Example sentences of "what was [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let Lucy say for herself what was on her mind . |
| 2 | He knew what was on her mind , but there was nothing he could say to ease the uncertainty she must be feeling . |
| 3 | The first was that , although several people recognized her and stopped her and peered into the pram saying ‘ Ah ’ , to none of them could she have begun to say what was on her mind . |
| 4 | She was one of the few people in Iran who dared speak her mind to him ( perhaps the sole person ) , but what was on her mind was not to everyone 's liking . |
| 5 | She looked pointedly at the stairs behind him , and he gave her a thorough scrutiny , as though trying to work out exactly what was on her mind . |
| 6 | ‘ Tom went first , ’ she said , artlessly revealing what was on her mind . |
| 7 | Animation returned to Victoria 's features ; it was so touching when your children tried to make you cheerful with no conception of what was on your mind . |
| 8 | You had to eat everything that was put before you , to sit there alone into the afternoon while the winter dusk drew in and what was on your long cold plate had thickened until you had eaten it all . |
| 9 | Rosalba would force the sweetest smile she could , but feel its sickly insincerity work on her features like a tic , till her mother 's hand would fall to her side , and she 'd sigh , ‘ You used to tell me what was on your mind . ’ |
| 10 | What was on your last line , can you remember ? |
| 11 | In part out of deference to the sleepers , and in part from his own unease at saying aloud what was on his mind , Estabrook spoke in whispers . |
| 12 | As I wondered what was on his mind another shape appeared ahead , followed by another . |
| 13 | When challenged to say what was on his mind , he replied that he had been wondering whether it would ever be given to him to make France great again , as it had been in the days of Charlemagne . |
| 14 | He cleared the image and , for a while sat there , conscious that they were waiting for him to say what was on his mind . |
| 15 | A woman had an old camera film , probably forty years old , and she wanted to know what was on it . |
| 16 | But we got , we got what was on our list . |
| 17 | The Irish hierarchy immediately campaigned against what was for them a drastic solution . |
| 18 | Yet there were also great difficulties in fitting these large numbers of people into what was for them a new and strange society . |
| 19 | Ultimately , his change of pace and flight of the ball broke up the rhythm of Lee , who perhaps rather over pressed in the first set and found himself 0–5 down before he adjusted his momentum to claw four games back before Galasso 's touch and confidence returned , in what was for him a perfect final game and a match point won with a brilliant lob . |
| 20 | His idea of the " popular play " is important , since his devotion to the music hall and his belief that the poet can only be socially useful in the theatre spurred him on to achieve what was for him the unachievable : the plays bear all the marks of their deliberate and laborious composition . |
| 21 | Several months into my secondary education , this working provided what was for me the greatest locospotting thrill of the decade . |
| 22 | Shapira 's explanation is that Zoila had reached what was for her a satisfactory level of interaction and was not motivated to progress . |
| 23 | In the same month , in what was for her the last term of her formal education , Alix became engaged to Sebastian Manning . |
| 24 | ‘ I have brought you here , Miss Kyte , ’ resumed Miss Merchiston in what was for her a pleasant tone , ‘ that you may tell Mr Quatt of what passed between yourself and my dear mother . ’ |
| 25 | Finally , as if rewarding us for our efforts , Yuri provided us with what was for us the highlight of the day — an impromptu performance ( to a disco beat ) which left us in no doubt at all as to why this tall , handsome athlete is Russia 's leading ballet super-Tsar ! |
| 26 | The danger arises if you happen to arrive at what was for you a distressing time and there is no one there to help you deal with it in the way I shall describe in Chapter 2 . |
| 27 | None the less , Prussian policy makers must have realised what was to their benefit and what was not . |
| 28 | There were statements of intent , exhortations , graphs and charts all aimed at producing improvements in what was to me at that time the nebulous concept of ‘ Quality ’ . |
| 29 | No one , he thought , and despised himself for what was to him an unnatural need . |
| 30 | He brushed aside all arguments of law , and concentrated on what was to him the central issue . |