Example sentences of "[verb] [Wh det] [pron] was be " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not bother to ask herself whether Holly would have done what she was being asked to do , or whether it was sensible to care what Holly thought . |
| 2 | The voice at the other end was plainly over-excited and it took him a minute to disentangle what he was being told . |
| 3 | His excuse that he did not realise what he was being given was laughed at . |
| 4 | When Miss P said this to him Boy realised that he could n't actually imagine a man proposing something that he would n't want to do , or would n't at least want to try just once , but he understood what he was being told and he learnt that lesson well , thank God . |
| 5 | Sometimes , like now , she wondered if Francis knew what it was be in love . |
| 6 | No I think what it was was a load of bullshit they give me . |