Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] what the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maggie knew what the older woman was driving at . |
| 2 | Mona asked what the dear child was burbling about , and led him to Bumface 's vacant chair by the fire . |
| 3 | They followed a pattern which was virtually invariable , for Haussmann decided what the optimum height should be in relation to street width and perspective , a feature which was most noticeable in the avenue Napoleon III ( now avenue de l'Opéra ) , which had as its focal point Garnier 's great Opera House , the epitome of Second Empire architectural style . |
| 4 | Chesarynth remembered what the old witch had said about young girls . |
| 5 | Both Elaine and James wondered what the old man , dressed in an assortment of ill-fitting clothes , was talking about . |