Example sentences of "[Wh det] [was/were] [verb] and [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are some slight variations in it , and it 's come from a different U S mill and , for example , there are three items at the end which were required and you offered us six millimetres , they 're now six point three five millimetres , which is quarter inch , that 's fine , erm . |
| 2 | It should because that was what was written and I wanted to show people what er she did n't give me , the , the letter went to the kids . |
| 3 | He grieved for what was lost and what had never come to be . |
| 4 | Now of course what happened is that we claimed , we w went to the insurance and then they took they got a list of what was damaged and we replaced it for what he 'd lost er exactly . |
| 5 | Anyway , I said I 'd make enquiries as to what was wanted and I said because there 's a new children 's ward will open at the hospital and perhaps they would . |
| 6 | The guards knew full well what was happening and we knew that after a few days they were likely to get heavy about it . |
| 7 | ‘ However , in due course a few , a very few indeed , intelligent teachers came to take a cool look at what was happening and they realised that for the vast majority of children the majority of our educational processes add about as much to the mental stature of our children as a diet of sawdust would add to their physical stature … . , |
| 8 | There would have been no action and there 'd have been a nice plan on the table and I sincerely believe that but for general management we would have lost the opportunity to ( a ) have got the money , and ( b ) got the clinic built before people could actually realise what was happening and there 's been other instances of that . |
| 9 | He had asked her what was happening and she told him as truthfully as possible . |