Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [Wh adv] [pers pn] have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The orphanage was where she 'd developed her pert tongue , no doubt about it . |
| 2 | The little black box was where he 'd left it . |
| 3 | The hose was where I 'd left it last summer , not neatly stored but tangled in a corner , its untidy coils covering a rake , a batch of canes and a pair of long-handled shears . |
| 4 | The nearest he had ever approached to any hint of levity was when he had stopped frowning for an instant the day that news had reached him of the death of Prince Charles Edward Stuart in Rome . |
| 5 | The first Sara had known of Adam 's injury was when she had turned up to collect him at the school gate . |
| 6 | The doughnut was where I 'd left it . |