Example sentences of "what [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he went to Waitrose to buy the food for their contribution to what everyone in the street was calling ‘ Donald 's funeral breakfast ’ Henry spent hours browsing through the domestic cleaners , all of which sounded pretty lethal . |
| 2 | The creation of the appellation Alsace Grand Cru for 25 exceptional vineyard sites in 1983 was a dramatic departure from previous Alsace wine policy , but it recognised what everyone in the region already knew : that there were enormous differences in the wines produced from different sites with varying soils and microclimates , and that the best of these sites compared in quality with those of Burgundy or the German Rhine a hundred miles north . |
| 3 | What none of the trio could get used to was Evelyn 's continued refusal to make a move to clarify her situation . |
| 4 | The carnage endured in the last 20 years or so has mainly arisen not from what we from the mainland have done and/or been alleged to do , but from the conflict brought about by ineradicable sectarian fears and ambitions . |
| 5 | Ten years later I discovered while watching the same film on TV that the shadow was n't part of the film after all : it was Um Al-Marhoom 's shadow [ Um Al-Marhoom is what we in the Middle East call the woman who is left without children after the death of her only son ] , trying to sell some boiled chickpeas to us children . |
| 6 | Ivars has spoken of a Soviet based in the country who has been building what he terms a ‘ Sky Bug ’ but what we in the FlyPast office think must be a Flying Flea of sorts . |
| 7 | Yet to bring them together — the people and the Torah-in Eretz Yisroel is what we in the Jewish National Fund intend to do . |
| 8 | I am glad that the hon. Gentleman says that I am very efficient because that is what we in the Department of Social Security strive to be . |
| 9 | Right what what about the the tablets , did they help ? |
| 10 | Now er just er coming back to er your Lane School , erm what what about the school dinners , y ? |
| 11 | What what about the Quarry one ? |
| 12 | But what what about the Playpen as well ? |