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 .
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