Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] what [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the next thing I 'd like you to note down is when I say other actors in the international system , obviously there are other governments as well but as well as governments if you , the word actors is quite often used in international affairs , if you were to list what the other actors are erm would you , would you note down them , say , put four or five other actors . |
| 2 | As their heads disappeared under a pile of plaster of paris and alginate we were shown what a relatively simple and inexpensive process this was . |
| 3 | Not one organisation wrote to the Home Secretary indicating they were supporting what the Government is now putting for the House . |
| 4 | They were saying what a stupid series it was , how ridiculous the character was , and it would n't get beyond the first episode . |
| 5 | He said that he wondered whether the government had lost control of the security forces or whether the security forces were doing what the government wanted . |
| 6 | I think the answer is that simply as it who were doing what the name would otherwise have done , erm for the reasons your Lordship has given and , and your Lordship has seen of course that the analysis of the relationship between the name and the agent , erm , certainly as far as Mr is concerned , indeed we said it certainly it follows from what , what article eighty five does , it does n't effect the extensible authority point but and the |
| 7 | When they were asked what the ( say ) ‘ egg ’ was ‘ really , really ’ the three-year-olds answered correctly that it was a stone , but when asked what the object ‘ looks like to your eyes ’ they also said ‘ stone ’ . |
| 8 | Well that 's right , I mean were see what the weather 's like . |
| 9 | Arthur Ibbetson , the English cameraman who worked with him on several occasions , first notes how alarmed he was to discover what a bad skin Richard had and then enthuses without pause about the shape of his face , his professionalism , his patience . |
| 10 | Stepney in the late 18th century was becoming what the Northern Heights — Highgate and Hampstead — became later , namely , an early form of London suburbia . |
| 11 | The problem for British producers seeking to emulate Korda 's achievement was to define what an international British film might be . |
| 12 | Hitler no longer seemed to be speaking to convince ; rather , he seemed to feel that he was expressing what the audience , by now transformed into a single mass , expected of him . |
| 13 | And again perhaps to follow up a previous question and the question is this , that in the first draft of the statement of faith which was presented two years ago , there was a very clear statement which said that Christ died for our sin in connection with the cross and I was wondering what the reasoning was which took away that very specific meaning of the death of the Christ into a much more general and ambiguous one in the statement before us today . |
| 14 | This paradox remained until early 1974 , when I was investigating what the behavior of matter in the vicinity of a black hole would be according to quantum mechanics . |
| 15 | Er , oh in the example that I gave , yes , because it was totalling what the grand total . |
| 16 | Well as far as I was concerned , I was doing what a doctor told me . |
| 17 | He was doing what the saint willed . ’ |
| 18 | Her defence , that in providing for the poor she was doing what the HUD was supposed to do , earned her the nickname " Robin HUD " . |
| 19 | Inchbad had moved across to sit beside her and had taken her hand between his finger and thumb and was exclaiming what a pretty little thing she was and it the shame of the world that her brother had had to ride of land leave her all alone . |
| 20 | I remember when he was asked what the principal crop of Thailand was and he answered transistor radios . |
| 21 | Truman once said he was asked what the job of the presidency involved and Truman once said I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without my persuading them . |
| 22 | In preparing our views for the Government we felt one of the most pressing needs was to explain what the National Sustainability Plan is and why it is important , to a wider audience of opinion- formers and decision-takers in Wales . |
| 23 | In preparing our views for the Government we felt one of the most pressing needs was to explain what the National Sustainability Plan is and why it is important , to a wider audience of opinion- formers and decision-takers in Wales . |
| 24 | He was feeling what the laser would have felt , had it been of flesh and bone . |
| 25 | The main thrust of the campaign , designed by the United Kingdom-based advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi , was to reveal what the government believed the scenario would be if the white electorate voted " no " . |
| 26 | The idea was to show what a tough life the Royals have . |
| 27 | He was realizing what a change Tess 's confession had made to his whole life . |