Example sentences of "[Wh adv] i [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of his study of the often shameful encounter between the conquerors and the native Indians was hazy to me now , but the clean lines of the narrative still reverberated within me whenever I saw an Inca ashlar . |
| 2 | It was in those days , then , prompted by my natural admiration for the lady , that I had first taken to perusing her volumes in the library whenever I had an odd moment . |
| 3 | Serves me right , but it always serves as a reminder too , whenever I fish a new swim . |
| 4 | Over the following days , however , I came to learn not to be surprised by such remarks from my employer , and would smile in the correct manner whenever I detected the bantering tone in his voice . |
| 5 | I had the easy choice of remaining silent , or the more difficult one of addressing the problem at some length in various publications ; which is how I resolved the practical difficulties . |
| 6 | I do n't know how I got the following impression from Lili . |
| 7 | ‘ That 's how I spent the best years of my life , ’ she often said to her son . |
| 8 | I 'm sure you can imagine how I felt the next morning — I could n't move a muscle ! |
| 9 | This is how I achieved the elaborate sky in Figure 3 , using the dust of black No. 199 , cold grey 111 , No. 232 , blue violet , No. 137 , and phthalo blue dark , No. 152 . |
| 10 | He wants to know how I discovered the Old Rectory . |
| 11 | That 's how I believe the best work is produced . |
| 12 | If necessary , I could put together an intriguing article on how I solved a vital problem for the police … |
| 13 | I have noticed some very good front ends in Shareware similar to that produced using Pascal , can you please advise me how I produce the same quality of software . |
| 14 | I climbed into the garden and crouched in the porch , from whence I had a good view of the street . |
| 15 | That is when I got a real bee in my bonnet about British restaurants . |
| 16 | ‘ No , I gave you back some tearducts when I inserted the new model . |
| 17 | ‘ That 's when I thought a little research might be in order . |
| 18 | This theme will be taken up in Chapter 6 when I introduce the structuralist account of the relation between signification and social process . |
| 19 | What do I say when I visit an old Cockney lady with a fractured leg who has been sent home because the orthopaedic surgeons need her bed for the daily influx of trauma , but who ca n't stand unaided and who lives alone ? |
| 20 | For example , I had the privilege of visiting Australia last week , when I met a good friend of the hon. Member for Newham , North-East . |
| 21 | One day , minding my own business as usual , I was walking down a busy main road in the afternoon when I saw a helmeted security guard standing outside a doorway . |
| 22 | I kept my birthday a secret , except that some students wanted me to sign some books , and as I signed them I put the date and I happened to say that ‘ I am signing this on my 44th birthday ’ , and after that the news spread mysteriously and my whole class greeted me with ‘ Happy Birthday to you ’ in English , and today , when I saw the other class , they sang ‘ Happy Birthday to you ’ in Portuguese . |
| 23 | I sat there imagining all the pretty clothes I would have when I married a rich husband , but then Mary appeared with the assistant . |
| 24 | Then I present each of their problems when I chair the full care staff meeting . |
| 25 | On January 10th this year , I went as usual to turn on the aquarium lights when I noticed a female Shanny — now a light beige colour with a very bright green patch on the top of her head — inside the male 's cave , laying eggs on the underside of a flat rock , next to the existing eggs . |
| 26 | ‘ Needless to say , there were plenty of takers when I offered a small wager — but a few worried expressions when I scored five in the first seven games ! |
| 27 | On 6 June , in a year when I had no public examinations and ( like so many others ) was busily occupied ruining floral wallpaper by sticking pin-flags into maps of Europe , the Allied forces landed in France . |
| 28 | One of those days was last Friday , when I had a terrible time going to lunch with Herman to meet Ivy . |
| 29 | She came as night-nurse on the second of May when I had a bad attack of sciatica and left on the fourteenth of June . |
| 30 | I think that 's when I had the first nightmare … |