Example sentences of "what [pron] [vb past] [verb] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He listened to what I had to say about the procedure still to be gone through and hoped that they would soon hear whether Balbinder had a place . |
| 2 | I shall not attempt to repeat what I said then , for repetition makes bores of us all in the House ; I am glad , however , that the scepticism that greeted what I had to say about the benefits of a single European currency has since been replaced by understanding and support in several quarters . |
| 3 | Some British colleagues thought it was overweight and underpowered , so after trying a right-hand drive 1.8GL version recently , I looked up with some trepidation what I had said about the car on my voting form six months ago . |
| 4 | After a while Lily began to talk , and I realized that she understood nothing of what I had said about the war . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't know what to say , ’ Farmer Bolsover said to Brownie Owl , ‘ except that I am very sorry for what I did say about the Brownies , especially about the Brownie who climbed my apple-tree for her budgie . |
| 6 | Calming down , Loretta outlined what she had discovered about the dead man . |
| 7 | Was she being judged on what she had learned about the project ; and if so , was n't the teacher being judged on how well he had transmitted knowledge and therefore should he not share the C-grade ? |
| 8 | She was examining Bert who , she knew , could tell her what she needed to know about the arrest . |
| 9 | I was interested to read what you had to say about the safest types of bedding for babies on the Solutions page in your August issue . |
| 10 | I was suddenly infuriated at the thought of what we had believed about the Germans in England . |
| 11 | As he explained when I met him , he became so angry when he read what they had to say about the Princess that he wanted to ring the editors and complain , but realized that , rather than spending every day on the telephone , a simpler solution was to stop reading them . |
| 12 | Maybe he had not lied , and in any case what he had said about the cottage being his home could easily be checked . |
| 13 | We checked all but our oilies , hand baggage and briefcases into the airport lock-ups , and after what he had said about the weather , I was glad to see , when we got to the car desk , that he had laid on a four-wheel-drive land-cruiser . |
| 14 | Asked in February 1987 what he had to say about the conclusions of the Tower Report , the first detailed inquiry into the affair , he referred reporters to ‘ the eighth Beatitude of Matthew 5 ’ : ‘ Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness ' sake , for theirs is the kingdom of heaven . ’ |
| 15 | He had told me what he had to say about the murder and was free to call me again any time . |
| 16 | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for what he had to say about the European Community . |