Example sentences of "that [pron] [verb] [adv] [vb pp] what " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realized that I had completely forgotten what he sounded like . |
| 2 | There was something enthralling about this scene , the three girls in the circle of insect-laden light , so that I had n't wondered what she was doing and only now did I realise that the girl was a fortune-teller . |
| 3 | His change of tactics had been so cunningly disguised that she had n't realised what was happening . |
| 4 | She had thought she was tense last night , but now it struck her that she had n't known what tension was then because she had n't known what Luke could do to her . |
| 5 | The judge did not , however , take that easy course but , instead , accepted at its face value Mrs. Steed 's statement that she had not known what she was signing . |
| 6 | Her evidence was that she had not known what she was signing and that , trusting her daughter , Claire , as she did , she would have signed anything her daughter had put before her . |
| 7 | Now that we have provisionally fixed what a signal is , and how one may be recognized , let us consider some examples of signals — the songs of birds , the pheromones of moths and ants , and the dance of honeybees — before we consider the theoretical question of why signals have evolved in the form that we see in nature . |
| 8 | ‘ So I can tell you that the word is that they have not found what they were looking for . |
| 9 | Studying the map back at the motor cycle , he saw that it had once carried what was now that branch of the Makaa River which flowed down the valley below the track up to the President 's cabin . |
| 10 | He could remember how , after moving out here and having been a city-dweller all of his life , he 'd come to realise that he 'd never known what true darkness was ; even away from houses and street lighting there had always been a faint , reflected amber cast to the sky , but here there was nothing . |
| 11 | The plain truth was that he had n't witnessed what was going on behind him . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , I did , ’ said Kelly , surprised that he had n't grasped what she 'd been saying . |
| 13 | She tried to smile , attempting to indicate that she knew it was n't his fault , that he had n't known what he was doing . |
| 14 | Then he remembered George Aspinall and the change of plan , and that he had not decided what to do . |
| 15 | And it was not only that he had not got what he had hoped for , nor was it the jealousy which made him feel unsure . |
| 16 | She struggles , irritated that he has n't realised what she 'd wanted . |
| 17 | But he commented that he has never forgotten what she said . |