of what they had been to each other and what they had lost . |
| 6 | As it turned out , the studio ‘ was n't up to much any more and half the equipment was broken ’ , but , according to Mondays ' manager Nathan McGough , ‘ a little light went on as soon as I met Chris and Tina , so I phoned them to ask what they thought of the band and what they had planned for the next couple of months ’ . |
| 7 | He had been over twenty before he had even found out about it but he had n't been old enough to dare ask his grandmother how it had been and how she had felt and what they had talked about . |
| 8 | There was nothing so dead as an old love , and what they had shared had only been desire on his part . |
| 9 | Francis Morgan stood and stared at them , and even before the man stepped forward steadily , hand extended , mouth opening to speak , he understood who they were and what they had come to tell him . |
| 10 | For each item , the children either had to complete a sentence , such as Snoopy has cream on his face so … or they were given a description of the clue , such as The clue is that Snoopy has cream on his face , and were asked to tell the Pink Panther about the clue and what they had worked out . |
| 11 | Maggie trusted that , trusted the clear steadiness , the certainty that Rachel would do what she said ; and what she had said , and went on saying quietly , calmly , efficiently , was that she loved Maggie . |
| 12 | She knew he was remembering the last time they had drunk Martinis together and what she had said to him then . |
| 13 | Anna was full of prattle about where she had been and what she had done . |
| 14 | It took her quite a long time to understand what had occurred and what she had done wrong . |
| 15 | She felt like telling him who she was and what she had done , only he would n't be interested , he 'd be embarrassed . |
| 16 | And what she had done was to flee to Scarborough on the back of Wilkie 's motorbike . |
| 17 | She instructed them on what had happened and what she had done , and what she recommended be done next . |
| 18 | And it was thinking of Barbara Coleman , what she had enjoyed and what she had become , that led Rain to a disturbing idea . |
| 19 | She had brought his heart to life and what she had left in it would never die . |
| 20 | He was watching Charles closely , as if afraid that he would not be believed , when he came to describe the meeting with Maureen O'Duffy and what she had told them during the drive down the mountain . |
| 21 | What Gromyko had said to him and what he had said to Shevardnadze . |
| 22 | But he had sounded entirely serious , and what he had said made sense . |
| 23 | Particularly in view of Paul 's remarks and what he had said about Jane Postlethwaite . |
| 24 | I had no intention just then of attempting such a thing , but as I lay awake that night I realised that if it had n't been for Lili I might have felt it necessary to attempt to describe to someone , anyone , what I knew of God and what he had asked of me . |
| 25 | She had planned now to tell him that he was the one who was thick ; that he had fallen into her trap ; that she , Gazzer , and Bella knew all about him and what he had done . |
| 26 | Many of them were predictably connected with the murder at the Turk 's Head and what he had seen , or thought he had seen , one night on the railway embankment that ran behind it . |
| 27 | At his press conference this morning , Professor Glennerster said that , when he started his investigation , he was sceptical , but that he was converted by the evidence of his own eyes , and what he had seen and heard . |
| 28 | Now he thought he knew the sort of case he had to deal with , and what he had read had pointed which way to look for the killer . |
| 29 | Very few came to him with a complete understanding of who he was and what he had come to do , so their faith was correspondingly weak . |
| 30 | He suffered opposition , rejection , hatred and death because of who he was and what he had come to do . |