Example sentences of "something that [was/were] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of fashion being mainly , well almost totally an upper class preoccupation , it became , because of the ease of manufacture and because more clothes were more readily available and cheaper , it became one , something that was worn by the middle classes , gradually sort of percolated downwards . |
| 2 | There was a burst of laughter and the woman shrieked something that was lost in the hubbub . |
| 3 | On the whole , during what Duiker has called ‘ the Stalinist years ’ , this was something that was accepted by the Vietnamese Communist Party but one can imagine that it was not always so easy to accept the advice which came to them from their French comrades . |
| 4 | Grainne stood very still , although she did not close her eyes , for to do so in here , with a creature , a something that was watching from the shadowy corners and grinning and copying her every move , was not to be thought of . |
| 5 | I realise that my hon. Friends who represent constituencies in other parts of the country are still waiting to hear something that was implied during the passage of the Bill . |