Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [Wh adv] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she no longer knew or cared how he looked or what he might be feeling , and surrendered herself totally to the sensation of being in his arms . |
| 2 | She looked at Tommaso Talvi in her mind 's eye , she adjusted her image of him to fit with her sister 's , she inventoried his features , beginning with the eyes , and redrafted them in order to see them as ‘ pretty ’ , she scanned his caffelatte pallor and his big hands , grasping the bread she had cut for him , she looked at his mouth , the purplish fullness of his lips and the strong teeth that showed when he grinned , as he had done , often , but without laughter , when the men were disagreeing about the possibilities of change , the chances of the election on returning the Socialists , of bringing about improvements for the labourers now that the franchise had at last been widened to include some people who were n't bosses , like her father , a music teacher with a sense of honour , of justice . |
| 3 | Was it a game today that went how you thought it might do ? |
| 4 | Even as his broken body had followed its spirit into the night woods , there had been something about him : his fingers flexed just so , as if signalling to her ; a frown on his face , as if he was struggling to turn his eyes to the woman by the fire ; a sparkle in those eyes , the dead eyes , the tears that said how he longed to stay . |
| 5 | IT 'S NOT easy , in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington , to explain the importance of The Oval cricket ground in Kennington , yet such was my lot when in 1978 , shortly after my family and I had left South Africa following certain differences of opinion with our government , President Jimmy Carter kindly invited my in and asked why we had chosen Britain and not America as our country of refuge . |
| 6 | Mr Sells said he had corresponded with Mr Bewick and asked why he had not joined the BTS and become involved in debates on transplants . |
| 7 | An agitated old lady addressed Ramsey severely and asked why he did not go back to his own country and do good there instead of stirring up trouble in the United States . |
| 8 | You can ask for the visits to be extended , but before you get that you 're taken to the governor and asked why you want it longer and who is coming to visit you . |
| 9 | Hugh Ritchie , the Departmental Officer one rank above Mr S — , a kind and gentlemanly character with whom I always had rapport , sent for me and asked why I wanted to leave . |
| 10 | At Watford Gap , though , everything was fine , and a nice tea lady saw my shirt and asked how we 'd got on . |
| 11 | HOWARD WILKINSON savoured the prospect yesterday of a history-making European night for Leeds and revealed why he believes they can conquer the odds . |
| 12 | The obituaries published in Britain , on the Continent and in America all acknowledged him as the originator of military precision dancing and reported how he had dominated a whole era of show business . |
| 13 | Leitzig pointed to the rows of steel containers submerged in the water , and described how they had been transported to the plant in 100 tonne flasks with walls fourteen inches thick . |
| 14 | The critic Richard Buckle accompanied them and described how they sat in the stalls of the empty theatre afterwards while Balanchine told them ‘ what he liked and did not like about it and how it could be improved ’ . |
| 15 | So I went to meet her without my make-up on and demonstrated how I made myself up . |
| 16 | Despite his overall fatigue and discomfort , Mark wore it proudly and explained and demonstrated how it worked to everyone involved in his care . |
| 17 | Despite his overall fatigue and discomfort , Mark wore it proudly and explained and demonstrated how it worked to everyone involved in his care . |
| 18 | They compared her , in advance , to similar women in the States who had manifestly succeeded but when they interviewed her , and found how she differed from the stereotype , they were even more intrigued . |
| 19 | Mellor grasped the nettle and told how he felt like Daniel in the lion 's den . |
| 20 | Dr Bellamy gave a spirited call for the preservation of an area he considers to be one of the top 10 botanical sites in the world and told how he had sat in the rainforest imagining he was a dinosaur . |
| 21 | Last year , Thomas asked for a Mental Health Review Tribunal — and told how he had staged his madman act . |
| 22 | At the Rabbit Grounds , everything was as I 'd left it — the buck lying strangled in the broken catapult , the sand kicked up and messed where I 'd gone crashing . |
| 23 | He had been watching young chicks , he said , and noted how they explored their environment by pecking at crumbs or other small objects , including their own droppings , but quickly learned to distinguish edible from inedible items . |
| 24 | As well as confronting the child and recording its responses in the normal way , they also walked up to its surprised mother and noted how she behaved . |
| 25 | Instead of starting with the birth of Jesus and going on to his ministry , death and resurrection , the first disciples began with the resurrection and showed how it made sense of the rest . |
| 26 | Denis Wirth-Miller attended a talk he gave at Goldsmiths ' College and observed how he galvanised the audience . |
| 27 | ‘ Binge ’ diary Week 1 Decided to give up vomiting ; binged three times 2–3 Noticed that when stressed by children she turned to food and binged 4–5 Binged only once each week 6–7 Returned home and observed how she wanted to please her parents 8–9 On holiday , eating three meals a day — discovered she did not put on weight . |
| 28 | We found some people who are just mad about hats and discovered why they like their favourite headgear . |
| 29 | ‘ 1 just lived as they did and watched how they groomed themselves without any cosmetic aids . |
| 30 | They followed her and looked where she pointed , through a gap in the yews . |