Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] what " in BNC.
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| 1 | He realised instantly what was happening and why . |
| 2 | He realized now what solitary confinement must be like and wondered how people could survive months , even years of it . |
| 3 | At the end of the day he got exactly what he wanted — high office , achieved not merely without push but with a positive and recorded show of reluctance . |
| 4 | Among the welter of aids to discerning travellers , he found exactly what he was looking for : a comprehensive guide to British hotels and restaurants , each entry accompanied by a brief description of the establishment and a small photograph . |
| 5 | When ‘ Jacki ’ came to Glasgow , he grasped quickly what was expected . |
| 6 | He described exactly what had really happened . |
| 7 | Avoiding ‘ a purely scenographic approach ’ he adopted instead what he calls ‘ the tectonics ’ of the camps , ghettoes and Nazi buildings . |
| 8 | He took away what breath I still had . |
| 9 | He goes right thought for ages and he thought right what do I really need ? |
| 10 | He saw now what had happened . |
| 11 | He knew anyway what John was doing , which was setting the fuse . |
| 12 | People said he was a fool , but I think he knew exactly what he was doing . |
| 13 | He fortunately knew exactly what was wanted and would talk to John for hours on end , about the making of music , history , composers etc. , to such good effect that , when John wanted to put music to ballet , he knew exactly what he wanted . |
| 14 | From sketching the outfits she made to inventing designs of his own was but a short step and by the time he left High School he knew exactly what he wanted to do . |
| 15 | He knew exactly what the chap wanted — and whom . |
| 16 | He knew exactly what he had to do . |
| 17 | He knew exactly what he wanted , how to get it and how to exploit it . |
| 18 | Very early on he knew exactly what he meant to do in art . |
| 19 | He knew exactly what he wanted and so I relied on him one hundred per cent . |
| 20 | The issue of censorship arose again in connection with a license to print , which he was fortunate to obtain since he knew exactly what he had done . |
| 21 | Matthew allowed a small uncomprehending frown to appear , though he knew exactly what the chairman was getting at . |
| 22 | If he could ever be granted one wish in his life , he knew exactly what it would be . |
| 23 | His answering look told her he knew exactly what she 'd been thinking . |
| 24 | He knew exactly what she was offering him then ; and he was fairly certain that she knew , too . |
| 25 | An experienced Detective-Sergeant from sub-divisional headquarters , he knew exactly what he was doing . |
| 26 | With his plans for afforesting the poorer parts of his ancestral acres , the replanting , the harvesting of his mature timber crops , his Christmas-tree plantations of Norway spruce , he knew exactly what he was doing . |
| 27 | She would walk the half-mile or so , and if Luke did n't like the idea then he knew exactly what he could do about it . |
| 28 | He was sprawled in an armchair opposite and the expression on his face clearly told her that he knew exactly what she and Jennifer had been discussing . |
| 29 | ‘ She 's not here , ’ he told her with a mocking ring to his tone which showed he knew exactly what she was thinking . |
| 30 | He knew exactly what he wanted , or , or the range of things he wanted , and the price that he , he was price conditioned and working out which was the best price , priced package . |