Still, he added, "I'm blest if I can see what his motive could have been." I trembled. 
He would like to know what the motive was.
The motive was apparent and known to everyone.
The managers tend to not be given any authority when it comes do the goals of the organisation.
He had no interest in looking at the barren expanse of the sky.
The selection of passengers are done in two ways.
a dog carying nothing while sleeping on a couch
The health care costs may have been exaggerated.
a man in blue is on a subway.