Example sentences of "[pron] was [verb] what the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This paradox remained until early 1974 , when I was investigating what the behavior of matter in the vicinity of a black hole would be according to quantum mechanics . |
| 2 | And again perhaps to follow up a previous question and the question is this , that in the first draft of the statement of faith which was presented two years ago , there was a very clear statement which said that Christ died for our sin in connection with the cross and I was wondering what the reasoning was which took away that very specific meaning of the death of the Christ into a much more general and ambiguous one in the statement before us today . |
| 3 | Her defence , that in providing for the poor she was doing what the HUD was supposed to do , earned her the nickname " Robin HUD " . |
| 4 | Er , oh in the example that I gave , yes , because it was totalling what the grand total . |
| 5 | I remember when he was asked what the principal crop of Thailand was and he answered transistor radios . |
| 6 | Truman once said he was asked what the job of the presidency involved and Truman once said I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without my persuading them . |
| 7 | Hitler no longer seemed to be speaking to convince ; rather , he seemed to feel that he was expressing what the audience , by now transformed into a single mass , expected of him . |
| 8 | He was doing what the saint willed . ’ |
| 9 | He was feeling what the laser would have felt , had it been of flesh and bone . |