Example sentences of "what [pron] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem had arisen because the first plan used had a river running through the property — what no-one had realised was that the course of the river had changed , leaving a piece of land unconveyed . |
| 2 | I proceeded to catch up on the last ten years of what everyone had been doing . |
| 3 | Denis rallied the defeatists with a robust speech : what everyone had said showed how pretentious were some of the demands made by the party for us to interfere here , there and everywhere . |
| 4 | I acted on what everyone had told me I then asked my friend who had a contact in Tesco 's about it she said well there is one . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | After all those years of being told I was fat , I had the evidence in front of me and I suddenly realised what everyone had been going on about . |
| 7 | In the end , he only emphasised what everyone had long suspected that there was not much of a difference between the winner of the championship and those languishing in the back seats . |
| 8 | This is what everyone 's been waiting for . |
| 9 | And this week the IMF made public what everyone has been saying in private : that there can be little foreign help on offer until the Soviet Union reforms its ‘ rotten ’ economy . |
| 10 | After this freak show , we are led inexorably to what everyone has waited for ; the re-assemblage of The Birthday Party for a mini-greatest hits package of ‘ Dead Joe ’ , ‘ Wild World ’ , and ‘ Nick The Stripper ’ . |
| 11 | It 's what everyone has to do at some time — it 's called taking responsibility for yourself . |
| 12 | ‘ Most people would say an Expo was to promote , to show the world what everyone has to offer . ’ |
| 13 | She came back with what I 'd asked for . |
| 14 | I also knew that eating in the way I did , stuffing and starving and taking laxatives when I felt guilty about what I 'd eaten , was dangerous too , and affecting my health . |
| 15 | Tremayne said nothing until we were driving back to the stable and then all he did was ask me if I were happy with what I 'd done . |
| 16 | I told her what I 'd told Erica at Tremayne 's dinner , and said it might not lead to anything helpful . |
| 17 | I sat for a while thinking of what I 'd said and of what he 'd told me , and I still could n't believe that any of the people I 'd come to know so well was really a murderer . |
| 18 | I just sat in the dressing-room with my head in my hands hating myself for what I 'd done . ’ |
| 19 | Is what I 'd expected to happen actually happening ? |
| 20 | I 'd chosen London over Oxford , and that 's what I 'd got . |
| 21 | In a split second I knew what I 'd done . |
| 22 | I 'd been dreaming , that 's what I 'd been doing . |
| 23 | I felt it and I did n't want to feel it — I wanted to think about going home and facing what I 'd got to face . |
| 24 | She repeated what I 'd said . |
| 25 | When I got back to George , I told him what I 'd asked . |
| 26 | The grooms on the train were all younger , thinner and from what I 'd seen of them in their uniform T-shirts less positive . |
| 27 | ‘ I was so angry I started to cry , but the stylist insisted it was what I 'd asked for . |
| 28 | During that week I felt the Lord speak to me and I knew that this is what I 'd been looking for all my life and I decided to follow Jesus . |
| 29 | John , of Pontypridd , Mid Glamorgan , said yesterday : ‘ It was n't until I came to pay for a car at the auction that I realised what I 'd done . |
| 30 | It was what I 'd always wanted to happen but thought never would . |