Example sentences of "[pron] was [art] [noun] of [Wh det] " in BNC.
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1 | In 1958 then , I was a member of what we knew was the premier force in the area with the external boundaries of the adjacent forces as our immediate threshold to what Douglas ( 1966 : 137 ) had called ‘ new status ’ . |
2 | The lord abbot here has been good enough to admit me to his confidence so far as is appropriate , since I was a witness of what happened this morning , but now you have cause to enquire further , as I understand . |
3 | Then the two of us were filmed walking round the garden , and back at the BBC to cover these shots I narrated a commentary which was a distillation of what Dönitz had said . |
4 | As they approached , Reni rose from his seat at a table near the large rectangular pool which was the centrepiece of what — as Huy now saw it to be — was an unconventionally asymmetrical garden . |
5 | Did somebody else bear er , yo your child which was the product of what |
6 | At such moments she was the embodiment of what I have called ‘ the natural mind ’ . |
7 | There was a smear of what looked like lipstick on the brim of the cup and he turned it away from him slowly , so that she should n't notice . |
8 | The first is that there was a concept of what constituted a trust wording . |
9 | There was a hint of what , one hopes , will eventually mature in her lovely contribution to the trio in the last scene with Patricia Bardon 's lustrous Hedwige and Linda Kitchen 's sweet and boyish Jemmy . |
10 | In the event there was no test of what would have happened in Bonar Law 's absence . |
11 | Nothing lived in the entire village , and there was no sign of what had caused the deaths . |
12 | Sadly there was no mention of what it could do to a 13-year-old child . |
13 | Then there was the question of what sorts of costume were appropriate on such a journey , and whether or not it was worth my while to invest in a new set of clothes . |
14 | Secondly , there was the emergence of what was to be a continuing question for EC policy , namely the issue of " additionality " . |
15 | It was a warning of what was in store . |
16 | IT WAS a case of what might have been for Scottish trio Cathy Panton-Lewis , Julie Forbes and Gillian Stewart in the opening round of the Republic of China Open at Chang Gung in Taipei yesterday . |
17 | It was a sign of what the year was to offer , and a clear signal that the United States was n't winning the war in Vietnam . |
18 | But then he supposed , it was a question of what one was used to : artificialities struck a stranger so much more strongly . |
19 | It was a question of which faction would win , that which was at least potentially pro-English and Protestant , or that which wanted to maintain the status quo , pro-French and Catholic . |
20 | Judging from the cleanness of the candleholders it was a facility of which they seldom , if ever , took advantage . |
21 | It was a demonstration of what would happen if Franco were not there to impose order . |
22 | But inevitably , the authorities regained control by force , it was a foretaste of what was to happen three months later in Tiananmen Square . |
23 | Nevertheless it was a house of which I was to have very happy memories . |
24 | Beck added : ‘ It was a reminder of what he could do . |
25 | It was a sort of what you call public council grounds I suppose you know . |
26 | Yes , the difference of course is that in two day cricket you ca n't necessarily guarantee a result er and forcing wins was what we did n't quite manage to do , it was er it was a season of what might have been for the County Cricket Club er a very good season but not quite as successful as last year . |
27 | It was the foundation of what became known as ‘ socio-technical systems theory ’ and had a direct influence on the Scandinavian experiments in work organisation , of which the SAAB and Volvo cases described in Chapter 5 are just two examples . |
28 | It was the beginning of what was to become the greatest and most dangerous hardship of our voyage . |
29 | It was the contemplation of what had been which inspired humility of soul in our judgement of the present . |
30 | It was the memory of what they had told him of Callanish , and of the eagles that came from there . |