Example sentences of "[was/were] what [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Societies of boys were what the public schools essentially remained , with the masters forming no more than a thin crust of adult authority . |
| 2 | When she came to think of it , the only thing she and Jerome had ever agreed about was what a difficult , trying and utterly maddening creature Nora was . |
| 3 | Suddenly , ‘ Le Style Anglais ’ was what every young Parisienne girl wanted . |
| 4 | It was what an unreliable dog does when stroked by someone who is afraid of it . |
| 5 | At least , that was what the next-door dog , Bully , did , and Angela really judged all dogs by Bully , who was a big , black-faced alsatian who looked fierce and dangerous but was really just young , strong , and bursting with love and high spirits . |
| 6 | You , the climber , are not important , was what the mocking dialogue with your peers stressed . |
| 7 | He learnt how to make love in complete silence or to talk all night if that was what the other man wanted . |
| 8 | I enjoyed that bit of his speech best of all , although I am not sure that that was what the right hon. Gentleman intended . |
| 9 | It was what the entire day had been about . |
| 10 | He was what the 1960s were supposed to be about : rich , successful , well placed in the media , what the cant of the time regarded as classless . |
| 11 | To think that was what the poor fella was going to do when I saw ‘ n pass my door Monday morning ! ’ |
| 12 | Or at least that was what the smooth-skulled guide said when Chesarynth asked why they could n't land closer . |
| 13 | For this was what the immediate past had become . |
| 14 | Among the issues the Palestinians wanted in their memoranda of understanding was what the Middle East International of Aug. 16 described as " the legal reference point of the conference " in addition to detailed US interpretations of UN Resolutions 242 and 338 and the US position on East Jerusalem . |
| 15 | What did he care about getting rid of the Corn Laws either — which was what the whole argument had been about — since they 'd been created in the first place for the benefit of his land-owning friends ? |
| 16 | That was what the big brown bottle contained . |
| 17 | It was not that she minded the hard work ; it was what the hard work did to her poor hands . |
| 18 | That was what the British people wanted but the Establishment did n't . |