Example sentences of "was [Wh adv] he [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , evidently , was how he viewed the ongoing crisis involving the NEA , which has been accused of using American tax dollars to subsidise morally offensive , even pornographic art ( see The Art Newspaper No. 17 , April 1992 , pp. 1 , 2 and 14 ) . |
| 2 | He had decided that Sadler 's Wells was where he wanted the first performance . |
| 3 | Sometimes it worked , sometimes they simply shouted abuse , but his greatest success was when he addressed the Welsh League of Youth Eisteddfod at Aberystwyth in Welsh , having studied the language for just six weeks . |
| 4 | That was when he saw the thin figure jogging towards him in the gloom , and heard the roar of engines come up fast behind him . |
| 5 | Which was why he dipped the second piece of fried bread carefully in the egg and turned it about , concentrating on making it yellow all over . |