Example sentences of "[prep] what [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Sept. 7 the Hural deputies elected Radnaasumbereliyn Gonchigdorj , Chair of the SDP 's executive committee , as Vice-President after what Ulan Bator radio described as a " three-day heated debate " . |
| 2 | ‘ Be careful , Jared , ’ Sally-Anne answered him almost indifferently — for after what Dr Neil had said to her nothing seemed to matter any more . |
| 3 | How did she relax and let herself trust again , after what Mortimer had done to her . |
| 4 | The earliest date at which these four could have formed part of an ‘ organised backlash ’ would have been at least eighteen months after what Hall et al. |
| 5 | It was impossible not to remember , after what Timothy Gedge had said . |
| 6 | Maybe he was a tool for any strong hand , including that of Eadric Streona , who became ealdorman of Mercia in 1007 after what S.D. Keynes has described as a palace revolution . |
| 7 | Behind all this was discernible the dim outlines of an even grander vision — a vision of an Anglo-Saxon world state , in which Britain , the white dominions and America ( realigned with Britain after what Curtis referred to as the ‘ schism ’ of 1775 ) would in concert undertake to ensure the peace and prosperity of the world : Curtis was not called ‘ The Prophet ’ for nothing . |
| 8 | Right , well that 's good , erm , and , so in , in relation to the A G M erm we did , we were asked about putting in motion 's erm , are you having to leave the one about the press after what John said ? |
| 9 | After what Roy 's been through , every day calls for a celebration . |
| 10 | Redpath will be having ‘ a couple of quid ’ on him — and after what Spot 's been through , who 'd bet against him ? |
| 11 | I understood why , after what Rupert had told me . |
| 12 | ( He ) said that he considered it was impossible for Mr Asquith to form a Government after what Mr Bonar Law had said about his party . |
| 13 | After what time or times was his temperature 4 97° , 5 100° , 6 98° ? |
| 14 | Of course , that does n't mean he wo n't take a woman if he fancies her , especially after what Matilda said , but … ’ |
| 15 | After what Tolonen had said to him earlier he had hoped for the appointment himself . |
| 16 | The mob smashed up Ms Wilson 's first-floor home before leaving , after what police described as a ‘ particularly brutal ’ murder . |
| 17 | The only new product on the stand was the RA2000 Escort , which now wo n't be in the UK until November after what Ford described as an ‘ unfinished development programme ’ slowed things down . |
| 18 | After what Clive had done for him , he would be forever in his debt . |
| 19 | After what Jeff had told her about Guido Falcone , the only feelings she ought to have for him were disapproval and dislike . |
| 20 | That space has to be defined and defended along three dimensions , not one , and the strongest disciplines in academic terms are usually those which can indicate quite clearly what stance they adopt towards what objects and in which mode of enquiry . |
| 21 | They tend , however , towards what Sahlins has castigated as a ‘ sociability fetishism ’ ( 1976a : 120 ) , in which social structure is often treated as both prior to , and ontologically superior to , its appearance in goods . |
| 22 | At this stage , the sequence has developed towards what Simmel calls the relativistic world view , which he understands as contributing to certain attitudes to the world which comprehend processes rather than just entities ( 1978 : 101–8 ) . |
| 23 | There has been hastening of change , a move towards what Kenneth Baker , the Conservative Secretary of State for Education , has called a series of ‘ benchmarks ’ appropriate to all schools . |
| 24 | With the musical fare so poor — only the opening salvo of the title track and ‘ Wild Hearted Son ’ come within a coyote 's howl of the last brace of albums — the focus drifts inevitably towards what Astbury is singing about … with comic results . |
| 25 | We are deliberately led on towards what Eliot knew was one of the phenomena found most universally in religions ranging from the most primitive to the most developed : thunder . |
| 26 | By the second year three of the districts were moving towards what Ham and Matthews call " real " purchasing : needs assessment , evaluating service effectiveness , establishing priorities and beginning to make changes in ways which take account of consumer views ( Ham and Matthews 1991 : 21 ) . |
| 27 | However , in so far as such social features are part of the meaning of utterances , they ought also to be treated in pragmatics ; yet within pragmatics , these social constraints on language usage and their systematic effects on language structure , have been very much understudied , perhaps as a result of the philosophical and linguistic bias ( no doubt reflected in this book ) towards what Buhler ( 1934 ) called the representational , and Jakobson ( 1960 ) the referential , function of language . |
| 28 | The IAFC is currently considering what payment arrangements might best be made with solicitors where non-assigned Counsel is used . |
| 29 | In others he will have virtually no guidance , beyond looking at the relatively few determinate sentences for attempted murder and considering what adjustment should be made for the fact that death ensued . |
| 30 | With positive encouragement from the DoH , many units are now considering what type of evaluation they should be introducing , not whether they should be introducing it at all . |