Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] what i [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew Penny Lane and it was , alas , enough Crilly , and when my father came one day and asked what I was looking at , I said Penny Lane and he stood for awhile and looked for awhile , while the roof held its breath it seemed and then he said , after all that standing and all that looking , he said , ‘ You 're right ’ , and hoisted me up upon his shoulders . |
| 2 | Afterwards , he got me and asked what I was doing in the doorway with Symington . |
| 3 | Finally , a very sweet nurse came along and asked what I was doing there , as I obviously did not belong . ’ |
| 4 | I walked around a bit to let my trousers dry and practised what I was going to say when Gillian opened the door . |
| 5 | I wrote a few postcards — I had more faith in Bolivia 's postal service than Peru 's — and wondered what I was doing here . |
| 6 | I stared at myself and wondered what I was doing there . |