Example sentences of "was [Wh adv] he [vb past] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe that was how he got his own way ? |
| 2 | That was how he made his living — selling paintings of great delicacy and serenity and beauty . |
| 3 | It was where he spent his last years , here at Gads ' Hill Place , in the house which he had coveted as a poverty-stricken child . |
| 4 | Police believe this was when he hatched his plot to kill . |
| 5 | She did n't see his face change , eyes lighting with anger , rejection ; the first she knew was when he knocked his plate crashing across the room and yelled , ‘ To hell with you , then ! ’ |
| 6 | The last I saw of Jordi was when he turned his head towards me before getting into the car , smiled , and gave a shrug . |
| 7 | The only injury Crawford sustained in making the second series was when he stubbed his finger while inside a wardrobe that tumbled down a flight of stairs in an episode about Frank attending an RAF reunion . |
| 8 | On Christmas Day he was moved out by a policeman , and that , he said , was when he lost his faith . |