Example sentences of "what was [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cinema was immediately adjacent to our house , so that every night we could hear the film and imagine what was on the screen . |
| 2 | Unlike most of what was on the menu , two wines were actually available , a semi-sweet white and a semi-sweet red . |
| 3 | Until recently what was on the child 's school record and whether parent or child could see it was a vexed question . |
| 4 | The methods Souness used when he set about a struggling Rangers , turned them around and picked up Championships and cups , prepared us for what was on the way at Anfield . |
| 5 | Squeezing through a gap in the human-walking-on-to-planes pipe was n't as hard as coming to terms with what was on the other side . |
| 6 | But it was quite definitely from him , because that was what was on the gift tag . |
| 7 | We stop to chat about national affairs or the state of the Common , hardly ever about what was on the box last night . |
| 8 | what was on the orig , what did we have on the ori , I 'm not saying the original list is like , is right Paul , I had something in there about homework , whether people wanted |
| 9 | That was until he saw what was on the front page . |
| 10 | So have a look through your book have a very quick glance at erm if you can just at an acid alkali one , at one side of an equation co try not to read it cover it up write it down and leave it for a few minutes till you 've forgotten if you did accidentally see what was on the other side till you 've forgotten it . |
| 11 | What was on the other side ? |
| 12 | However , they would differ on details like the distribution of stars and , even more , on what was on the covers of their magazines . |
| 13 | " He 'd know what was on the bills of lading . |
| 14 | That 's what was on the label . |
| 15 | Now that he was going to be with Sims for most of the day , knowing what was on the photographs was an uncomfortable burden . |
| 16 | Four other girls , that 's right and of course there were housemaids there to do the work and er yes housemaids and er and er you know and in the , in the kitchen , you see , there was the chef and er a cook , the kitchen maid and er a young man , a boy , well just left school to scrub the tables down and do the floors and that sort of thing and er and whi and er while I , of course I had to go down every day to type , to see what the chef said , what was on the menu and type it , type out the menus , you see , that was one of my jobs and er and if let me think , yes there was quite a number of staff , that 's just in the kitchen |
| 17 | Because you 'd only get half a pound perhaps and perhaps you 'd only get perhaps , this unit 'd only get two , According to what came into the country , or what was on the market . |
| 18 | A second or two later , Maybelle , her attention drawn from what was on the stall to what stood beside it , also recognised Miss Sally-Anne Tunstall . |
| 19 | ‘ When visiting patients at mealtimes , ’ he says , ‘ I have been repeatedly appalled at what was on the family table : things like tinned vegetables , white bread , biscuits , sweet drinks , and , in place of porridge , the ubiquitous sweetened breakfast cereals . ’ |
| 20 | I deliberately did n't see the play because there 's always a danger in getting too obsessed with what was on the stage and feeling you must n't tamper with it when you translate it to film . |
| 21 | ‘ But unfortunately for him when he told me a bit about what was on the disk I had a blinding flash of inspiration . ’ |
| 22 | Blake tried to see but the people had formed a barrier preventing him from seeing what was on the ground . |
| 23 | I wondered what was on the other side of the far wall , for there was a green door in its centre . |
| 24 | Yeah but we spent three hours , Lynne , Malcolm , myself sorting that list out and everybody what was on the stock take |
| 25 | It does n't matter what was on the outside . |
| 26 | What was on the Sunday before the Christmas ? |
| 27 | ‘ It has been claimed that their parents did not know the full extent of the dealings or what was on the films . ’ |
| 28 | What was on the television ? |
| 29 | Would that not cause er security problems if you put exactly what was on the box . |
| 30 | I was very pleased er when I came to put the book together to find that er most of er most of the actual walks corresponded with what was on the paper , which was nice , so I did n't have to waste much time . |