Example sentences of "[Wh adv] he [adv] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean how he even got to be a broker I never understood . |
| 2 | No one — not the Seven nor Hal Shepherd — knew how he really felt about the matter , only that he had refused to see Tolonen since that day ; that he had exiled him immediately and appointed a new General , Vittorio Nocenzi , in his place . |
| 3 | Anne had been indignant but secretly glad that he would not go away until she understood how he really felt about her . |
| 4 | Other stories about Dic , Little Dick the Carpenter — how he never got to a rugby match because there were too many pubs on the way , how he was burnt all over in a pit explosion , wrapped in bandages so that only his eyes and nostrils showed through — and bathed slowly back to health by his daughters who poured olive oil over him all the time , how he took his daughter Cecilia ( Cis ) to eisteddfods because he loved to hear her sing but how she pleaded with him ‘ not to stop anywhere and not to leave her in the hall ’ . |
| 5 | Rufus had forgotten how often he castigated the press for inaccuracy , how he constantly said to Marigold that you could n't believe a word you read . |
| 6 | When asked how he now felt about his former pronouncement , he replied without hesitation : ‘ I would have no problem with the use of this gift in public , with interpretation , in fact I would encourage it ! ’ |
| 7 | As for that other one , which was how he now alluded to the daughter he had always doted on , she was in her room and there she would stay until she saw sense . |
| 8 | In addition , we 're treated to Diddley 's special line in leg thrusts and his band 's synchronised ministry of funny walks , plus an exclusive interview that drifts between songs , where he explains how he always wanted to be a drummer . |
| 9 | In addition , we 're treated to Diddley 's special line in leg thrusts and his band 's synchronised ministry of funny walks , plus an exclusive interview that drifts between songs , where he explains how he always wanted to be a drummer . |
| 10 | He missed the cut in 1990 and again last year , when he also dropped to 53rd in the American money list . |
| 11 | But everything changed for him on 12 June 1989 when he eventually came to . |
| 12 | In 1807 when he again dined with the Hardens there was ‘ music by Mr. and Mrs. Harden and Miss Shannon . ’ |
| 13 | These works continued until 1856 , when he again worked with Paxton in creating People 's Park , Halifax , for ( Sir ) Francis Crossley [ q.v. ] , carpet manufacturer and philanthropist . |
| 14 | These qualities were already present to a degree in certain early works , such as the Forfar town hall and the contemporary Kirriemuir church , while at Melville the somewhat perfunctory detail in the castellated style is accompanied by other features reminiscent of the work of Sir John Soane [ q.v. ] ; but his style developed rapidly after his Parisian visit of 1787 , when he doubtless encountered at first hand the revolutionary architecture of E.-L . |
| 15 | MP for 20 years , when he successfully fought against the closure of Shildon wagon works . |
| 16 | THE polar explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes said yesterday he had been within a week of death when he finally agreed to ‘ be sensible ’ and abandon his Antarctic expedition . |
| 17 | McCrum had his eye on a century when he cruelly slipped at the crease and was run out , but his stand of for the second wicket with John Gilliland , who made 32 , put his side firmly in the driving seat . |
| 18 | I was engaging in some very enthusiastic love play with my husband last week when he suddenly said to me , ‘ Ouch ! |
| 19 | The Officer had gone a few yards when he suddenly fell to the ground . |
| 20 | Clough 's only moment of inspiration came after just two minutes when he superbly threaded through a pass to utilise the blistering acceleration of White . |
| 21 | A typical example — and there are many of these — was when he patiently sat through a high level Air Ministry conference listening to the Mosquito being castigated for its poor night flying qualities ( because of the glare from the exhausts ) , and Boscombe Down recommended that it should never be flown at night , the chairman , as an afterthought , suggested Bennett contribute his views : " I wish someone hid told me about all these faults ' , he replied , " because I have been flying the Masse on OBOE night trials with excellent results " . |
| 22 | Le Pen sparked protests when he recently flew to Britain at the invitation of the right-wing Western Goals group . |
| 23 | However he just put in a test dose to see if it was in the right place . |
| 24 | After Oliver Cromwell became lord protector , Bishop gradually turned over his duties to John Thurloe [ q.v. ] and retired to Bristol , where he unsuccessfully stood for Parliament in 1654 . |
| 25 | The following year , in March and April the child was admitted to hospital for an assessment and he was then returned to the open unit from where he again absconded for a short period . |
| 26 | Accordingly , he was granted and Empire title challenge in 1931 at Leicester where he duly disposed of England 's Phil Scott in under two rounds . |
| 27 | IRA assassination target Sir Peter Terry is selling the home where he nearly died in a hail of bullets . |
| 28 | In October 1967 , when he was manager of Chelsea he was suspended by the English FA for 28 days for alleged misconduct during a friendly match in Bermuda , where he persistently swore at a black referee . |
| 29 | It was a place he visited often , at night , a place where he always felt at peace . |
| 30 | Not that it was going to be easy to improve on the earlier filmed interview when , asked why he rarely practised in the nets , he replied : ‘ I do n't like confined spaces . ’ |