Example sentences of "what [noun] [verb] be [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The one thing he did n't ask , for which I was grateful , was what Salome had been doing with Alec Reynolds at midnight on a Saturday down in darkest Kent . |
| 2 | Was this what Edward had been waiting for ? |
| 3 | She wished that she could ask David what Anthony had been talking about , but she obviously could not . |
| 4 | Maybe this is what England have been looking for , a team that looks symmetrical on the scorecard , at least . |
| 5 | He thought about what Suragai had been saying about the origins of mankind . |
| 6 | I thought that this was a painting I should n't discuss with Lili , but only when I had walked to the end of the gallery to look at an innocuous picture of a group of long-haired sheep did I ask myself what Robert had been doing in Marie Claire 's bedroom . |
| 7 | He had n't been paying much attention to what Throgmorton had been talking about on the way here , but he recalled his ears had caught the unpleasant words ‘ casting vote ’ , and ‘ your important role as president ’ . |
| 8 | The treaty conceded most of what Bruce had been fighting for . |
| 9 | Later she wondered what Brian had been doing on the towpath , forgetting that his favourite restaurant commanded a view of the canal . |
| 10 | A few miles later , Rogers asked what Gabriel had been doing in the church . |
| 11 | Community care is what SSDs have been doing for decades . |
| 12 | The old detractors may remain unconvinced , but taking ‘ Outernational ’ on its own merits — and leaving the past where it 's best left — this has to be the culmination of what Mackenzie has been striving for through those half-pitched albums of the late '80s . |
| 13 | We 're just hearing what Stan 's been saying about the way the Tourist Boards are erm classifying hotels and trying to assist us , the consumer , I mean how do you view it ? |
| 14 | ‘ It 's what men have been doing for centuries . ’ |
| 15 | That kind of riding is what horses have been doing for centuries . |
| 16 | Family planning experts claim it 's what women have been waiting for . |
| 17 | This is what goats have been asking for in the their prayers . |
| 18 | Jim McCarron , the committee chairman , said yesterday that Dr Forwell 's report underlined what politicians had been saying about Glasgow 's health record for a long time . |
| 19 | To what ex what I 'm saying is , To what extent has been living in the flats , has contributed the life on the flats that they 're in . |