Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] what [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This allows the meeting to ask questions , comment or review what happened at previous meetings and to check that decisions have been carried out , or that matters have progressed in the manner envisaged . |
| 2 | However , they have never forgiven or forgotten what happened . |
| 3 | I 've thought all along that Anthea Darnell knows something , and I suspect that she heard , or saw , or guessed what happened , and she 's shielding Meryl . |
| 4 | A great hush fell over the entire Wolfwood , as if , thought Snizort , every living creature knew or heard or sensed what had happened and was waiting to see what the Trees would do . |
| 5 | Stuart said the girl must have been leading Oliver on and being provocative , I said she was probably shy and terrified by these advances from her teacher , until we both realised neither of us had set eyes on the girl or knew what had happened . |
| 6 | This rather reserved child , this self-styled future utopian essayist , found herself rattling on about unhappiness and happiness , found herself possessed by a desire to comprehend and convey what had happened , was happening , to a handful of people near her . |
| 7 | They stopped , of course , and asked what had happened , and two minutes later the three girls — clutching a pair of high-heeled shoes — were safely ensconced in the back of the car . |
| 8 | Her mummy , drawn by the noise , ran out of the tent , and seeing what had happened put her arms round her to comfort her and took her back into the tent . |
| 9 | ‘ But I am very disappointed as I was looking forward to going to the West Indies and seeing what promised to be a great series . ’ |
| 10 | We did n't know where it was and it was only at the end of the exhibition , when everything was being dismantled , that we found the piece hidden away and realised what had happened . |
| 11 | Subsequently the subdeacon Riculf was tortured and revealed what lay behind the attack on Gregory . |
| 12 | Not only wrote it , but published it and made what seemed to a poorly-paid lecturer to be a very acceptable amount of money with it . |
| 13 | This love of secrecy may have been a reaction to the rapid expansion of Britain 's formal power towards the end of the nineteenth century , an attempt to preserve the spirit of the frontier and deny what had become the unexciting obviousness of British dominion . |
| 14 | In bed , his mind kept turning in an endless loop , living and reliving what had happened . |
| 15 | Valerie Way had been on a teachers ' course concerned with gender and the curriculum and described what happened when she returned to school . |
| 16 | For the first time in her life she faced the truth of her past , clear-eyed as her formidable father 's daughter ought to be , devoid of pride and love of self , and inspected what had brought her to this pass . |
| 17 | Anger is common reaction , and one way to help overcome this distress is to go and discuss what happened with your vet . |
| 18 | Decision-makers do not have a ‘ blank sheet ’ upon which they can inscribe their own policy proposals and supersede what came before . |
| 19 | Could you tell me about the newt and the Knifefish , and suggest what happened to my disappearing fish ? |
| 20 | We 're gon na come around the Lord 's table now and celebrate what made it possible for us , and we 're gon na sing that little song , it 's in the front of your erm Songs of Fellowship , it 's number five . |
| 21 | He was to pay tribute to Kingsmill after his death in an exchange of letters with Malcolm Muggeridge , published as About Kingsmill ( 1951 ) , and recalled what had been the deepest friendship of his life between the lines of Johnson and Boswell ( 1958 ) , the last book written at the height of his powers . |
| 22 | They also enjoy reviewing experiences so when you 've done a role play , the reflector will actually get a lot out of doing feedback , standing back and analyzing what did I do well , what did I do less well and they actually learn a lot from that as well the role play . |
| 23 | Look at the picture and imagine what happened in the fight . |
| 24 | You just have to try and do what got you good results in the first place . |
| 25 | He pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy and two of corruption , and received what became , after review , a long term of imprisonment . |
| 26 | If , somebody turns your T V off and says what did you watch on T V , Neighbours a , what did you do after that ? |
| 27 | In the second half , Haslemere put the Merrow defence under pressure and scored what proved to be the winning goal after 20 minutes . |
| 28 | Kumi ( 22 ) , said : ‘ Many people have heard and read what happened and have offered us all kinds of help . |
| 29 | ‘ One minute we were apparently coasting home at 3-0 up , the next we were 4-3 down and wondering what had hit us . |
| 30 | ‘ I ca n't stop thinking about her and wondering what happened . ’ |