Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pron] [vb past] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever I wore my brown leather shoes , people would stop me and say , with genuine amazement , ‘ Hey , what are those things you 've got on your feet ? ’ |
| 2 | My knuckles and hands were a mass of windblown cuts and boils which meant that whenever I clenched my fists the gashes opened . |
| 3 | And she knew she was annoying them whenever she questioned their assumptions . |
| 4 | She had bent to hug her daughter , relief pouring through her and mingling with the joy that always sang in her veins whenever she held her precious bundle in her arms . |
| 5 | She was suffering from a stiff neck which gave her pain whenever she turned her head . |
| 6 | Then he laid her on the bed and feasted his eyes on her , slender and seductive , totally naked except for the glowing ruby that flashed fire whenever she moved her hand . |
| 7 | Its representatives could not understand the peculiar reaction they got form the French whenever they produced their business cards . |
| 8 | The staff at school loathed him , but found his genius for getting into locked cars undeniably useful whenever they lost their car keys , which seemed to happen quite frequently . |
| 9 | If it begins transmitting , millions of homes could find interference ranging from small , wavy lines to total picture distortion whenever they used their VCR , the ITC said . |
| 10 | His sally at Descartes when he remarks that there has never been a complete sceptic goes to the heart of the issue and it was David Hume , arch sceptic , who wondered aloud why it was that his scepticism vanished whenever he left his study . |
| 11 | He was also quick-tempered in a way that sent Frankie scuttling for cover whenever he raised his voice . |
| 12 | I could n't believe it and , at the pictures , persisted in dragging them surreptitiously on and off whenever he took his eyes off the screen and looked at me . |
| 13 | I could n't believe it and , at the pictures , persisted in dragging them surreptitiously on and off whenever he took his eyes off the screen and looked at me . |
| 14 | Whenever he mentioned his novel she told him that only her work was ‘ true art ’ . |
| 15 | He had even threaded a length of wire flex though the tags in his waist-band to stop his trousers from slipping down over his hips whenever he put his hands into his pockets . |
| 16 | Sabatini studied seriously the historical events which form the background to his novels but did not hesitate to glamorize the adventures of his characters and to disregard the accounts of professional historians whenever it suited his stories to do so . |
| 17 | But note how I at least attempt to show HOW I formed my opinion . |
| 18 | I told him that Jo had given me the cash , though I was suitably vague as to exactly how I recovered her lost property . |
| 19 | That 's how I met your grandfather , at a sale . |
| 20 | Inquisitive souls might wonder how I persuaded my publishers to go along with my plan . |
| 21 | A working title for it might have been ‘ How I Got my Way , and Was Proved Right in Everything I Did ’ . |
| 22 | Problem No. 11 : The week they go back I usually start a Christmas job for 13 weeks , with money short that 's how I got my machines . |
| 23 | That 's how I got my job . |
| 24 | Readers of these pages may feel curious as to how I combined my religious convictions and duties with those of the Director of Public Relations . |
| 25 | My first step was to gather information on how I spent my time on school-related activities and attempt to create some form of time-analysis schedule . |
| 26 | You know how I served your father , and let him live . |
| 27 | ‘ Mmm … just how I imagined your home would look . ’ |
| 28 | He looked at me and said he often wondered how I told my books apart . |
| 29 | These seemingly effortless designs were the cause of much exasperation , as Minton describes in the satire ‘ Doing the Book of the Film or ‘ How I Ruined My Life ’ which he contributed to the Royal College 's magazine , Ark . |
| 30 | Stuart 's been bleating on about how I changed my name , has n't he ? |