Example sentences of "[vb past] [Wh adv] [pron] [vb past] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The New York Times demonstrated how he had made little impact on the movie world , until that point in time , with the observation that the lawyer Hanson was ‘ … played by Jack Nicholson whose sharp , regular features may be vaguely familiar to kids who go and watch drive-in movies . ’ |
| 2 | Even finding food was difficult , as Filon , the Empress 's secretary , discovered when he went to find some soup for her in an attempt to make her eat after nearly 36 hours with virtually nothing : |
| 3 | Recalled to the present by the cold of the flagstones numbing her feet and automatically aligning the cup handles , she suddenly realized why she had remembered that summer teatime in Martyr 's Cottage . |
| 4 | He did n't see any reason to mind it , but he wondered how she had developed such a good instinct for discovering his whereabouts . |
| 5 | I knew there were no flies on her but I wondered how she 'd found that out . |
| 6 | Rex wondered how he had omitted this rather obvious option from his former list . |
| 7 | Then he explained how he had found this incredible contentment : ‘ I can do all things through him who gives me strength . ’ |
| 8 | I wondered when they had known each other and why the parents had never mentioned the affair to me ? |
| 9 | She wished that she could rely on him and wondered where she had acquired such unrealistic expectations . |
| 10 | Patrick squirmed beneath his mother 's scrutiny , her gaze was direct and unblinking — like a snake , he realised , and he wondered where she had perfected that trait . |