Example sentences of "in [Wh det] [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Upstairs , in which was once the lord 's private chamber , the story changes to the Civil War under King Charles 1 , and the part Chepstow played in this tragic conflict . |
| 2 | George Raft , originally set to take the non-speaking title role , turned down the offer before shooting , reportedly because of ill health , and was replaced by Cesar Romero , in what was barely a cameo . |
| 3 | The Malayan Emergency was never officially recognised as a ‘ war ’ however it embroiled the hard-pressed Commonwealth forces in what was largely an operation of cunning and wit , pursuing a small , elusive army of bandits in some of the most inhospitable terrain in the world . |
| 4 | On March 15 two Albanians who had crossed the border illegally into Greece were killed by Greek police , in what was reportedly a scuffle , followed by a chase , in the Filiaton region . |
| 5 | In the first week of March , in what was effectively a coup against Negrín , a National Defence Council was created in Madrid , with the aim of negotiating an end to hostilities . |
| 6 | Others showing the way in what was also the era of the ‘ concept ’ album , post-Pepper , included the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band , the Small Faces and the Moody Blues . |
| 7 | In August , Charlotte ( Cecil ) Leitch , the English Champion , returned partnering Lady Rathcreedan against Mr. and Mrs. Norman Craig ( M.P. ) , in what was presumably a celebrity match . |
| 8 | I want you folks to have a nice day , now ! ’ said an official in what was surely a parody of a Texas accent . |
| 9 | First , Scud missiles were fired , both at Saudi Arabia ( at targets in Dhahran and Riyadh ) and at non-belligerent Israel , in what was evidently a bid to reinforce the already solid Arab world popular support for Iraq 's cause . |
| 10 | So , in what was nominally a democracy , power was really in the hands of the first citizen … |
| 11 | In what was apparently a reference to conservatives within the FLN , he had been highly critical of Algeria 's " political class " in an interview in El País of Dec. 29 . |
| 12 | The remains of the Argentine dictator ( 1829-52 ) and nationalist figurehead , Juan Manuel de Rosas , who died in exile in the UK in 1877 , were returned to Argentina on Oct. 1 , 1989 , in what was apparently a gesture of goodwill in the context of talks over the Falkland Islands . |
| 13 | Secretary and spear-headed the drive for new members , still badly needed in what was now the Club 's 50th year of existence . |
| 14 | Missionary interest had been greatly stirred by the work in training ordinands in what was then the Gold Coast , by Dom Bernard Clements OSB . |
| 15 | It was Eric who first invented the Flame-thrower , and it was lying in what was then the bicycle-shed ( now my shed ) when our cousin , who had come to spend the weekend with us along with his parents , decided it would be fun to ride Eric 's bike into the soft mud at the south end of the island . |
| 16 | He started as a Tuner in what was then the Gripper Jacquard section , becoming supervisor in 1966 . |
| 17 | ‘ So I 'm afraid the only thing you can do is grin and bear it , ’ Leif said , in what was obviously a finale . |
| 18 | She was sitting on a diagnostic bed in what was obviously a medlab of some kind . |
| 19 | The boy seemed in pain , his lips drawn back from his teeth in what was almost a snarl , his whole body hunched into itself , as if something ate at him from within . |
| 20 | The most proud possession among these is the collection of Oskar Reinhart ( 1885–1965 ) at the gallery Am Ro'merholz , a country house in what was once a vineyard on the edge of the town . |
| 21 | They are part of a captive market , for every other outlet in what was once a shopping promenade is now burned out , abandoned or both . |
| 22 | A pile of grimy bed-linen lies in what was once a ward . |
| 23 | He was in what was once the farmyard , now largely grown over ; hens pecked amongst the weedy cobbles . |
| 24 | These developments have created political inertia in what was once an antiracist movement . |