Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [Wh det] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 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 | The other prong of the attack was the political lobbying and the use of such institutions and fora as were open to the group , though few state-sponsored fora existed in which the long-term concerns of the DUC could be articulated . |
| 3 | Breathlessly she watched for what the moving flags would say next . |
| 4 | 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 " . |
| 5 | 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 " . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | In the event , not one of these possibilities for the immediate future materialized and a period of balance emerged in which the three principal southumbrian kingdoms — Kent , Wessex and Mercia — existed in a state of political equilibrium and the stability of Kent and Wessex was in striking contrast to the volatility of the recent past . |
| 8 | About 350 million years ago , some appeared in which the sexual generation no longer grew flat on the ground , but up in the crowns of the trees . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 |