Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] was [adj] what " in BNC.

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1 South African government sources were reported to have hinted that Thatcher might be called upon to help negotiators reach a constitutional settlement , although it was unclear what role she might have .
2 I do not mean that a self-conscious conventionalist would ignore statutes and precedents altogether once it was controversial what force these should be given .
3 And I did n't know if it was bad what he was doing or if it was normal .
4 If it was true what he said , that she kept him at arm 's length , surely there could only be one reason for that ?
5 But the links were not consistent or sustained , in part perhaps because it was unclear what the general discussions could be expected to deliver for particular firms and structure plans , in particular , soon gained a reputation for being of little relevance for actual processes of development .
6 So far I have talked of memes as though it was obvious what a single unit-meme consisted of .
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