Example sentences of "that [pron] [verb] [Wh adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ Do you know , Father , it was n't until Whitton was dead that I realised how he had held us in his evil thrall . ’ |
| 3 | Instead , now that I knew where she was living , I contacted my solicitors and instructed them to start divorce proceedings . |
| 4 | Yet it was then that I knew why I had come , for just distinguishable to me against the background of reciting voices , I heard my own voice . |
| 5 | Edward knew he was being pampered and , in his letters to Helen about his friendship with Gwili 's sister , he confessed that ‘ in fact it was partly you that I saw when I held her : I hope I shall never forget her ; then I shall feel that it is possible to love another even though I am all and ever yours , little one . |
| 6 | The first thing that I noticed when I arrived in the dusty Managua airport , besides the tanks parked in the landing field , was an enormous poster of an unmistakable Daniel Ortega , clad in blue jeans and a cowboy shirt , holding an infant with an earring . |
| 7 | ‘ And when you see Bellybutton , tell him that I know where his brother is , and I 'll pick the bastard up whenever I choose and then feed him head first into a cane-shredder . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ So I ca n't say that I know where your mother is or why she left . ’ |
| 9 | think I mind says that I ask where you going now , going now or , well he 's not been here . |
| 10 | ‘ No , ’ said Aline , suddenly serious , ‘ it is only that the step from perfectly ordinary things into the miraculous seems to me so small , almost accidental , that I wonder why it astonishes you at all , or why you trouble to reason about it . |
| 11 | In fact , I 'd become so accustomed to relying on her that I wondered how I would . |
| 12 | I tell yer , Joe , I ai n't too partial to that cove , and nor ai n't I 'appy that 'e knows where I live . |
| 13 | It was n't that she cared how she looked , she told herself . |
| 14 | She did not consciously know that , with Luke 's swift co-operation , she had rid him of his tie , nor that she was left unaided to tear at his shirt buttons with frantic fingers ; and it was only through her senses that she knew when she came to hard flesh and soft springy hair , her palm sliding damply over his chest , fingers catching luxuriously in the light tangle of hair covering it . |
| 15 | So that she knew when he stood up and walked round to drop to his knees beside her . |
| 16 | She replied that she knew where he was but she did n't want to discuss it . |
| 17 | She began to feel that she knew where she was , a little : and after a while she too began to talk . |
| 18 | He started keeping Fred and himself to timetables , so that she knew where she was , and cut out eating with Fred after the show or seeing him in the daytime at weekends . |
| 19 | It was only when she sat down that she realized why there were several spaces : her section of the carriage contained a group of unruly Italian teenagers who were obviously well beyond the control of the two middle-aged nuns accompanying them . |
| 20 | She is looking for a dress for me and she is waiting to comb my hair , and she has the look on her face that she has when she guts the chickens . |
| 21 | She is far more likely to obey the rules if you discuss them with her , so that she knows why you make them . |
| 22 | It seemed so quick and easy when the time came that she wondered why she had waited so long . |
| 23 | After all , ’ said the kind-looking gentleman in his pleasant voice , ‘ they were aware by then that you knew where they lived , and that there was a chance you 'd have them arrested . ’ |
| 24 | How many of the rest of you would say that you got where you are today , in your area of expertise , with trial and error . |
| 25 | The most important factor in ‘ free stretching ’ is that you know when it hurts and how far you can go , making it possible for you to immediately release the stretch should you need to . |
| 26 | Chasing solid walls is done with a bolster chisel and club hammer , and it is important to keep the cables vertical so that you know where they are . |
| 27 | In the concluding part of this chapter we want to pass rough , but clear , judgement on these matters so that you know where we stand . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't mind where I go , but I prefer opening , and the main thing is that you know where you are . ’ |
| 29 | she 's just giving , she 's just give me an adult education centre there at Spinny Hill , Northampton and she said they put everything in perspective for you so that you know where you 've got to start , what is available to you and then she said if you go down the job centre and ask them if E T , education , employment training |
| 30 | He had been taught the hard lesson that you eat where there is food , because food is sustenance and without it there is failure and collapse . |