Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] to what the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A broad drive , bordered with straggling bushes and a few trees , led down to what the map showed as Stoney Piggott 's Road . |
| 2 | The reviewer summed up : ‘ For those who will not hear a word spoken against Churchill in 1940 this will be an infuriating book , as the watch the sharp , black-white chiaroscuro of Chamberlain v Churchill watered down to what the latter would call ‘ a sludgy amalgam ’ . |
| 3 | I listened carefully to what the Secretary of State said about the reasons for the 1980 decision whereby the pension was no longer increased in line with earnings . |
| 4 | The head said it was important to think about ‘ whatever is best ’ for Balbinder , and went back to what the school catered for — ‘ people think it 's for mentally handicapped ’ . |
| 5 | Maggie thought back to what the WVS woman had said about locals being in a state of shock . |