Example sentences of "not [verb] what [was/were] be said " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meredith could not hear what was being said but she could more or less guess at it . |
| 2 | She had put her hands before her face , and by now the whole room was watching them , although most could not hear what was being said . |
| 3 | Joseph , unable to follow the French , waited in anguish , not knowing what was being said . |
| 4 | She could n't hear what was being said , but she saw that three caravans were standing inside the field by the gate and that several rough-looking men were raising their fists and shouting at Farmer Yatton , Angela 's father , who was ordering them out . |
| 5 | We could n't hear what was being said but the large man was bending over Bogie 's table and poking him in the chest . |