Example sentences of "with what [pers pn] [vb past] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Americans believed that priority should be given to the restructuring of the European economies in the long term whereas the British were preoccupied with what they argued was a short-term dollar crisis . |
| 2 | POLICE are investigating a robbery at a Cleveland service station where two female assistants were threatened with what they thought was a handgun . |
| 3 | As soon as most dealers actually knew anything , they would get disgusted with what they had been doing , and wanted out . |
| 4 | The group arrived at Dover harbour with what they said was a cargo of ‘ deadly , highly radioactive sand ’ . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Mrs Frizzell looked a little startled , and retired to the tea table with what she hoped was a stylish bow . |
| 7 | She suddenly recollected that she was now the wife of the director of a large company , and drew herself up with what she hoped was some dignity ; but she only succeeded in looking more than ever like a pouter pigeon . |
| 8 | ‘ I learned something from Ana when we were leaving Granada , ’ she began , looking up with what she hoped was an intelligent determination to talk . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd like to remind you that you 're in my house , ’ Alyssia pointed out , with what she thought was unassailable logic . |
| 10 | But , curiously giving her inordinate pleasure , ‘ I 'm in no great hurry , ’ he replied , with what she realised was a natural charm . |
| 11 | On the same day Babic reversed his opposition to the peace plan , stating that Krajina was satisfied with what he said were UN guarantees that Croatian laws and institutions would not be valid in the territories under UN protection . |
| 12 | Tom King , the UK Defence Secretary , announced a range of sweeping cuts in the UK 's defence staff on July 9 , in line with what he said was the reduced defensive requirement after the ending of the Cold War . |
| 13 | ‘ So take the twins for a proper voyage , ’ the senator said with what he hoped was a contagious enthusiasm . |
| 14 | ‘ Where is he ? ’ he said , heading towards the door with what he hoped was an heroic stride . |
| 15 | ‘ In an ideal world , ’ Harvey replied with what he hoped was a cynical grin . |
| 16 | Something to do with what he 'd been through in some war . |
| 17 | He 'd gone and been impressed with what he 'd been told by the visiting medium , though he was n't convinced . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ He says he 's interested in building up a representative collection of primitive and tribal art , but when we tell him the best place to look is in his own back yard , as it were , he tells us he does n't want Abo art , ’ James said , trying unsuccessfully to pronounce the last two words of his sentence with what he imagined was an Australian accent . |
| 22 | He later told her he began to feel unwell at about 8 and at 10 doubled over with what he thought was a stitch . |
| 23 | Werewolf asked with what he thought was an air of innocence . |
| 24 | As she got to her feet he looked underneath her , remembering the equipment cows had , and saw that she had a semblance of the same thing , although nothing like so dangly as a cow 's , but quite satisfactorily dripping at that moment with what he supposed was milk . |
| 25 | ‘ You never could resist it , even as a boy , the temptation to combine vulgarity with what you imagined was wit . |
| 26 | A thin dog sidled up to them , stopping just out of range of a kick , and looked at them with what it hoped was an appealing expression . |
| 27 | It fitted in with what I had been working out already . |
| 28 | ‘ We wo n't ! ’ called Quigley , with what I feared was misplaced optimism . |
| 29 | With what I hoped was an air of raffish nonchalance , I sauntered to the mouth of the alley , munching on the increasingly inedible fruit . |
| 30 | I turned with what I hoped was an innocent smile on my face . |