Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [verb] what " in BNC.

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1 It never occurred to Robbins that there was any need to describe the internal culture of higher education ; it was taken for granted that everyone knew what it was , or at least what it should be .
2 So she kept her doubts to herself , merely remarking that everyone knew what Frenchmen were like and turning the whole thing into a rather laboured joke in which Iris eventually joined .
3 These names are either prescribed by law ( wholemeal bread ) or clearly descriptive ( beef stew and dumpling ) or , in the case of fish fingers , the name has been used for so long that everyone knows what they are .
4 The group assumes that everyone knows what the objectives are .
5 The purpose of the group meeting should be made clear from the start so that everyone knows what they are about , and what is expected of them .
6 It wants to make sure that everyone knows what harassment is , that harassment will not be tolerated and that there is a procedure for dealing with the problem .
7 Information can be given to each child separately ( either verbally or in writing ) , so that no-one knows what the others ' information is .
8 It was only when I got home and looked up the dictionary that I realised what a gem it had been .
9 It was n't until later that I realised what it was .
10 ‘ It was then that I realised what a lovely person he was , ’ says Avril .
11 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 .
12 ‘ Not , of course , that I realised what he 'd done then .
13 ‘ It was only when the doorbell rang and two more couples joined us that I realised what he had in mind . ’
14 It was only after we had left , and were returning home that I realised what a good feeling it was to have helped someone in pain .
15 Let me tell the hon. Member for Bolsover ( Mr. Skinner ) that I heard what he said about this matter on Thursday , and I agree with him .
16 ‘ The truth is that I fought what I felt for you for as long as I could , and even after we made love I told myself that I wanted you , desperately , but that you meant nothing more to me than an object of desire . ’
17 Though it has to be said , he wrote , and Goldberg , his eye racing down the page covered in his friend 's tiny handwriting , paused to sip from the glass of fresh orange-juice at his side , wiped his forehead and went on typing , it has to be said that I have occasionally had the illusion that I knew what step to take first and even , occasionally , what step to take second , I will not talk about a third .
18 The difference is that I knew what I wanted and he did not .
19 I fancied that I knew what he was thinking ; much like what Jack would have thought .
20 With things like art nouveau and Edwardian furniture , when David started buying them , I went and got books to get my act together in order that I knew what he was into , but with drugs , I did n't know , added to which David was very secretive and for a long time I was n't aware that he was having a problem , not necessarily from cocaine addiction , which everybody loves to tell you is not addictive , but it is in terms of the fact that you rely on feeling up to cope — you just become more and more paranoid .
21 ‘ I was shocked in the sense that I knew what inspectors could do , but I was n't worried because I thought they were just wasting their time . ’
22 Also , I believe I made it clear that I knew what I wanted from a partnership with a sponsor and was precise and convincing in my presentation .
23 Clearly it was I who should have spoken these words , but already I had a feeling that I knew what the brown paper and the ribbed cardboard concealed , and I was n't going to say a word until time or circumstance compelled me .
24 He must have seen from my face that I knew what he was talking about .
25 Well , everyone seemed to think that I knew what I was doing with a computer , so the shifts , the picket shifts were left up to me , any facts and figures needed , databases , addresses were left up to me .
26 The Guv'nor told me to ride Ile de Bourbon in the big race telling me that I knew what he could do and that win was the biggest of my career so far but I 'll always remember Lester who had finished nearly last padding disconsolately into the weighing room and asking me ‘ Did you know your horse had improved so much ’ .
27 I remember thinking that I knew what painting was about at last . ’
28 I had been on one of these camps before so I thought that I knew what to expect .
29 It was n't until later that I saw what ‘ Uncle Pepi ’ was capable of , in Block 10 .
30 The famous sequence when the helicopters gather in the sky before the great attack has music with it — very familiar music ! — but , do you know , I was so gripped by the power of Coppola 's image , the helicopters , the music , that it was n't until many , many hours afterwards that I realized what the music was he had been using .
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