Example sentences of "[vb past] [Wh adv] [pron] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She described how she was at a butcher 's shop when she noticed James had gone . |
| 2 | And then the tables faded away , and the music shook me , and I forgot where I was in the joy of raising my voice above the talk and the traffic and the whole street and high over the awning into the sky , with nothing but strummed chords on the guitar for company . |
| 3 | He was serving on the battleship HMS Agincourt during the Battle of Jutland and related how they were in line astern to The Queen Mary and , when the latter was hit in the magazine and blew up , they sailed over the spot without feeling a thing . |
| 4 | She saw how it was for the others : that they were suffering while we , fortunate as we were , had enough . |
| 5 | We saw how it was with the plants and the seeds , and the birds and their eggs but the animals God made could not make nests and lay eggs , because they were so much larger . |
| 6 | They knew when they were opposite Pitcaple , and then Cluny , by the barking of the dogs and the rattle of their chains . |
| 7 | The plots were essentially the same ; like any successful entrepreneur , Alger knew when he was onto a good thing . |
| 8 | He knew when he was beneath the gate-towers because he could see how the machicolations projected against the sky rounded shapes of darkness void of stars ; but he heard not a sound , not even the tread of the watch on the walk between the towers . |
| 9 | Sally-Anne opened her eyes , tried to sit up — a mistake that , everything reeled around her again ; but memory had returned and she knew why she was in this room … and even why she had reached there , but not how . |
| 10 | ‘ Because Al-Makesh knew why you were in Beirut . |
| 11 | They knew where they were with Him . |
| 12 | Beating the bounds , when the parishioners walked round the parish boundaries to ensure that everyone knew where they were in case of dispute , was associated with the Rogationtide crop blessing . |
| 13 | Only the Johnstones knew where they were in all this , the night being as dark as it was wet , and the going unpleasant to say the least . |
| 14 | You knew where you were with curs . |
| 15 | You knew where you were with Marwan . |
| 16 | You always knew where you were with wire . |
| 17 | He was constantly demanding rewrites , even on the set , so you never knew where you were at any time . |
| 18 | I said you never knew where you were from one week to the next . |
| 19 | He says that he always knew where he was with Ken . |
| 20 | As soon as it had been fired from the Simonova the pod would have started to broadcast a signal and , since the crew of the survey ship could not fail to be aware that a pod had been discharged , and that it was occupied , he supposed that his descent had been tracked and that someone at least knew where he was to be found . |
| 21 | So I had no idea where this place was , I knew where it was at the chart but I did n't know where it was from from pier fifty four in New York . |
| 22 | ‘ But I knew where I was with you ! ’ he says irritably . |
| 23 | I said at least I knew where I was with them . |
| 24 | Precious few people knew where she was at this present moment in time and , besides , Simone had visited only the night before . |
| 25 | Smith obviously assumed that someone as badly dressed as himself could not possible be in a group and wondered why he was in the dressing room . |
| 26 | Bell , the Company 's Managing Director , explained why it was in the interests of the Company 's policyholders that levels of reversionary bonuses not only had regard to the investment outlook but also preserved the Company 's ability to invest freely so that its total performance would not be adversely affected . |
| 27 | Fenella stayed where she was for a moment , still staring up at the imprisoned Nuadu . |
| 28 | But Theda stayed where she was by the door , meeting Araminta 's malevolent stare with a fast-beating heart . |