Example sentences of "[vb past] [Wh det] [vb past] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These phrases do , however , have the ring of truth in an aesthetic sense — or rather there was an aesthetic process involved which had to some extent its own story . |
| 2 | In this particular interview irony was continuously deployed against almost any remark other boys made which hinted at any involvement with the text . |
| 3 | Between the two of them there grew up so great an affection that King Henry was much alarmed and , afraid of what the future might hold in store , he decided to postpone his return to England until he knew what lay behind this sudden friendship . " |
| 4 | You saw that film , you saw what happened to that person . |
| 5 | Figure 2 , below , shows the proportion of items issued which came from each of these three locations . |
| 6 | By the end of the seventeenth century she already possessed what seemed to many contemporaries the most efficient diplomatic organization in Europe , one which had at its disposal able negotiators , plentiful funds , expert knowledge and the prestige of past success . |
| 7 | Two and a half days of hard crowbar work revealed what looked like half an acre of tongue and groove floorboarding , supported on hefty joists . |
| 8 | I know for a fact she 's had her eye on my mother 's matinée jacket collection for years and when I once , in passing , said I wondered what happened to those old prosthetic devices in the estates of deceased senior citizens , Madge let it slip that she knew a way of turning a Zimmer frame into an attractive lamp ! ’ |