Example sentences of "[Wh det] was [verb] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result was a new combination which was to put Arsenal on top of the football world — and to change the course of soccer history . |
| 2 | Kenneth Horne and the producer Jacques Brown , went with Williams to the South Coast to see the show , The Foll De Rolls — the whole purpose of which was to view Pertwee at work . |
| 3 | It was not until the next to last day of the visit that she finally formulated to herself her secret desire , which was to see Montmartre at night . |
| 4 | Care of mentally ill , mentally handicapped , elderly , and elderly mentally disabled people was grouped by the report under category A , which was given priority for health boards ' spending . |
| 5 | But the SSD has hit back , claiming it was the Appeal Court rather than the department which was placing children at risk . |
| 6 | This was largely because the Dutch were conscious that they were operating on a narrow margin , and they did not want anything to distract them from their main purpose , which was to bring goods for trade and re-export to their great complex of ports , banks , and merchant houses around Amsterdam . |
| 7 | Then I got a clear view of the mink , which was grabbing tufts of grass in its mouth and dragging them backwards into the den . |
| 8 | Local taxi drivers claimed last week that public parking on the taxi rank was forcing them to park on the street and causing congestion which was putting lives at risk . |