Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] [was/were] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was now increasingly worried about my recurrent hamstring injuries , the treatment of which was costing a lot of money , paid for by parents and girlfriend . |
| 2 | Prabhakar received two bouncers in an over from McDermott , the second of which was called a no-ball under the new regulation . |
| 3 | This transformation was usually accompanied by the enlargement of the area of jurisdiction of the kadilik through the addition of other districts in the vicinity : Konya , for example , was made a mevleviyet in 977/1569 " with the addition of certain sub-districts ' and the appointee later moved on to Maras , the kadilik of which was made a mevleviyet with the addition of Elbistan ; and Selanik , as mentioned above , was made a mevleviyet with the addition of Sidrekapsi . |
| 4 | There was a buffet across the top of which was ranged a set of blue and white plates of equally antique origin and in the middle of the table stood a Georgian silver chafing dish . |
| 5 | Elijah heard a divine message sending him back to troubled Israel , with intuition as to definite things to do , one of which was to find a successor to carry on the prophetic ministry . |
| 6 | and yet there 's another week left , one of which were gone a week into er the last week of February that er |
| 7 | On the 5th January 1733 , Mrs Bridget Briggs in her will left certain properties in the vicinity of Sheffield , two thirds of the rent of which were to build a schoolhouse and school to educate ten poor boys and ten poor girls of Sproatley ; other children were to be educated there , but to pay for their instruction . |
| 8 | I waited until the tea was ready then joined them for a warming meal of steak and kidney pudding , followed by a very hot mug of tea into which was placed a measure of Navy rum . |
| 9 | In the sixties a mechanical piano was added to the furniture of the Empress 's drawing room , the famous Salon Chinois in which was displayed a portion of the loot which the French army had acquired when the Summer Palace at Peking had been sacked . |
| 10 | So last February 1 at Twickenham was a hugely welcome break in what was becoming a sort of personal Aherne tradition . |
| 11 | Roffman and Purdy list a number of new film genres that developed during these years but the vast majority of individual films mentioned did not move very far from what was becoming a stock depiction of the city with its gangsters , ‘ modern ’ women , and venal politicians and lawyers . |
| 12 | In return Dotty , on his behalf , bought Dawn Allenby a pot plant to which was wired a card saying : ‘ To Dawn , with great affection from Richard and Dorothy . ’ |
| 13 | As I sorted uninterestedly through the box I dropped one of the pages of dried flowers , to which was attached a sheet of paper with additional notes . |
| 14 | His casket , carried from the Cathedral on the shoulders of infantrymen , was covered by a Maori cloak , on which was placed a sword and a soldier 's ‘ lemon-squeezer ’ hat . |
| 15 | Inside were three bottles of pills , a card on which was printed a prayer invoking the assistance of the Virgin Mary , and a small black book . |
| 16 | Pupils were provided with a rectangular grid on which was drawn a rectangle 13 x 16 cm representing a room with a door and window marked on it . |
| 17 | As for London , a three-fold increase in tonnage cleared did not lead very quickly to a solution to the severe congestion of the Pool , on which was concentrated a cargo handling facility employing 120,000 men . |
| 18 | This is the first reference to what was to become A Squadron , commanded by Paddy Mayne . |
| 19 | Each man was issued with a number which corresponded with a seat number , at which was provided a coffee can , cup and cooking tin , all duly numbered too . |