Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pers pn] [vb past] be the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But the 29-year-old centre-half explained how he had been the victim of his own eagerness to be involved in the Kop cause , despite a virus problem .
2 Hayling had introduced Casares-Roach to Walsh after meeting her at a Ford workers ' conference in Benidorm where she had been the translator .
3 Diagonally across from where she stood was the door to the back stairs .
4 Across the road from where we stayed is the track of the LB Narrow Gauge Railway which is celebrating its 25th anniversary .
5 William Cossart arrived in Madeira in 1808 from Ireland , where he had been the agent for Newton , Gordon , Murdoch & Co .
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