Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] what the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Up and down the country mini-celebrations occurred in what the official guide called in that unmistakeable paternalistic tone of the period , ‘ spontaneous expressions of citizenship ’ . |
| 2 | Opposing forces in the dispute over the bill claimed victory , accused each other of capitulation and disagreed over what the compromise meant . |
| 3 | When speaking to him I made no reference to the writer to the Hebrews , to the apostle Paul , to Moses or to the apostle Peter , but rather I concentrated on what the Lord Jesus Christ had to say on the subject . |
| 4 | Strett also converted the try by Morris , who capitalised on what the pack had started for an opportunist try at the posts . |
| 5 | ‘ But the Devonport proposals for nuclear submarine work are going in parallel to that , and that was put forward by ourselves really delinked from what the chairman was saying , as our initiative to attract and secure work . ’ |
| 6 | So I borrowed over what the house was worth . |
| 7 | As we have seen , Plowden commented on what the committee found . |
| 8 | In Korea , industrial policy had clear priorities and had used political power to make sure that firms complied with what the planners wanted . |
| 9 | I began with what the menu described as bouillon . |
| 10 | I is interesting to not how closely their perceptions of what was needed tallied with what the service providers perceived as the language skills which were needed to allow them to work effectively . |
| 11 | Breathlessly she watched for what the moving flags would say next . |
| 12 | An argument at Formby 's works between a boy , John Carter , and a horse driver led to what the local paper called " A brutal attack upon the boy " . |
| 13 | On May 21 , after a four-day negotiating session , Agriculture Ministers of the European Communities ( EC ) agreed on what the Financial Times of May 22 assessed to be " the most radical reform of the common agricultural policy [ CAP ] since its inception 30 years ago " . |
| 14 | As she walked back to the barn she thought about what the marquis had said . |
| 15 | She thought about what the astrologer had said and decided to take a gamble . |
| 16 | For which she was very grateful when she thought of what the day ahead was likely to hold . |
| 17 | Erm I told you that erm during the war if my army wage went above what the recorded salary was , my wife had to pay to keep the superannuation going |
| 18 | She mulled over what the object might be . |
| 19 | He listened to what the cardinal had to say , then left the hall . |
| 20 | Duncan sat back , shut his eyes and went over what the policeman had said . |
| 21 | The ship drifted in the sea of lost souls as the occupants of that bubble of reality stared at what the warp-scope showed . |
| 22 | The sea cook looked at what the man had given him . |
| 23 | He spoke of what the Ministry lately refers to as ‘ the magic art triangle ’ formed by Prado , Thyssen and Reina Sofía museums . |
| 24 | Tha that 's the answer to the general question I asked at what the poem' about . |
| 25 | I think we all need to bear in mind that as far as what Mr said about what the approved strategy was and what the Secretary of Sta of State previously said . |
| 26 | In every city there were cinemas which specialized in what the Milwaukee Sentinel called ‘ immoral , evilly suggestive and crime-inducing spectacles ’ . |
| 27 | it depended on what the particular er problem was at the time , if something failed after four or five years it was then covered by insurance by the N H B C or by guarantees |