Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] what the " in BNC.

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1 Well , anyway , thought Julia , she could n't be worse at waiting than she was at typing , so she 'd asked what the rate of pay was .
2 A letter to the Japanese ambassador in Washington , signed by all 100 members of the US Senate , had preceded what the US saw as Japan 's belated Aug. 5 commitment on sanctions .
3 There 'd been photographs of these people 's faces in the newspapers , but Stephen had forgotten what the faces looked like .
4 ‘ If Maurice had possessed what the kidnappers want , he 'd have given it up .
5 Of course , it was a very nice idea , but I had seen what the Germans were doing with colour television .
6 He had done what the Phoenicians had done , and the Byzantines , the Romans , the Crusaders , the Genoese and the Mamelukes .
7 Most significant of all , the war had produced what the New Deal had failed to do over eight years — full employment .
8 In these matters Emilia Frere knew more than she , for the woman had crossed the threshold of the married state ; she had delivered herself over to the meeting of the flesh as Louisa had not been called upon to do ; she had experienced what the uninitiate could only surmise .
9 Somehow he had known what the outcome of all this was going to be .
10 However , the study found that if Gateshead council had spent what the Government said it should then the poll tax would increase by £26 to £297 .
11 He had remembered what the escapologist had taught him !
12 this decision would be more helpful to sentencers in the Crown Court if the Court had indicated what the proper sentence at first instance would have been .
13 He had approved cases such as McPherson , above , where dishonesty had converted what the accused did into an adverse inference with the owner 's rights .
14 The boy had learned what the man would never learn .
15 For months , back home in Melbourne , she had wondered what The Big City on the other side of the world would look like .
16 She inched back against the wall , part of her wanting to find some private place , yet knowing she would not — could not — move from this spot until she had read what the paper had to say .
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