Example sentences of "[det] was [Wh adv] [pron] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And this was when you were living in Hatfield ? |
| 2 | This was why she was wearing her Ralph Lauren silk crepe trousers and matching jacket with a white Armani shell underneath , and her favourite silver earrings . |
| 3 | So this was how it was going to be from now on , Maria accepted as she turned to go and find the keys . |
| 4 | If this was how it was going to end I wanted to know . |
| 5 | and that was why they were moaning about it |
| 6 | Oh yes , it was , is it that , that was why we were looking for them to pick them out ? |
| 7 | He must have been a stranger to the village , that was why she was telling him . |
| 8 | That was why she was reacting so badly to the news that he had left Taipei . |
| 9 | And that was why she was allowing herself to become sucked into a whirlpool of corruption which could destroy her career , or worse . |
| 10 | That was why she was making the grade as a jockey . |
| 11 | That was why she was sueing now . |
| 12 | Anyway , it 's one of the minor unfortunate facts of life that a detumescing willy is prone to trap stray pube hairs under the foreskin as it scrolls forward again , and that was why I was adjusting my clothing as we braked for the bend above Cairndow . |
| 13 | I assume that was why I was running so badly in the track season . |
| 14 | Perhaps that was why he was beginning to find her almost unbearably attractive . |
| 15 | Maybe that was why he was trying to poison Elinor ? |
| 16 | This argument was rejected on the basis that , from its formation , Newco 's wider purpose was to carry on a trade and that was why it was acquiring the business . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh yes , that was when you were having your unfortunate experience at Barnes . ’ |
| 18 | Oh , that was when I was waiting in the queue were n't it ? |
| 19 | And that was when he was feeling merciful . |
| 20 | I asked the copper in the back if that was where we were heading but he said , ‘ Just follow , ’ so I did , and it was . |
| 21 | Léonie said that was where they were going . |
| 22 | That was where he was herding them , and it was the last place she felt like going , especially now . |
| 23 | They had no reason to suppose that he had been in pursuit of them , the western ride led in the general direction of the outlaws ' Great Camp and they presumed that was where he was going . |
| 24 | He thought he knew it all , and that was where he was going to come unstuck . |
| 25 | Mm That was where I was trying to get the blackbirds |
| 26 | And the Reeve 's Way , that was where I was going to march my army . |
| 27 | That was how it was going to be between them , just as she made him sleep on the floor beside their honeymoon bed in the Ritz . |