Example sentences of "[Wh det] he [be] [v-ing] [prep] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having been a soldier in the First World War , he really knows what he is writing about and is a great contrast to some of the pretentious poets who preach about war while they have never seen any violence in their entire lives . |
| 2 | ( b ) He must take reasonable steps to explain what he is looking for and the basis of his suspicion ( s.2(3) ( b ) ) . |
| 3 | The child must be fully aware of what he is consenting to and what the possible consequences may be . |
| 4 | I suggest that he does n't ( indicative ) know what he 's talking about and that he do ( subjunctive ) his homework before crossing swords with self-respecting pedants like me — some of us have a reputation to think of ! |
| 5 | What he 's talking about and this is the same erm same councillor who was talking about living harmoniously side by side those that have are are buying them , those that are renting them but what he 's actually saying is well I 'm actually very , very sorry but if you have n't a job , if you have n't an income or you 're income is so low , just go over there and stay away from us decent chaps with lots of cash . |
| 6 | We knew what he was looking for and it was n't there . |
| 7 | Horowitz was not even looking at her : opening his executive case , he lifted the base , sorted through several documents , found what he was looking for and shut the case . |
| 8 | She pretended not to know what he was referring to but he would not be fooled . |
| 9 | It took her a moment or two to realise what he was referring to and remember Florian 's words out on the balcony . |
| 10 | ( At the time I had not a clue what he was talking about but , in hindsight , he was , of course , referring to Boleyn 's ascendancy over Fat Henry and Wolsey falling like a star from the sky of royal preferment . ) |
| 11 | They both knew what he was talking about but Maggie dropped that line of banter at once . |
| 12 | I had n't any idea what he was talking about but I listened attentively to his description of lands I had never imagined , with their dark green forests , snowy slopes and frozen lakes . |
| 13 | I did n't know what he was talking about but I dutifully obeyed and we trailed the shambling figure as he made his way drunkenly out through a postern gate and down the steep , narrow alleyways of Nottingham . |
| 14 | Oh he knew what he was talking about but |
| 15 | I shouted that he did not know what he was talking about and held the telephone away from my face . |
| 16 | we 'd never , like I mean , I can remember in Plymouth dad saying when we get there , erm we 'll buy a television , we 'll have a television and we did n't know what he was talking about and he said it 's a wireless with pictures , you know , and our minds were boggling we just could n't understand it , and then of course that was another bit of bribery got us to come . |
| 17 | He pawed at the Daily Telegraph but failed to find whatever he was looking for and lit a cigarette instead . |