Example sentences of "was [Wh adv] [pers pn] have [been] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 That was how she had been brought up .
2 That was how she had been known as a child when people had contrasted her with her sister Paula .
3 The biggest problem and disappointment was that the international rig count continued downwards and that was where we had been hoping for increased sales and increased market share looking into this year and into the last part of last year .
4 Here , in Danu , I had a meaning ; it was where I had been born and lived .
5 Unable to take up residence in the Baabda palace occupied by Gen Aoun , this was where he had been conducting his consultations for the formation of a government of national unity .
6 Unable to take up residence in the Baabda palace occupied by Gen Aoun , this was where he had been conducting his consultations for the formation of a government of national unity .
7 That was when he had been joined with Jazzbeaux .
8 Her mother 's breath had been sour as it always was when she had been drinking .
9 For Erlich not much was allowed to get in the way of a job and he supposed that was why he had been sent .
10 It was why he had been forced to retire from Delta .
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