Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pron] was [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accordingly , one winter 's day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place in America , I decided to see if I could find him . |
| 2 | Such as Agnes and Flora , two " unknowns " who sent her a postcard because they had seen her on " telly " and were sorry to hear she was poorly ; eighty-year-old Phoebe who kept them awake one night when she was in a distressed state ; the flower lover who treated the ward as a potting shed taking clippings from the various plants ; the " blether " of women she was invited to join round one of the beds when she was fit enough to take a short walk . |
| 3 | They had met eight months before in Houston where she was on a promotional tour for her Budgie books . |
| 4 | The plots were essentially the same ; like any successful entrepreneur , Alger knew when he was onto a good thing . |
| 5 | They always reminded me of an angry boar 's , small , red-rimmed and vicious — and that 's when he was in a good mood ! |
| 6 | Médecin resigned as mayor of Nice and as Alpes-Maritimes Council president in an open letter sent from Osaka in Japan , where he was on an official visit . |
| 7 | That 's why he was in a white jacket ( I remember that you said he looked like a phoney dentist in a toothpaste ad ) . |