Example sentences of "of what [pers pn] were [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They invited the Spanish and local press to watch us train , which is exactly the opposite of what we were hoping for . |
| 2 | But those two in particular we felt that er we would do that as part of our er a an essential part of what we were trying to design . |
| 3 | We do not deserve anything from God , because we , of what we were to start with . |
| 4 | Erm , the problem is that this should , this agenda was prepared over the Christmas period basically , and , and we started on the preparations of an economic development strategy in , in accordance with the way we 'd done it before , which was basically a strategy of what we were going to do ourselves . |
| 5 | ‘ We believed very much in the significance of what we were doing , ’ said Secord , leaving for a moment the sticky operational details . |
| 6 | In the dream I would savour each delicious mouthful slowly , and share in general comments on the pleasure of what we were doing or , indeed , on any other topics of conversation . |
| 7 | I pushed inside , Connors following without being quite sure of what we were doing there . |
| 8 | Can I just say that er Ray phoned me up the other day and he said er , would you be prepared to take part in probationers ' , er regional probationary sort of training day er which is at coming up er in a few months time , to give erm presentation skills er I part of what we were doing , erm but just those O H Ps that we did on that part . |
| 9 | ‘ I have in mind the fact that it was not seriously disputed , at any stage during the election , that eight out of 10 families would gain as a result of Labour 's tax and spending proposals ; and yet a number of people who would undoubtedly be beneficiaries of what we were proposing appear not to have recognised that . ’ |
| 10 | He was in no state to form an idea of what we were talking about . |
| 11 | To understand the classicists it helps to have some understanding of what they were reacting against . |
| 12 | Pupils could not see the relevance of what they were asked to do and so lost motivation . |
| 13 | They did not think they were alone in feeling isolated in the business world , but when they sent out invitations to the inaugural meeting on 14 July , with an explanation of what they were trying to achieve , they were staggered by the response . |
| 14 | More damaging to the continuity of sessions were the frequent occasions when teachers interrupted themselves , either because they did not have a very clear idea of what they were trying to say , or because their organizational structure was so complicated that they were trying to do too many things at once . |
| 15 | For other members of the department , some of whom were less aware than Joanne of what they were trying to achieve via the new approach , this was even more the case . |
| 16 | When their reports of what they were thinking about were examined , it was found that these were frequently bizarre , commonly involved complex stories with visual imagery and , so far as the experimenters were concerned , were indistinguishable from dream reports . |
| 17 | Since the average leading grade was E2/3 amongst our friends from abroad , you begin to see the scale of what they were facing . |
| 18 | It says : ’ Nevertheless , the overall picture of greater breadth of experience and skill in the British system , and the more positive appraisals by the British young people of what they were learning , is sustained . ’ |
| 19 | I think that 's an implication of what they were accusing him of , but were they bringing him to trial for . |
| 20 | Some students were reduced to learning their work parrot-fashion in order to keep up to the standard , while at the same time lacking any real understanding of what they were taught . |
| 21 | Mining company employees made no attempt to inform local residents of what they were prospecting for . |
| 22 | At times the broadcasters themselves did not really understand the significance of what they were broadcasting , so it was hardly surprising that their listeners took the same view : enthusiasm , and the lack of it , are equally infectious . |
| 23 | When I again became conscious of what they were saying I heard Lili arguing . |
| 24 | Melissa , struggling to follow the staccato bursts of speech that punctuated their intake of food , was so fascinated by their mannerisms that more than once she lost the thread of what they were saying and had to beg them to speak more slowly , which they did with great good humour and shrieks of tinny laughter . |
| 25 | Now , much of what they were saying — particularly their insistence that women had a right to control their bodies and therefore a right to family planning — was welcomed by all sides of the population industry . |
| 26 | They now wanted to explain all this to Mrs Singh and hoped that I would be able to explain the implications of what they were going to say . |
| 27 | 6 people were removed from the country when they signed a paper agreeing to leave the country voluntarily , however due to the fact that they did not speak English they were unaware of what they were signing . |
| 28 | The trouble is I 've no idea of what they were planning . ’ |
| 29 | Many will therefore appear relaxed and sleepy but some may not remember much of what they were told pre-operatively and may experience disorientation , alarm , pain or occasionally confusion . |
| 30 | Knowledge of what they were expected to do on discharge was equally scanty and the elderly people did not seem to connect the pattern of drug-taking in hospital with a possible continuation once they were home . |