Example sentences of "[vb past] [Wh det] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shortly after the end of the war an incident occurred which was of critical importance in the development of Gandhi 's relations with the British — the massacre at Amritsar . |
| 2 | Several months into my secondary education , this working provided what was for me the greatest locospotting thrill of the decade . |
| 3 | I do n't quite know how to put this but but er she found what was in the village news offensive . |
| 4 | As the Second World War entered what was to be its final phase , Franco therefore stepped up his efforts to court Allied favour . |
| 5 | In 1851 he used what were in effect vectors in deriving magnetic equations without using Poisson 's theory of magnetic fluid . |
| 6 | They ate what was in front of them . |
| 7 | The Act empowered the Secretary of State to put a limit on the amount if in his opinion the amount proposed to be raised was ‘ excessive ’ according to principles he determined which were to be the same for all authorities falling within the same class . |
| 8 | His whole approach to African problems rested indeed on the assumption that there were large reserves of political sagacity within the imperial service , and his aim was to ensure that no situation developed which was beyond the reach of that sagacity . |
| 9 | Barber then began what was to be a 43 year long career with May & Baker , as research chemist under Dr A. J. Ewins , FRS , carrying out process research in support of the manufacture of products such as neoarsphenamine ( NAB ) for treating syphilis . |
| 10 | In about 1823 he began what was to be his principal life 's work , the translation of the Old Testament from Hebrew into Persian . |
| 11 | Slowly he finished what was in his mouth , his eyes roaming the plate . |
| 12 | When she married she had to live in the country and , instead of bemoaning what she 'd lost in the way of concerts and the theatre , she enjoyed what was on offer . |
| 13 | Any farm worker could easily anticipate the consequences of ‘ going against ’ the local farmers , so for the most part they resigned themselves to this situation , bit their tongues rather than spoke out and developed what is by now their notorious taciturnity and ability to ‘ keep themselves to themselves ’ . |
| 14 | Such consultation was undertaken through a Great Council , from which evolved what was to be recognized as a parlement or Parliament . |
| 15 | It decided what was to be debated , for how long and when the final vote was to be taken , so that the government could plan its legislative programme and could forecast accurately when each legislative train would reach the various stages on the journey to enactment . |
| 16 | I delivered what was to be my longest speech of the evening , saying that I gathered he was keen to talk about his role , to talk about Gary . |
| 17 | And I tell you just , what I just wan na do , is give you one one one thought which is in our motion . |
| 18 | The only reason I did this was I did n't want anyone to know where I really went which was to a flat in Park Town where I am ashamed to say I watched some sex videos with three other people . |
| 19 | ‘ I suppose I really understood what was at stake when I got my first glimpse of the castle , ’ she admitted , unable to disguise a rather wry smile . |
| 20 | Almost as if you understood what was in my mind when I designed them . ’ |
| 21 | erm , there 's on certain parts of ah what they put has shown they they 've understood what was in that part of the diary like in the exercises relating this morning to or to learning like with the Roman numerals and the other thing they shown that they understood what was in that context , but then on erm when you get later on it 's just er |
| 22 | He knew what was on her mind , but there was nothing he could say to ease the uncertainty she must be feeling . |
| 23 | For the sack itself — it was there , pillowing Hugh 's head and although Hugh knew what was in it and believed they knew also , he had taken care not to show it to them . |
| 24 | And in the Football Post er cos everybody used to have the Football Post then , not like now , and so everybody knew what was in it and er there was like a Who and Why column in the Football Post and one of these was , Who will stop County now , you see because they was at top of the second division or something like that , and the team that was next to them was City in them days you see . |
| 25 | But then , back there in the desert , It knew what was in the void . |
| 26 | Until she knew what was in the old man 's will she and Cathy seem to have been matey enough . |
| 27 | It concluded that no one knew what was in the dumps or if they had the capacity to meet future needs . |
| 28 | Cranston knew what was in the cart . |
| 29 | We knew what were in there before you even opened your hand up ! |
| 30 | We knew what were in there ! |