Example sentences of "[was/were] [Wh det] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What he brought to the Card Trio was what the singers also brought , which is dramatic tension ; and yet its subtlety is such that it does not draw attention to itself , but simply contributes to the dramatic fabric of the whole . |
| 2 | They have cut the price , er of meals charged to the children , they 've er made some adjustments o c , to the menus offered , which was what the parents wanted , and as a result they 've actually increased the take-up of school meals by something like sixty percent . |
| 3 | This took the approach that mother and baby health and welfare was what the women wanted , seeing the woman 's main role in society was as a breeder . |
| 4 | Though pond fidelity was what the researchers were primarily interested in , the marking and measuring of individuals in Dorset did provide an unexpected bonus : the largest toads ever recorded in the UK , a male 85mm long , and a giant female 113mm long , almost 15 per cent larger than the previous record . |
| 5 | He was content with the money he earned , which was what the agents asked . ’ |
| 6 | Opposite the Cages was what the eagles called the Three Island Pond where ducks and flamingos were kept . |
| 7 | He had gained his reputation in the mountains of North Africa , but he was what the Americans call a ‘ hard nose ’ with little respect for civilians . |
| 8 | It was what the Americans would call a ‘ company town ’ , and is worth seeing as an example of what enlightened employers were doing at the time . |
| 9 | Would it say , ‘ Dear Miss Bishop , Thank you for your recent enquiry , but … ’ which was what the letters from Parsons and FIT had said . |
| 10 | It was what the doctors call a false pregnancy , probably brought on by her husband 's sudden death , feelings of guilt . |
| 11 | It was what the shearmen in the woollen manufacture , who did not work at home , regarded as usual . |
| 12 | So if I wrote , ‘ The next day was a Fuesday ’ because I hit the wrong key on the typewriter , they used to leave it in , thinking that was what the kids were saying at the time ! |
| 13 | Mrs Flaherty was what the nans called the Wrong Element . |
| 14 | That was what the men on the next bench were doing ; they still wore their overcoats , rough shabby clothes bundled round them , like rolls of carpet stacked and tied with twine . |
| 15 | The first question to be settled was what the missionaries should do . |
| 16 | But this was what the fans had come to hear , from the downy-cheeked chaps in jeans with their shirts hanging out , to the heavy metal chicks and rock'n'roll babes in their sleeveless leather jackets , chains and biker boots . |
| 17 | He had been driving too fast , that was what the police had said , and she could believe it now — he always had , when he was down , sunk into that deep trough of depression that occasionally consumed him , so that he lost all self-belief , all self-esteem . |
| 18 | ‘ He approves of the mingling of the peoples and their bonds of union ’ : that was what the words meant , and again they were very old words , from the days of ancient Rome . |
| 19 | Next door was what the children called ‘ The Beatle Room ’ , a room devoted entirely to psychedelic posters , pictures and other memorabilia of the Sixties ' pop stars . |