Example sentences of "with what [pron] had be " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as most dealers actually knew anything , they would get disgusted with what they had been doing , and wanted out . |
| 2 | Ruth stared down at it and wondered why she had bought it and thought it was probably because it contrasted so sharply with what she had been through on this trip . |
| 3 | Hugo looked even more tired and strained than he had earlier , Harriet thought , and Sally was edgy and preoccupied though she seemed greatly relieved when Hugo told her that the insurance investigator , Tom O'Neill , had seemed satisfied with what he had been able to tell him and had not expressed any desire for a further interview or the need to come to the house to speak to Sally . |
| 4 | A few smashed windows , drink , a fight or two , umpteen girls almost ‘ conquered ’ , long tall stories almost believed — but compared with what he had been used to it was the lure of the Orient , freedom , the cry of the Sirens . |
| 5 | When he observes the actual performance he may find it difficult to associate what he has seen with what he had been led to expect . |
| 6 | It fitted in with what I had been working out already . |