Example sentences of "[vb past] i [Wh det] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | She asked me what the time was . |
2 | On one U-day last winter , a short-sighted neighbour asked me what the pretty flowers were . |
3 | I met the then Chairman of the AAA , Bill Ferguson , who asked me what the problem was all about . |
4 | My mum come up to see me and asked me what the bandage was for and I told her I 'd burnt myself . |
5 | But if someone asked me what the " oldest tree in the park " meant , or what " oak " meant , or what the meaning of the sentence as a whole was , I would have to explain to him the meaning of these expressions with the help of some other expressions which he could understand . |
6 | Mass attendance , erm , mentioned the hospital , he asked me what the hospital was like you know , whether it was acute or , or whatever erm |
7 | I think this was the day you asked me what the quality of life was . |
8 | ‘ While I was with her , ’ I said , ‘ she told me what a wonderful husband you had always been to her — always , in every way , all your married life . ’ |
9 | The following morning he told me what a wonderful night 's sleep it had given him and was fulsome in his praise of what he called his ‘ beautiful lady ’ . |
10 | ‘ You would n't believe how many of our employees told me what a good deal they got on a car or a boat because they adopted Karrass ' strategies ’ says an executive of a major oil company . |
11 | ‘ But Mother went scarlet when the boss 's wife told me what a nice suit I was wearing , and I told her that Mother had spent nearly all night making it . ’ |
12 | But , in fact , as I pointed out the minute you told me what the letters said , there was n't one line there to connect them with Chambers . |
13 | ‘ I remembered , ’ said Wexford , ‘ as soon as Cullam told me whose the body was . |