Example sentences of "what he [vb past] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In late 1927 the PCF offered Nizan sanctuary from what he perceived as the alienation of bourgeois society . |
| 2 | Why had n't he told me what he thought at the time ? |
| 3 | Only the driver 's expression showed what he thought of the idea of living in a place like that . |
| 4 | That 's what he got from the post , I bet he bought two of them . |
| 5 | A regular TV commentator and after-dinner speaker , McGuigan also passes on what he learnt in the ring through motivational seminars for businesses . |
| 6 | He begins with the mind as ‘ white paper ’ ( following Locke ) , describes ‘ external sensible objects ’ , then records — as , for example , in the ‘ sense of unknown modes of being ’ after the boat-stealing incident — what he felt at the time , and then adds a later ‘ reflection ’ or meditation upon the event from the point of view of the author writing in 1798–1805 . |
| 7 | But skipper Dave Watson revealed : ‘ Tony was disappointed at being dropped and he said what he felt at the time . |
| 8 | But love was what he felt for the stranger who 'd thrust herself upon him . |
| 9 | He would , perhaps , not have been so pushy and annoying to the other boys ; as that was the result of not being allowed to say what he felt in the past . |
| 10 | What he brought to the Card Trio was what the singers also brought , which is dramatic tension ; and yet its subtlety is such that it does not draw attention to itself , but simply contributes to the dramatic fabric of the whole . |
| 11 | Unfortunately for the government , it became clear that Mosley meant what he said about the scandal of mass unemployment and the greater scandal of Labour 's failure to do anything about it . |
| 12 | But what he said about the role technology would play in the war seems to have been as accurate as the laser-guided bombs shown on television . |
| 13 | Secondly , while I heard what he said about the fact that , in the case of Mr. Thorpe , the process in north Devon was not exhausted , the theoretical position remains that the treatment may not have been available in north Devon , but was made available in London by virtue of the fact that Mr. Thorpe had two residences and was registered in two places . |
| 14 | I agree with what he said about the Association of British Insurers , the insurance industry and the motor car industry , here , in western Europe and increasingly in central Europe — not to mention Japan and Korea . |
| 15 | Bunny buried his face in his beer and I only just caught what he said over the noise from the band . |
| 16 | ‘ I can not associate what he said with the action of killing . |
| 17 | When he spoke to her she could scarcely hear what he said for the thudding of her lovesick heart and the chattering of her teeth . |
| 18 | But she had n't been able to hear what he said for the roaring in her ears . |
| 19 | I do n't know what he said to the lady of the house , but we were not invited to return . |
| 20 | The intent can best be proved by an admission from the accused or what he said to the female to whom he exposed himself . |
| 21 | Though I tried to read Marx I could n't connect what he said to the world I knew . |
| 22 | In response to his anxiety , perhaps he will send me quotations of what he said during the period of the last Labour Government when 30,980 jobs were lost in the mining industry in Wales . |
| 23 | Mr. Grist : The Hon. Gentleman , too , is repeating what he said in the debate . |
| 24 | A Member of Parliament may deeply regret what he said in the heat of a debate ; but he can never have the record changed on the plea of ‘ I did n't mean to say that . ’ |
| 25 | He has allowed The Art Newspaper to republish what he said in the Dalmatian ( therefore Croatian ) periodical Nedjeljna Dalmacija last 5 September , because , he says , everything he said then remains true today . |
| 26 | IV Intelligence School who immediately made arrangements for a billet in nearby Linslade. from what he heard of the telephone conversation , Harold gathered that the billetor was unwilling to have a private soldier , and had to be persuaded that this particular specimen knew how to behave . |
| 27 | His aims included rectifying what he saw as the lack of information on derived publications , and on the time differences between thesis completion and publication . |
| 28 | To him , the " checks and balances " of Natural Selection were only some of the forces operating in what he saw as the evolution of spirit or mind through matter . |
| 29 | His elitist paternalism underlay laws which instituted strict political and social controls for what he saw as the country 's politically immature population . |
| 30 | This was inevitable because Jesus remained totally obedient to what he saw as the will of God for him . |