Example sentences of "in what [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bombs from the mortar are now exploding in what we believed to be German positions in the wooded area to our front . |
| 2 | Here , among ‘ Prayer wheels , worship of the dead , denial of this world , affirmation of rites with forgotten meanings ’ , some of the stuff of Eliot 's earlier poetry and his anthropological researches , there comes a visionary instant of incarnation forming a link between God and man and , in Eliot 's own poetry , between Ash-Wednesday and Four Quartets : ‘ A moment not out of time , but in time , in what we call history ; transecting , bisecting the world of time , a moment in time but not like a moment of time . ’ |
| 3 | And so we were involved a great deal in what we would call ‘ protesting ’ but as far as political activity , that was never my thing . |
| 4 | It is worth recalling that there were some three hundred autonomous legislative powers in what we now call Germany in the years during which the war took place , 1618–1648 . |
| 5 | The negotiations are at an early stage , but they seem extremely interested in what we have to offer and have given us plenty of encouragement . ’ |
| 6 | In these early days Highlander worked with people in what we would now term industrial relations and workers ' education . |
| 7 | Although David Thorpe was in essence a still-life photographer , I remember going on location in Germany to do a car campaign , and we also used to do many portraits — there was a tremendous variety in what we were doing . ’ |
| 8 | Luckily penicillin became available and was found to be highly effective in what we would consider today to be almost homeopathic doses . |
| 9 | One of the checks was in what we thought was no man 's land , a rocky valley with the odd bush here and there . |
| 10 | This process would be repeated until we ran out of time , cards or interest in what we were doing . |
| 11 | except in what we have said before , said , |
| 12 | If we can eliminate the wasteful duplication and discontinuity caused by ad hoc muddled planning in education , we in effect create space to fit in what we want . |
| 13 | As neither Marcella or I could sing we spoke along to the music in what we felt , somehow , was Good Old Cabaret Style … |
| 14 | WHY Do we drink coffee ? one answer is to keep us interested in what we are doing at the time — typing , say , or repairing a car . |
| 15 | Their vision , of course , is well designed for use in what we humans call the ‘ dark ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ We do n't want to be obstructive , Miss Lenham , we want to help the press all we can , and there 's nothing secret in what we do here , nothing whatever . |
| 17 | The problem , though , does not lie in what we know but how we know . |
| 18 | ‘ I remember talking to Johnny Marr and Morrissey about records we liked , and there was certainly a similarity there in what we listened to — Bowie and things . |
| 19 | We 'd like some freedom in what we eat and drink — yes , and we 'd like an alcoholic drink too . |
| 20 | We do n't want a middle-aged audience , but they can see there are elements of Jefferson Airplane and stuff like that in what we do . ’ |
| 21 | Stein insisted : ‘ Our priorities still lie in what we do on the pitch . |
| 22 | I hope that , whatever the outcome , Peter and his colleagues will have ceased to regard the IoT as an ‘ enemy ’ , and recognise the merit in what we have been saying and abandon the separate examination proposal . |
| 23 | He replied that he did not care and anyway he knew about the Black shooting and there was no truth in what we were saying . |
| 24 | Language comes alive when our creative writings are intended for real readers , genuinely interested in what we have to say , responding in speech or writing to our failures and successes , and this is just as important for young children as for students in higher education . |
| 25 | All four of our mystics wrote in what we now call Middle English , a language which had developed after the Norman Conquest and which grafted French onto the old Anglo-Saxon . |
| 26 | Once decisions are taken , our ‘ audience ’ then look for further evidence in what we say and do to confirm that they are right . |
| 27 | Replacements such as furniture and curtains which I picked up in auction sales we kept in what we called the dry store . |
| 28 | It is enough that we see these things and sit with her while she drinks manzanilla or brandy to wash the sight away ( though we are never told why she drinks ) — these things are enough to make us participate in what we surmise she must be feeling . |
| 29 | In the practically orientated conclusion of the letter , Paul 's directives are highly relevant , touching on principles of mutual conduct , controversy , and our need for fulfilment and satisfaction in what we do . |
| 30 | Now the rhythm section 's so strong and permanent , we can almost deconstruct the songs and create more space in what we 're doing . ’ |