Example sentences of "was [noun] [modal v] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | She fancied that somehow the blend of sophistication and cosiness that was Sophie would be able , if not to help ( how could she ? ) , to understand a little . |
| 2 | To some extent local factors come into the situation — the fine-tuning , for a village in what was Wessex will be different from that of a similar place in the former Danelaw or Northumbrian areas . |
| 3 | A more direct fit that was self-aligning could be designed . |
| 4 | The old story about the Roman legionaries using nettles to keep themselves warm on night duty in the cold northern province that was Britain may be apocryphal , but there is no doubt that the sting resulting from the touch of a nettle leaf causes a burning sensation . |
| 5 | Serviceable was clothes must be seen to be serviceable . |
| 6 | A crucial amendment by the 1982 Act was the removal of section 29(4) , which provided that a dispute to which a trade union was party should be treated as a dispute to which workers were parties . |