Example sentences of "[subord] he [vb past] what the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was n't sure if he liked what the Headmaster had in store for the Bookman and they had started arguing about it . |
| 2 | I suspect that he is doing so because he believed what the Home Secretary said when he intervened . |
| 3 | Over the next few months Endill began to hate his schoolwork more and more ; not because it was difficult and boring but because he thought what the teachers taught him was of no use . |
| 4 | He wondered whether he dared ring Victoria or Emma , but when he saw what the time was , he knew he could not . |
| 5 | This , to his great astonishment , caused a considerable disturbance ; and when he inquired what the people meant by putting themselves out over a black man , an Englishman who was passing answered : ‘ Well , perhaps you do n't know it , but you have just thrown one of Her Majesty 's judges out of the train . ’ ’ |
| 6 | But his concentration was poor these days : he could hardly keep his mind on anything for more than a moment … and even when he heard what the Padre said it made no sense … " the Editor of The Times as wise as God Himself ! " |
| 7 | ’ — but when he heard what the fees would be if he stayed he decided that he was hanged if he was going to spend all that money on being upset . |
| 8 | Llewelyn was close in his chamber with his chaplain-secretary and Ednyfed Fychan over the dictation of letters , and his seal was already on the credentials of the envoys who were to represent him in Shrewsbury ; but David , when he heard what the messenger had to report , on his own authority brought him in to the conference and shattered it . |
| 9 | Ackroyd knew immediately where he meant and his blood ran cold as he knew what the foreman was going to say next . |
| 10 | At once Matthew relaxed , his eyes creasing in a smile as he wondered what the old man was up to . |
| 11 | By nature , he was a gentle , sensitive man , and even in the throes of angry threats against whites it was hard to hide a smile , for he loved what the blacks call ‘ selling wolf tickets ’ , tricking people into fear . |