Example sentences of "[vb past] what was [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They adopted what was becoming the catch-phrase of the moment — ‘ if you knew what we know ’ — but , as even the Convener of Orkney Islands Council , Jackie Tait , said he did not know the full details , how did some of the other councillors purport to know ? |
| 2 | As a result the IDA began what was to become the first step in the desperate local search for a toxic dump site . |
| 3 | At the beginning of November 1989 Namaliu survived what was becoming the regular six-monthly vote of no confidence . |
| 4 | — If he got the answers he expected , that Rhoda had kept William Egan 's money in some hiding place and that Roxie had been looking after her brother 's moneybags , and that all three women had been spending what they were supposed to be hoarding , then he knew what was causing the atmosphere he had picked up at Roxie 's house . |
| 5 | His overlong arms surrounded her and before she knew what was happening the strings of her skirt were untied . |
| 6 | It was so skilfully managed that almost before Lindsey knew what was happening the pressure of his hand was drawing her away . |
| 7 | Mosley produced what was to become the standard fascist defence . |
| 8 | She liked Betty , and wondered what was troubling the girl . |
| 9 | The key figure in the initiation and development of variable analysis was Paul F. Lazarsfeld , who worked at Columbia University from the 1930s to the 1950s and who , with colleagues such as Stouffer , Thurstone , Rosenberg and Guttman , pioneered what was to become the orthodox mode of social research . |