Example sentences of "what it was he " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was a scold — whenever she was near him he felt in the wrong and wondered anxiously what it was he ought to have done . |
| 2 | He started to explain what it was he wanted , with sentries shouting along the corridors outside , but was cut short . |
| 3 | He looked at me as if he was now wondering quite what it was he had invited into his home . |
| 4 | There was something definitely wrong , but what it was he had no idea . |
| 5 | Though he did not know it , and never would , he was looking at the blazing jet-pipe of Colonel Bowers ' F-15 Eagle as both men raced on different missions towards the British capital , neither man knowing what it was he carried . |
| 6 | Something was being gained by the roughness of his work ; what it was he could n't explain . |
| 7 | Crouching a little , he risked turning his head to see what it was he 'd hit . |
| 8 | Then he let go of my sleeve as if he 'd confessed what it was he had to confess . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , shut up , Bob , ’ said Dyson , peering into the engine and trying to see what it was he had touched . |
| 10 | He 'd had an addled idea that he wanted to stand there all night , so that first thing in the morning he could approach the kids and explain to them what it was he was after . |
| 11 | Edwina Currie had rejected his advances ( ‘ What sort of girl do you think I am ? ’ ) while Emma Nicholson had not caught exactly what it was he had proposed . |
| 12 | But quite often Quigley will keep his audience in such a state of suspense that he forgets what it was he intended to say . |
| 13 | No doubt she was wondering what it was he expected to find . |
| 14 | When he looked at you it was like he knew something he was n't telling , or was laughing at you , no matter what it was he said . |
| 15 | I still did n't know what it was he was trying to tell me |
| 16 | When asked to show what it was he offered a bottle opener , but Miss Sherwin said as he did so he dropped a polythene bag containing 12 LSD tabs and a small amount of cannabis resin . |
| 17 | I 'll just have to work out what it was he said he wanted . |
| 18 | No , no it 's a lot better than what it was he went to the doctor and the doctor said . |