Example sentences of "what [was/were] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Questions like : ‘ Mummy , who was Immanuel Kant ? ’ or , ‘ Daddy , what were Adam Smith 's economic theories ? ’ always crop up during a crisis in the kitchen . |
| 2 | What were Jan and Ally really like ? " … |
| 3 | What were Amelia and her guests doing ? |
| 4 | What were things like then ? |
| 5 | What were Brownies first known as ? |
| 6 | But what were NME readers doing watching a pile of shite like that anyway ? — IM |
| 7 | A final plaintive note records how , influenced by the advice of friends , this postlude does not include adverse commentary on the recent moves in the Department of Education to centralise the school curriculum ( ’ on the grounds that I read too much into what were chance decisions ’ ) and regretting accepting that advice . |
| 8 | I said no , I had n't , and what were hydroponics ? |
| 9 | What were houses made of at this time ? |
| 10 | What were Aria thinking of ? ! |
| 11 | If E. K. Chambers could be suspected of being dull and pedantic , what were Fox 's qualities ? |
| 12 | Therefore , the basic question was : what were business secrets ? |
| 13 | What were novels for ? |
| 14 | And there 's a nativity quiz , quiz What were swaddling clothes ? |
| 15 | One wonders what were Hardy 's thoughts as he and Emma made that visit with George burt to Durlston . |
| 16 | SUNGATE UPDATE : WHAT WERE OSF 's REASONS ? |
| 17 | What were pea soup rhythms and honda-honda basslines and who invented them ? |
| 18 | The church figured in this document only in the same general terms as it figured in Magna Carta ; there was one reference to prohibitions , but begging still the question of what were temporalities and what were not . |
| 19 | She would have agreed with him largely as to what were essentials and inessentials , but the mess depressed her . |
| 20 | With the Keld Head system now the longest underwater cave in Europe , at some 6.5 kilometres , what were Yeadon 's and Crossley 's thoughts on the dive : |
| 21 | So what were SDLP delegates doing welcoming Currie to their conference ? |
| 22 | What was Birmingham ? |
| 23 | Sarella sleep-walked it , unable to tell what was real and what was fantasy any more . |
| 24 | Well what was mum saying erm |
| 25 | What was Meh'Lindi 's whole purpose , what was her very life , but to go into perilous places , always to emerge alive ? |
| 26 | Ah what was Jan saying last night ? |
| 27 | " What was America like ? " |
| 28 | And what was style , after all , but the courage to be yourself ? |
| 29 | What was Benedict saying ? |
| 30 | What was Nigel doing then ? |