Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pron] [vb past] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I blamed my body for what had happened , I hated it , I hated having breasts , I thought my body was saying : Hey , here I am , come and get me ! and I was terrified whenever I walked down the street . |
| 2 | It was probably some arrangement of S– and R — 's , but whenever I came into a room where they were , they trickled out ! |
| 3 | Whenever I drove to a hospital my question would not be whether there was a demonstration but how big . |
| 4 | She was a kind woman and whenever I called with a message she would sit me down and fetch me a biscuit or a glass of milk . |
| 5 | Whether as Minister for Aviation or as Minister for Coal and Electricity , I had the same experience whenever I arrived at a meeting of the Council of Ministers . |
| 6 | It was easy for me to summon up this everyday vision , because whenever I sat on the toilet the hem was stretched between my calves , and if I leant forward it was always the salient object in my view . |
| 7 | Whenever she came to the house with Peg she would look about with solemn curiosity , and her blue eyes dominated her wan little face . |
| 8 | Whenever she fell off the vélo she sat where she was , nodding , fumed with wine and drowsy with heat , in a classical furrow , under a pale , bright sky . |
| 9 | She looked on her body as an enemy , and groaned whenever she looked in a mirror . |
| 10 | ‘ Whenever we walked into the ward , we were enveloped in a duck-down duvet of love . |
| 11 | As we proceeded we kept our eyes skinned and whenever we came to a thicket or undergrowth we beat it with our sticks to stir up the prey . |
| 12 | The bubbling song of whimbrel mingled with the excited yelping of breeding redshank could be heard whenever we stopped for a break . |
| 13 | Whenever they passed into the market-making room they would linger to gossip and exchange banter with clerks and market-makers . |
| 14 | Whenever they came into the shop Steve 'd be on about : where 's the action ? |
| 15 | He held a copy of Milton 's works in his hands , but whenever he quoted from the poet he held the book aloft , like the Gospel at High Mass , sometimes going so far as to wave it to and fro behind his head as he chanted out the words . |
| 16 | Flt Lt Marshall was extremely embarrassed and always avoided my eye whenever he came into the Met Office after that . |
| 17 | Whenever he stood at the turn of the great stairs , with the entrance-hall and main door at his back , he knew he was facing the very worst the house could offer . |
| 18 | Whenever he spoke to the woman he regretted that he had not stamped his authority and demanded that Gwen should be released from Leconfield and transferred with him , but they had said in Century 's personnel that he must have a secretary who knew the ropes of the Service , and he had acquiesced . |
| 19 | The Zeeman Effect was Anomalous whenever it departed from the form predicted by classical theory . |
| 20 | I have described how I looked in the mirror and , seeing myself ‘ in the flesh ’ did not recognise myself . |
| 21 | And er , if I was to put entries all the way across the top of this spreadsheet like this , and then , all the way across the bottom of the spreadsheet , do you know how I got to the bottom so quickly , by the way ? |
| 22 | I honestly ca n't remember how I felt at the time — I think I was just shocked . |
| 23 | I decided I 'd have to tell you how I felt after the wedding when I thought you might be feeling more moved to accept advances from a Bluebeard . |
| 24 | ‘ I expect you want to ask me how I began in the theatre , ’ Stella said . |
| 25 | ‘ You know how I went to the Moon the other day . |
| 26 | How I longed for the ruler to point to me ! |
| 27 | He saw how she bridled at the question , but saw also how the truth forbade her to say yes . |
| 28 | She had no idea afterwards how she got to the Villa Alberti where Ferdinando took her to break the news and tell the tale of his fruitless trip . |
| 29 | On asking a young woman from whom I had collected books how she knew of the sale , I got the pleasing reply ‘ It 's the highlight of my year . ’ |
| 30 | Chapters i and 4 examined , respectively , her political beliefs and how she came to the leadership of the Conservative party . |