Example sentences of "was what [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was what may have been a bishop 's mitre on the skull , which grinned amiably up at us . |
| 2 | But the distinguishing feature of those films ( even if they can not quite be credited with inventing the conceit ) was what might be called their sense of the inverted anachronism . |
| 3 | To begin with there was what might be termed the residual effect of the interwar years . |
| 4 | Much of Taskopruzade 's work is concerned with scholars of the period before there was what might properly be called a learned hierarchy ; and though in his own lifetime a hierarchy of learned offices existed and certainly the basic principles of the hierarchy had been formulated it was by no means as thoroughly elaborated or rigid as it was to become even in the few decades after his death . |
| 5 | Then there was what might be-called " fire-insurance Jacobitism " : in the 1690s a number of leading politicians — amongst them Tories such as Marlborough and Godolphin and Whigs such as Shrewsbury and Edward Russell — thought it wise to maintain some contact with the exiled Stuarts so that their own political security would be guaranteed should there be another Stuart restoration . |
| 6 | The ultimate question , however , was what would happen to the steadily accumulating stockpiles of nuclear waste in the long term . |
| 7 | A major technical worry about the PWR design was what would happen if a leak should occur in the high-pressure water-cooling circuit which constantly withdraws heat from the reactor core . |
| 8 | At the back of everybody 's mind was what would happen if something similar occurred in Britain . |
| 9 | Throughout the first decade of television , the dominant influence was what would now be called stand-up comedy . |
| 10 | It was what would be shown on the screens of the new theatres that would ultimately determine what was always referred to as ‘ the tone ’ of the movies as a social custom . |
| 11 | The other potential problem was what would happen to Gloucester 's authority after the young king 's coronation , but even this seems to have been settled to the duke 's advantage and John Russell , in his draft speech for the opening of parliament , assumed that Gloucester would remain in overall control — although he clearly also felt that this was a departure from precedent which needed to be justified . |
| 12 | Oh no , she thought — as if she 'd known all along this was what would happen . |
| 13 | But where they fell down , they should have told you that was what would happen |
| 14 | What she must not ask , but at the same time must n't be thought not to be asking , was what would happen when Harry came next . |
| 15 | All in all , her appearance was what would be described as ‘ classic ’ by the type of women 's magazines read by Loretta 's mother . |
| 16 | For a moment or two it seemed as if that was what would happen . |
| 17 | The other potential problem was what would happen to Gloucester 's authority after the young king 's coronation , but even this seems to have been settled to the duke 's advantage and John Russell , in his draft speech for the opening of parliament , assumed that Gloucester would remain in overall control — although he clearly also felt that this was a departure from precedent which needed to be justified . |
| 18 | Pres presentation one and it was to last three minutes and the subject was what would I do if I won two million pounds and we recorded that er on the C C T V for later playback . |
| 19 | Oh dear , he was what would you say , I do n't know He liked the kind of ballads , er he was a more a kind of bay he liked a ballad , so I really could n't tell you who was his favourite singer or anything like that , just if a song interested him he just |
| 20 | For the first and almost the only time in the Second World War , there was what can fairly be described as a generally pervading popular ‘ war mood ’ , disdaining any premature and presumed over-generous peace with Britain , and even somewhat disappointed with Hitler 's new and ‘ final ’ peace offer of 19 July , aimed at assuaging world opinion . |
| 21 | The question was what should he say ? |
| 22 | It was what should have happened to him when he had come in from Athens , and had n't . |
| 23 | One of the questions I asked myself was what could possibly have gone wrong ? |
| 24 | Bukharin 's basic approach was what could be termed increasing the surplus by accelerating the turnover of capital ; which included a policy of lowering prices for industrially produced consumer goods . |
| 25 | In Whitham 's case it was different and he certainly was what could be termed an inspired choice by the Lightweight club . |
| 26 | If she returned to the Hall and told her father what she had endured she would be forbidden to return — that was what must happen . |