Example sentences of "was what [pron] had [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was what they had both said . |
| 2 | There was a faint murmur of satisfaction , though only a murmur , for it was what they had all expected . |
| 3 | And that was what he had once driven when he had done his military service — driven a Leopard tank . |
| 4 | And yet I knew , as I spoke , that this was what I had always thought but had been too frightened to express . |
| 5 | Many of her friends were in politics or belonged to political families , it was the era of the Liberal reforms and that was what fired her most : she went to dinner-parties where she sat next to men who were going to make a speech that night and there were weeks when she went to the House every day , it was what she had always wanted , it was history , it was important , immensely important and she was seeing it , seeing it happen and that was important to her . |