Example sentences of "[Wh adv] it [vb past] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not see the production until the following Christmas , when it contained an amusing touch which I imagine John must have added that year , after Leonide Massine had revived The Three-cornered Hat at Covent Garden : Hansel and Gretel danced a few steps with a bunch of grapes , a good-humoured quotation from the dance of the miller and his wife in Massine 's ballet . |
| 2 | We 're going to be looking at Lewes in the period during the late middle ages , early modern period , when it had an unchartered corporation , how the town was governed and so on . |
| 3 | We 're going to be looking at Lewes in the period during the late middle ages , early modern period when it had an unchartered corporation , how the town was governed and so on . |
| 4 | I know that you came only to honour dear Crabb , at a small informal party , because he had been of assistance to your illustrious father , and valued his work at a time when it meant a great deal to him . |
| 5 | After its experimental period , when it played a key part in the campaign to modernise the Marton route , 208 remained in regular service from Marton Depot ( left ) until the closure in 1962 . |
| 6 | Montserrat , part of the British colony of the Leeward Islands from 1871 to 1956 , when it became a separate United Kingdom Dependent Territory , is governed by a Governor , who presides over an Executive Council and a Legislative Council with seven elected , two official and two nominated members . |
| 7 | JCI 's gold mines produced 51.7 tons of gold in the past financial year Johnnies ' diamond interests comprise of holdings in unlisted diamond trading companies and in De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd/De Beers Centenary AG Johnnies ' non-managed investments date as far back as 1895 when it became a founding shareholder of South African Breweries , one of the 10 largest breweries in the world |
| 8 | Described by the government as a Japanese cultural tradition , the consumption of whale meat only started after the second world war , when it filled a dietary gap . |
| 9 | But , as the Institute 's Council found last month , when it considered a preliminary paper on the subject , openness could actually end up destroying the effectiveness of the disciplinary process altogether . |
| 10 | Harvey Madden of Yarm-based accountant John B. Taylor said the business was a profitable concern until the end of 1991 when it lost a major contract with Edinburgh Woollen Mills to east European competition . |
| 11 | A drop of the clear supernatant fluid was placed on an agar plate , which had previously been thickly planted with M. lysodeikticus , and the plate was incubated at 37°C. for 24 hours , when it showed a copious growth of the coccus , except in the region where the nasal mucus had been placed . |
| 12 | This deterioration and the progressive proletarianization of the artisanate was to be particularly noticeable in Catalonia , where it represented an inevitable stage in the growth of capitalist industry : hence the outbreaks of Luddism in the 1840's . |
| 13 | The metro turned into the Lakes Estate and eventually drove down Melfoot Avenue where it reached a dead end . |
| 14 | Labour scored its biggest successes in London , where it gained a dozen seats on an above-average swing of 3.4 per cent . |
| 15 | That 's why it took a long time for the light to get to you . ’ |