Example sentences of "what had [vb pp] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I passed by , and was no longer recognised by anyone ; the unknown children did not smile at me ; and I dared not ask what had become of those I had known , whom I feared to recognise in these bent men exhausted by life . |
| 2 | ‘ I went to Co Tyrone , my mother 's county , with the cup all day and then came home and sat at the fire with my wife and talked about the hotel and what had gone on that day . ’ |
| 3 | But what had happened between this man and Jenny ? |
| 4 | But then … what had happened to all that ? |
| 5 | What had happened to all her resolutions not to get involved ? |
| 6 | ‘ I was wondering what had happened to that , ’ she said . |
| 7 | Not the same person , though ; goodness knew what had happened to that person . |
| 8 | ‘ There is a phone in number for viewers to air their opinions and he called in and said he was furious about what had happened to this poor woman and wanted to give her the money so she could buy presents for the boys . |
| 9 | I was crying because of what had happened to both of us , which was so sad and pitiful . |
| 10 | When we left Baghdad , there was no further news of what had happened to those on board , except that the ship had been forced to unload its cargo in the port of Kabbous , Oman . |
| 11 | What had happened to those carefully hoarded letters , she wondered , and who would tell Stan when he arrived ? |
| 12 | But what she did not know was what had happened to those interests — or to him — since Simon 's death , apart from the fact that Vitor had immediately retired from racing . |
| 13 | Only when Bert Rafferty was called to give evidence did Harriet Tremayne show any sign of breaking down , as she listened for the first time to his description of exactly what had happened on that harrowing morning . |
| 14 | Next we knew , we must take the road which led to Cherbourg , where we hoped to find out more of what had happened on that tragic occasion — and we were soon on our way to the Château de la Brehouse at St Pierre Eglise , where we were to spend the night . |
| 15 | But how could he tell Florrie , without explaining what had happened on that night , long ago ? |
| 16 | And er if you were interested in football you 'd never know till Tuesday morning what had happened on that Saturday , the previous Saturday . |
| 17 | But what had happened after that ? |
| 18 | For Papa , too , had wanted her to be a proper young lady after she had reached eighteen , and , for the first time , remorse struck her , for what had happened once that magic date had been reached , and for what had happened after that , culminating in … |
| 19 | All she could think about was what had happened in this room last night — what had almost happened , what , undoubtedly , would have happened — if Nicolo had n't made the mistake of revealing his true intentions . |
| 20 | He was concerned simply with the effect of what had happened in this particular case . |