Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [Wh det] [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 During the war , under Lloyd George , a policy had been pursued which combined vigorous prosecution of the war with all-round reconstruction on the home front .
2 The younger your child is the less able they are to remember what happened even a few days ago , so they need you to keep in touch with them .
3 They both knew that a loss had been suffered which had to be apportioned between them , but there is nothing to show that they had any idea , let alone conflicting ideas , of what the correct apportionment should be .
4 Prior to Miyazawa 's Korean visit fresh evidence had been uncovered which had caused public outrage both in Japan and elsewhere .
5 It was established that the camera had been working and a video tape had been made which had been viewed by the police officers in charge of the case .
6 And as I was saying about all this , you 're saying What did my Mother do to eke it out ?
7 The group are staying for another 24 hours , during which they 're hoping whatever did go bump in the night will make a return appearance .
8 By May 1946 a constitution had been drafted which suited the Communist-Socialist approach to politics , with a strong lower house of parliament .
9 I 'd been wondering what made me think of Schumann . ’
10 He must have been wondering what had happened to his Sunday dinner , if they had such a thing in Joy 's house .
11 Your lord may even find it diverting , as well as enlightening , for he must have been wondering what had been laid on his doorstone . ’
12 I wish I had saved the hedgehog now , and not stood aside , and I have been wondering what stopped me from performing a natural act of sentimental kindness .
13 ‘ I 've been wondering what happened to you . ’
14 He said , ‘ You were right , I 've been holding what happened to Tracy at arm 's length .
15 Since Bate 's discovery , many other examples of pioneer cells have been found which established a network of criss-crossing links between major parts of the nervous system and the developing limbs .
16 In summing up the workshop all agreed that there exists no coherent government strategy for community economic development in West Belfast , but that an incoherent piecemeal patchwork of programmes and initiatives had been introduced which had only a superficial effect on the area 's social and economic problems .
17 Defoe considered it to be manufacturing which conferred this " blessing " on a vicinity .
18 To achieve this aim a curriculum should be formulated which took into account the needs and expectations of society , ensured continuity of the education process throughout the years of compulsory schooling and the importance of the coherence of subject disciplines .
19 First of all , Marx 's theory of historical materialism was one of the very first theories of society and change to be formulated which provided a historical overview and , at the same time , attempted to mesh together the workings of social , economic and political phenomena .
20 During this time , many offerings were made to MAIA , the goddess of the dead , to assuage her , and a constant din of drumming was to be heard which frightened off her attendant GHOSTS .
21 A formula would have to be developed which took account of these differences .
22 Thus comparisons could be made which revealed progress in some areas and decline in others .
23 After 30 minutes of flight time , Dick felt comfortable enough to join up on our wing so a picture could be made which commemorated the moment .
24 If keyboarding of the two texts could not be run in parallel , some other arrangement would have to be adopted which allowed the overlapping of phases .
25 Denega , of Walnut Road , Torquay , was jailed for four months after admitting causing work to be done which resulted in changing or demolishing a listed building .
26 On the sovereignty issue Ordóñez declared that " the colony of Gibraltar belongs to the past " , while Hurd reiterated that nothing could be done which went against the will of the Gibraltarians .
27 I 'm wondering what made them change their mind over the er knock through into the garage .
28 Refrigeration was in its infancy , so that perishable goods just had to be sold which meant that prices were gradually reduced in the hour or so before closing time .
29 By now her mother-in-law would be wondering what had become of her .
30 Anna will be wondering what happened to us . ’
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