Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [Wh det] [was/were] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mandela had what was by all accounts a successful meeting with the UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on July 4 , describing her afterwards as an " enemy of apartheid " . |
| 2 | They suggest that in previous eras BBC Scotland got what was in essence a block grant from London in respect of costs of making programmes for Scotland . |
| 3 | For the sack itself — it was there , pillowing Hugh 's head and although Hugh knew what was in it and believed they knew also , he had taken care not to show it to them . |
| 4 | In retirement Ackerley revised what was to be his masterpiece , a ‘ family memoir ’ begun in the 1930s which was eventually published as My Father and Myself ( 1968 ) . |
| 5 | There are psychic similarities to many Gospel events whether it be the dreams and visions of Zechariah ( Luke 1 and 2 ) ; the foreknowledge of Elizabeth concerning Mary 's baby ( Luke 1 ) ; Jesus knowing what was in people 's minds ( Luke 11:17 ) ; or the predicative prophecies of Jesus ( Luke 19:39–44 ) . |
| 6 | Barely two weeks after the Jarama carnage , Franco launched what was to be the last Nationalist attempt to take Madrid , with an attack to the north-east of the city , in the province of Guadalajara . |
| 7 | Cranston knew what was in the cart . |
| 8 | In November 1952 Karajan made what was at the time a celebrated recording of Bach 's B minor Mass . |