Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb past] [Wh det] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other thing I was interested in was the increase of ele of occupational therapists and I just wondered what the realistic expectation was of being able to recruit them because as far as I know they are a scarce resource er and not easy to find . |
| 2 | Recall that at the beginning of this piece I briefly discussed what the representational theory of the mind has got right : that thoughts are not simple responses , reactions or reverberations to environmental stimulation — contrasting this with the case of the thermostat which automatically switches on and off at pre-set temperatures . |
| 3 | I actually understood what the Hon. and learned Gentleman said , which is unusual , although I do not think that it contributed much to the debate . |
| 4 | Sharpe told Ziegler what he knew , which merely confirmed what the Prussian Captain had already discovered for himself . |
| 5 | She was so busy talking to another woman , who was weighing onions , that she never noticed what the wee fellow was doing . |
| 6 | In so doing it also crossed what the Swiss recognise as an ancient cultural frontier which in this part of the country runs not as a straight line but in a curve in clockwise direction , through the Brunig Pass , the centre of the highland massif known as the Napf , and the river Reuss which flows out from the Vierwaldstattersee at Luzern . |
| 7 | If he really disliked what the beastly troika had done to it , he could have resigned — or , perhaps more effectively , threatened to . |