Example sentences of "what [pron] [vb past] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | We knew her and we also knew that she was taking food to a different set of prisoners ; they were beginning to scatter over an increasingly wide area as there was now no hope of an immediate Allied invasion of northern Italy , which was what everyone had hoped for . |
2 | She did n't ask what I 'd done to my hair . |
3 | That night I watched television and did some paperwork , amending the maps to include the newly named Black Destroyer Hill , writing a brief description of what I 'd done to the rabbits and logging both the effects of the bombs that I 'd used and the manufacture of the latest batch . |
4 | well they were always against me , well Bill was during the war , what I 'd done to them , finished all the decorating , put shelves up , go on the slate to put his aerial up , he would n't go up , I had to climb out my bedroom window onto the gutter and its a wonder I did n't kill myself then , put his aerial up and |
5 | I saw it twice , the second time to see what I 'd missed through racked sobs the first time . |
6 | The grooms on the train were all younger , thinner and from what I 'd seen of them in their uniform T-shirts less positive . |
7 | From what I 'd heard of La Flaxperson , a crowbar might help . |
8 | I thought about how I 'd walked around all those weeks and what I 'd felt about him and the crazy things I had found myself believing . |
9 | ‘ It was because I could n't stop myself , because I was driven by the need to know if what I 'd felt in Sintra had been real and still existed . |
10 | When Pat told me that he 'd been pleased with what I 'd said on Day to Day I felt better ; I could n't have coped with his disapproval as well . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | And e what I 'd put on what I 'd said to her Erm I think I 'd put on here , you know , Re refer to section five on on of the brainstorm list , and she 'd all she 'd typed in is , Where is section five of the brainstorm list , I could n't could n't find . |
13 | It was what I 'd said to Bill Mabbeley . |
14 | It was what I 'd said to him , near enough . |
15 | How the hell did he know what I 'd said to Colonel Stok ? |
16 | I 'd a lump on my head the size of a goose egg ; I 'd been through some kind of hell in the spaces ; I 'd prayed for … it was not what I 'd prayed for at all . |
17 | She came back with what I 'd asked for . |
18 | ‘ I was so angry I started to cry , but the stylist insisted it was what I 'd asked for . |
19 | Rufus asks me what I 'd had in mind , and I shrug . |
20 | Erm , what I 'd thought about , because at this stage we 'd like to erm , perhaps start to get the feel of these little examples of application , How do these pairings sound for you . |
21 | In the big chief 's private office Hartley informs me casually that what I 'd taken to be a ping pong ball-firing toy gun on the table behind me was actually an automatic 12-bore shotgun capable of delivering a dozen lethal rounds in quick succession . |
22 | In the big chief 's private office Hartley informs me casually that what I 'd taken to be a ping pong ball-firing toy gun on the table behind me was actually an automatic 12-bore shotgun capable of delivering a dozen lethal rounds in quick succession . |
23 | To cut this story short , for several more aromatherapy sessions with Charlotte , I experienced what I came to recognise as grief . |
24 | So , I did what I learnt to do as a working-class woman , which was to justify why I did my work by saying , well of course it is a metaphor for all kinds of struggle , and of course it is , but actually the original reason was n't that at all . |
25 | I replied , describing the state it was in at that time , and what I hoped to do with it . |
26 | I HAVE always had a clear idea of what I hoped to achieve at certain points in my life , which has given me a sense of direction . |
27 | I 'm not sure what I hoped to achieve by this . |
28 | I did what I had to do in Dublin — you 'll never know what I had to do to survive . |
29 | Helen asked me to explain what I meant , and listened carefully to the long story of what I had suffered at Gateshead . |
30 | From what I had gathered of her dinner with him in town , despite her obvious pleasure in meeting him again , she had given the poor man a straight brush-off . |