Example sentences of "[vb past] what [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their own experiences at the Front , and the fact that in many of their villages and townships heavier losses had already been recorded than in the First World War , contradicted what Hitler had had to say . |
| 2 | Dr Hill our Spanish speaking medico rallied what troops and equipment he could find . |
| 3 | Having made what is no more than an interim custody order , the Ontario court , in my judgment , retained what article 5 ( a ) of the Convention calls ‘ the right to determine the child 's place of residence . ’ |
| 4 | Jim McCarron , the committee chairman , said yesterday that Dr Forwell 's report underlined what politicians had been saying about Glasgow 's health record for a long time . |
| 5 | Fabia 's eyes were wide with astonishment as she grasped what Ven was telling her . |
| 6 | Poulson , the well-known Tory who demonstrated what sort of corruption can be applied to private enterprise competitive local authority services ? |
| 7 | The RUC moved in and triggered what Farrell describes as the worst rioting since 1935 . |
| 8 | Blanche recounted what Swod had told her . |
| 9 | You know , she never mentioned that , yet she mentioned what Vince were doing now . |
| 10 | Boldly I mentioned what Kay Dick wrote about her . |
| 11 | Turner did the grand tour , certainly ; he learnt a lot in Italy , but he learnt equally a great deal from English artists and from Dutch artists and in so far as he used the grand tour , and used what Rome and other countries had to offer , that 's what every artist did , every European artist , not just the English . |
| 12 | Materials Used What materials and equipment were used ? |
| 13 | To begin with we used what paper , pens and pencils we could put together from our hand luggage and from among the belongings left in the house that we had been bundled into . |
| 14 | I used what mind control I could muster to blot out the thought of what lay ahead — at least I 'd have food to eat — after the gauntlet was run . |
| 15 | It 's been confirmed that murdered toddler , James Bulger , suffered what police describe as , ’ horrific injuries ’ before being left on a railway embankment where he was hit by a train . |
| 16 | The conference condemned what John Lamb , a public employees union official , said were attempts by the new North Ayrshire and Arran NHS Trust to circumvent the law and reduce the pay and conditions of 700 ancillary workers . |
| 17 | ‘ You noticed what Herr Wolf said ? ’ she continued . |
| 18 | Jeans and a T-shirt but you never noticed what Zosie wore . |
| 19 | I had n't noticed anything untoward in the animal 's behaviour , but I believed what Lili said . |
| 20 | Against the Australian Imperial Forces he played what Wisden called ‘ the innings of his life ’ . |
| 21 | We explored what women associated with the word ‘ fat ’ or ‘ thin ’ . |
| 22 | He dropped what luggage he had into the nearest garbage receptacle and then , ignoring the ticket windows completely , headed over toward the phones . |
| 23 | An angry scene took place in the Cabinet Room at Number 10 , and Mrs Thatcher adopted what Mr Major calls her ‘ blustering and bullying tactics ’ . |
| 24 | I imagined what Perkin might have been feeling . |
| 25 | Émile Chaillot had problems of his own , and I learnt what power a woman can achieve by satisfying bizarre sexual tastes in a man much older than herself . |
| 26 | But a view of Co-operation which admitted only those who are thus motivated would make it an exceptional and exclusive creed to which could subscribe only those for whom Co-operation was itself the end and not the means to a better life , to one which enhanced what Dahrendorf calls a man 's life chances . |
| 27 | Into Charlotte 's mind came what Uncle Jack had said concerning Beatrix 's whereabouts in the spring of 1939 . |
| 28 | ‘ Out came what thing ? ’ he asked . |
| 29 | Yet out of the alienation , the desperation , and the neurosis of his final five years came what Bridges called the ‘ terrible ’ sonnets , such magnificent poems of spiritual desolation as ‘ Carrion Comfort ’ , ‘ No worst , there is none ’ , or ‘ I wake and feel the fell of dark ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ She ca n't be glad 'e 's dead … ’ the maid thought , but then recalled what Tamar had said about Davis before the holiday in London . |