Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | what instructions had been given to the architects as to the ground they were to cover ; how far Parliament would be bound by the decision of the Commission [ of Judges ] ; and how we were to guard ourselves against an expenditure which we had been told by high authority would amount to not much less than £5,000,000 or £6,000,000 … |
| 2 | that 's why I was asking them for , I just want to make it plain my Lord |
| 3 | She wore jeans and a sweatshirt that night — and then felt foolish because she knew he would realise instantly why she was covering herself from head to toe . |
| 4 | One of them was that the nurse , robbed of her pleasure in subduing the hair , turned her savagery more directly on to Harriet and once in a temper broke both of her charge 's thumbs when she was forcing her into a new pair of white kid gloves for Sunday School . |
| 5 | I ca n't quite imagine where they were getting them from . |
| 6 | What we did say did n't encourage them to chat as we 'd always turn the conversation round to why they were keeping us like this . |
| 7 | The one time they were encouraged to sit her on a chair , after she had scratched her sister , both parents moved over to her and fussed her , talking and explaining to her why they were putting her on the chair . |
| 8 | All she wanted to do now was get out of here because it was pretty obvious that this woman had known Felipe when he was enjoying himself on the coast and there was definitely something between them . |
| 9 | When I went to Asdas on the first day when he was telling me about erm sales , loads of people erm |
| 10 | I 'm glad I ai n't at Combe Court now — that 's where he was taking me to . |
| 11 | Mutinously she flicked her gaze back to where he was surveying her in stony silence . |
| 12 | ‘ That 's only natural , ’ Harvey said , wondering why he was bringing her into it . |
| 13 | He must n't touch her or she would shatter to pieces , fall on him and ask him why he was ignoring her in favour of her sister . |