Example sentences of "[ex0] was [adv] what " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even so , there was not what could be described as an irrevocable Protestant march towards Reformation ; the new activity of 1558 took place in a Scotland which was still largely Catholic . |
| 2 | He was right ; certainly there was n't what goes with class hatred , class envy . |
| 3 | But there was n't what you 'd call an organized sports group . |
| 4 | There was also what was to become a recurrent feature of Gilkes 's reports — as indeed it had been for a half a century already — regret at the parents ' lack of faith or courage , which resulted in boys leaving early and not going on to University . |
| 5 | But there was also what certainly everyone judged to be a a sawn off shotgun , pointed out one of the back windows . |
| 6 | There was also what looked like a very perceptive account of how I decide , when I get up in the morning , whether to wear my new shoes or my old ones . |
| 7 | There was a military precision about the grounds and gardens — this avenue , once lined with Dutch Elm lies to the north of the house … where a statue of the first duke overlooks his home — to the south , there was once what was called the military parterre garden — a formal gardens made up of box hedges and gravel walks — now long gone . |
| 8 | But there was always what he calls in this note ‘ the loyal conviction that Christ is both necessary and true ’ . |
| 9 | But while I tramcar leaving any suburban area there was always what was known then as a worker 's return . |