Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] what [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles and Diana frequently visited their brother John 's lichen-covered grave in the Sandringham churchyard and mused about what he would have been like and whether they would have been born if he had lived . |
| 2 | All the way home she agonized about what she should do . |
| 3 | By three both felt certain something was wrong and a nervous debate began about what they should do . |
| 4 | I only heard of what we will call " the-carving-of-mahogany-to-fit-the-cami-knickers " years and years later from my dear friend Bruin Boyce . |
| 5 | Apparently innocent of the opportunity which had been presented to them , they met in the Ravenhill Church and talked about what they should do and even hesitated about talking to the journalists waiting outside . |
| 6 | In the Pomme , we talked through what we would talk through . |
| 7 | Happiness , I knew , was not something she thought much of as an end : it was as if she had said , I 'm glad you do n't mind being poor , and , although when I replied to her , it was only to tell her about the baby , Thomas , and how he had put on five pounds and had cut his first tooth , I brooded over what I might have said while I stood at the sink or pushed the pram , making great , windy speeches in my mind , venting on my absent aunt the curious , unreasonable anger that seemed to rise up before me like a dark pit , bottomless and frightening . |
| 8 | To men who lived on what they could pick up from articles and reviews , the ultimate weapon implied more than lack of a showcase : it implied starvation … |
| 9 | The tribe sang a song to thank the Great Spirits and everyone thought about what they could offer as a sacrifice . |
| 10 | I made a convincing show of joining in all this horse-play and appeared to enjoy it hugely for a week or so while I thought about what I could do to our cousin . |
| 11 | Like Henry James , she found the tiny ‘ germ ’ in a happening , and then had to create people to bring it about ; unlike Turgenev , who began with creating people , and then watched and listened for what they would do or say . |
| 12 | Then I thought of what he might have done . |
| 13 | And the Royal Welch did sing in the rehearsal , it was a record of course , and they sang of what you could see from the hills above Jerusalem , and it was in the minor key and sad as the devil or death , and the green light flickered , and Dylan , short , bandy , prime , obese , and famous among the bars , screamed as I have never heard , but sometimes imagined a scream , and we were all appalled , our pencils silent above the crossword puzzles , and invisible centuries-gone atavistic hair rose on our backs . |
| 14 | He comforted himself with the saying of Uncle Jan — ‘ the devil is never so black as he is painted ’ — and dreamed of what he might accomplish in the company of such a woman , in collaboration with her soft femaleness . |
| 15 | A couple of chairs , plastic with the appearance of cast-iron painted white , had been knocked over , a glass had been broken and an empty whisky bottle lay on what he would call , with his expertise , ‘ the pooldeck ’ . |
| 16 | They 'd just be in their underwear and er it 's er there 's certain evidence that they engaged in what we would call heavy petting nowadays . |