Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [Wh det] was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I delivered what was to be my longest speech of the evening , saying that I gathered he was keen to talk about his role , to talk about Gary . |
| 2 | Having been lucky with the only real audition I did which was for the RSC , I ca n't really complain about it . |
| 3 | It is well known that I disliked what was in the first three-year letter of intent , but I wholly approved of the principle . |
| 4 | As I wondered what was on his mind another shape appeared ahead , followed by another . |
| 5 | I wondered what was on the other side of the far wall , for there was a green door in its centre . |
| 6 | Such consultation was undertaken through a Great Council , from which evolved what was to be recognized as a parlement or Parliament . |
| 7 | Indirectly , she revealed what was in her mind — and mine — by saying , ‘ You know why we must return to England so soon after finding this peaceful sanctuary ? |
| 8 | In 1168 the Lusignans were nothing like as rich or powerful as the Counts of Angoulême , who ruled what was in effect an independent principality in the heart of Aquitaine , and yet it was Lusignan which seems to have been the storm centre of the revolt . |
| 9 | I do n't quite know how to put this but but er she found what was in the village news offensive . |
| 10 | When she married she had to live in the country and , instead of bemoaning what she 'd lost in the way of concerts and the theatre , she enjoyed what was on offer . |
| 11 | Almost as if you understood what was in my mind when I designed them . ’ |
| 12 | Until she knew what was in the old man 's will she and Cathy seem to have been matey enough . |
| 13 | For as she pressed back against the front door , trembling and bewildered , she saw what was in substance her own house . |
| 14 | The following afternoon , as she approached the laundry , she wondered what was in store ; and dread , mixed with more than a grain of excitement , gnawed at her innards . |
| 15 | She wondered what was in it , and who it was from . |
| 16 | But we got , we got what was on our list . |
| 17 | It concluded that no one knew what was in the dumps or if they had the capacity to meet future needs . |
| 18 | For several weeks that fear remained at the back of our minds and we wondered what was behind the brief news bulletins which were issued , and whether the whole fateful adventure would be a success . |
| 19 | They ate what was in front of them . |
| 20 | erm , there 's on certain parts of ah what they put has shown they they 've understood what was in that part of the diary like in the exercises relating this morning to or to learning like with the Roman numerals and the other thing they shown that they understood what was in that context , but then on erm when you get later on it 's just er |
| 21 | Naturally they took what was on offer , and no doubt thoroughly enjoyed the experience — just as a later Scottish politician , James VI , did when he collected £58,000 in pensions from the notoriously parsimonious Elizabeth , without feeling any need to deviate from the path which suited him and his kingdom , and without being regarded as particularly unprincipled . |
| 22 | And in the Football Post er cos everybody used to have the Football Post then , not like now , and so everybody knew what was in it and er there was like a Who and Why column in the Football Post and one of these was , Who will stop County now , you see because they was at top of the second division or something like that , and the team that was next to them was City in them days you see . |
| 23 | ‘ They were hungry men , ’ he said , ‘ and they wanted what was in my sack . ’ |
| 24 | In about 1823 he began what was to be his principal life 's work , the translation of the Old Testament from Hebrew into Persian . |
| 25 | Slowly he finished what was in his mouth , his eyes roaming the plate . |
| 26 | It decided what was to be debated , for how long and when the final vote was to be taken , so that the government could plan its legislative programme and could forecast accurately when each legislative train would reach the various stages on the journey to enactment . |
| 27 | But then , back there in the desert , It knew what was in the void . |
| 28 | That was until he saw what was on the front page . |
| 29 | He knew what was on her mind , but there was nothing he could say to ease the uncertainty she must be feeling . |
| 30 | But it was after the war , when Magnus had driven the enemy from the land and he 'd been hailed as the new Emperor , that he performed what was to be his most significant act . |