Example sentences of "[conj] [Wh det] [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What would have been the local paper then the Advertiser still or what was perhaps the precursor of the Advertiser yes . |
| 2 | Norwich was then experiencing difficulty in securing a satisfactory reference for Mr. Tee from the Royal Life Insurance Ltd. , for whom Mr. Tee had managed a branch in the city of Winchester and which was currently the subject of an internal audit . |
| 3 | In particular Jones had a complete count of neutrons and also of their energies , so he could tell which neutrons came from cosmic rays and which were possibly the result of fusion . |
| 4 | A good room to be in , McLeish thought , with its high ceiling and the Sunday quiet of London , and what was obviously a copy of every Sunday paper published lying tidily on a side table . |
| 5 | I lifted Harry until he was sitting on the walkway and then , still gripping him tightly , wriggled up beside him so that we were both sitting there with our heads wholly above water , which may not sound a great advance but which was probably the difference between life and death . |
| 6 | Its three tall windows gave a view of the stone terrace and the double flight of steps going down to what had once been a lawn and formal gardens , but which was now a half-acre of neglected grass , bounded to the west by the brick annexe of the Vehicle Examination Department , and to the east by the old stable block , now converted into garages . |
| 7 | At the end of his first week back , Baldwin went to stay at Cumberland Lodge , in Windsor Great Park , only a few miles front Fort Belvedere , a bijou residence which justified its martial name only by looking like a toy castle , but which was nonetheless the King 's main base throughout his brief reign . |
| 8 | But what was once a breakthrough , a crucial realignment of taste among white rock fans , has subsequently congealed into orthodoxy . |