Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [prep] [pos pn] [noun] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nick was irritated by his tone which he thought deliberately babyish , but Marjorie laughed . |
| 2 | Though young , her strength of personality was imaged in her face which , with her pale skin and strong features , was made additionally striking by her dark hair . |
| 3 | Upon her return , about an hour later , her mood was calm although this was belied by her appearance which Tempy described later to Gertie as ‘ like a witch on a windy day ’ . |
| 4 | This distrust of the social scientist is so deeply ingrained that when I was reading anthropology as an undergraduate and I was asked by my colleagues what subject I was reading , I knew that I would have to prevaricate or face problems . |
| 5 | The rope was knotted round her neck which hung sideways at a bizarre angle . |
| 6 | The party was held at his flat which was a loft in a warehouse down by the river in Shad Thames on a wharf right next to Tower Bridge I 'd never seen anywhere like it . |