Example sentences of "[Wh det] was all " in BNC.

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1 ( It was Lawrence who ‘ blew my cover , ’ he said , on finding that Leonard was failing to attend Law School lectures , which was all the more concerning as he had no scholarship to go there , only his family 's financial backing . )
2 While the others are assigned to carvings which were partially damaged David Esterly has to recreate something which was all but destroyed in the fire .
3 The Upchers did not want anything elaborate , and although Repton had been famous for castellated picturesqueness , here was the perfect chance to create simple neo-classicism , which was all he secretly cared for and the conventional essence of those first twenty years of the nineteenth century .
4 … to see Mr. Wats , keeper of the Apothecaries Garden of simples at Chelsey ; where there is a collection of innumerable rarities of that sort : Particularly , besids many rare annuals the Tree bearing the Jesuits bark , which had don such cures in quartans : & what was very ingenious the subterranean heate , conveyed by a stove under the Conserveatory , which was all Vaulted with brick ; so as he leaves the doores & windowes open in the hard(e)st frosts , secluding onely the snow , & c .
5 Her mother proudly showed her a room which was all for herself , with a pretty bed made up with white sheets and two pillows .
6 The former won , which was all to the good as far as the SAS was concerned .
7 In those days we had to use an oil wool , which was all right after you washed it , if somewhat coarse .
8 She could n't cloak her antagonism which was all the worse for the element of truth in what he said .
9 Jesus praised the widow 's small offering which was all she had .
10 This included having to study rod sizes , materials and changes in the amounts of electrical current to see how the effect depended on these , which was all for the future .
11 She was tired of kneeling , listening to their voices droning on : ‘ Our Father who art in heaven , hallowed be Thy name ’ , and ‘ Hail Mary , full of grace ’ , which was all she could make out of the second bit , because what followed was just a mumble .
12 But he remained unjostled in his personal space , which was all too obviously dead space ; dead air ; unhappening ; the souvenir programme stayed in its plastic packet .
13 A piece , for instance , about homosexuals on the television , which was all too frequent , or some comment on the things Peter got up to .
14 If Harry were ever to know how she felt , he would never again be able to show the same natural affection , albeit of a brotherly nature , which was all she had of his heart .
15 She 'd be his woman , which was all he wanted .
16 Even the photograph , she had to admit , was a good one : Hilda would never look attractive , Viola thought to herself , but at least she looked dignified , which was all to the good .
17 She was not , however , the common harpy for which the landlady had taken her ! she reflected angrily , stepping hastily into the garret room which was all she had been able to afford .
18 Which was all right .
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