Example sentences of "what was [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many parents comment that their child did the complete opposite of what was asked for several months and so the parents learned to say the opposite of what they wanted , for example , ‘ I really do n't want you to put your pyjamas on now ’ , or ‘ I do n't think you can eat all of that food ’ . |
| 2 | Defence Minister Jan Parys resigned on May 18 , in what was seen as another blow to the government of Jan Olszewski ; he was replaced by his deputy , acting Defence Minister Romuald Szeremietiew . |
| 3 | The perfect infinitive thus presents an event — a result phase — not as something which is itself directly perceived but rather as something which is inferred from a comparison of what is directly observed — the present state of the doctor — with what was observed at some earlier moment . |
| 4 | Just what was redistributed in this way is obscure , but the Areopagus almost certainly lost its prospective control of magistrates through the dokimasia ( testing of qualifications for office ) and its retrospective control of magistrates through the system of euthuna ( examination of accounts after their year of office ) . |
| 5 | The new name reflects more accurately the scope of the specialty , de fines better the range of problems dealt with , and , most importantly , removes what was felt by many people to be an automatic stigma acquired by visiting the VD clinic . |
| 6 | The strength of feeling that could be raised by what was felt in many quarters to be the attack of modern criticism on the authority of the Bible was shown again some years later in the Robertson Smith case in Scotland . |
| 7 | What was achieved by that ? |
| 8 | But in so doing the Prime Minister overlooked two crucial aspects of what was decided at that summit . |
| 9 | At 30 he had amassed enough knowledge of transcendental experience systems to make him a contender for the job of running what was regarded by many as one of Europe 's best Transcendental Operations Modules . |
| 10 | As the convoys began to mass on friday police from six counties joined forces in a combined operation — devised after what was regarded by many as the fiasco at Castlemorton last year . |
| 11 | And you could both write something maybe about your grading maybe a little bit about what was good , what was hard , what was easy , what was boring about this cos I think there was a lot of hard work , there was n't much play in it today was there ? |
| 12 | ‘ It most certainly is my view that what was done with these people was a political decision , a decision of high command . ’ |
| 13 | The pupil seems to be giving instructions for others to follow rather than saying what was done in this specific instance . |
| 14 | Almost all of what was said about this in Chapter 3 is relevant wherever TNCs create jobs , but there are some additional factors to be considered where this occurs in the Third World . |
| 15 | The hon. Member for Sheffield , Hillsborough ( Mr. Flannery ) mentioned what was said on this subject in the excellent report produced by my hon. Friend the Member for Honiton ( Sir P. Emery ) and his colleagues . |
| 16 | So as I say there is clearly a substantial er factual dispute between the parties as to what was said on these relevant telephone conversations . |
| 17 | While your brain is doing that it will be storing the words so that when you look at your sheet of nouns you will recall what was said for some while after it was actually said . |
| 18 | Consensus went out of the window , and those authorities decided locally that they were the Government and to hell with what was said in this place . |
| 19 | Following several occasions on which wages had been cut and the working week extended , the NUAW finally called its members in the area out in what was recognized on both sides as a trial of strength of national importance . |
| 20 | The drunk in the corner , who wore what was left of some kind of camouflage outfit , came over , pulling a revolver out of his britches pocket . |
| 21 | I asked Fleischmann what was known about this and he laughed as he said ‘ Not enough ! ’ |
| 22 | Critics who wrote reviews of the 1923 exhibition were deeply influenced by what was implied in these essays . |
| 23 | He did not know quite what was implied by all this business of dresses , but he sensed something ugly — and flinched . |
| 24 | John , what was discussed on this the first day ? |
| 25 | The Directive contains several references to ‘ the conservation of the countryside ’ although nowhere is any definition given of precisely what was meant by this term . |
| 26 | If one was to look forward to work , it needed to be stimulating and enjoyable , but precisely what was meant by this could not quite be imagined . |
| 27 | What was going into that crushing ratchet — my US Approach card , or my Johnson ? |
| 28 | Although Fred pretended to be surprised at my earnings I felt sure he knew what was going on all the time . |
| 29 | I heard myself say to him , though the different sections of my brain seemed to have slipped out of synch somehow , and I was aware of all sorts of different things at once , and time seemed to have slowed down and at the same time some part of my brain was racing , trying to come up with some logical explanation for what was going on that did n't involve calamity … and failing . |
| 30 | Yes , because this is describing , analysing how ordinary people lived , what was going on that enabled them to live in this way . |