Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pers pn] was [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.

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1 It consists of the bass-parts for each choir , placed one above the other , with bar-lines but no text or figures to indicate how he was to fill out the bass , only an occasional flat or sharp above the notes ; when in the Masses a movement begins in a higher part only , this is shown in the organ part ; but when the higher voices sing without the bass , the organ part is marked ‘ tacet ’ or ‘ non est hic ’ .
2 Mr Major explained how he was carrying on the principles of his predecessor and pointed out that he was her seconder in the leadership ballot and regretted that she had not stayed on .
3 I stole it out of one of the Posten 's haversacks when I was cleaning out the guard-room .
4 She was flown immediately by helicopter to Hillsborough Castle in County Down where she was carrying out the only engagements of the visit , a lunch party and a garden party for 1,200 people on a day Ulster was swept by torrential rain .
5 She paddled in the shallow water for a few moments before joining Stephen where he was setting up the barbecue in a shaded spot .
6 However , what is slightly more problematic than the end of the prosecution is why it was brought in the first place .
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