Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [Wh det] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Sean and Mark , which was what the boy was called , went off to the hostel . |
| 3 | It was n't an ideal situation , but it was educational provision of a sort , and local people thought that was better than nothing at all which was what the girl was being offered at the time by the authorities . |
| 4 | He was content with the money he earned , which was what the agents asked . ’ |
| 5 | Would it say , ‘ Dear Miss Bishop , Thank you for your recent enquiry , but … ’ which was what the letters from Parsons and FIT had said . |
| 6 | By three-twenty , which was what the alarm clock by the bedside said the last time I looked at it , I have moved on from thinking about Timmy and Cheryl and her children , and Cheryl , and Timmy , and Cheryl 's children , and Timmy , and Timmy , and Cheryl , and Timmy , and begun to think about Summerchild and Serafin , and Serafin , and Timmy , and Serafin , yes , and Serafin . |
| 7 | There were what the head called ‘ social concerns ’ behind his transfer . |
| 8 | That part of Parma , around Borgo delle Colonne , was apparently well known for its brothels , and I often used to see heavily made-up women in tight skirts and high-heeled shoes decorated with silver stars parading up and down ; I assume now that they were what the Parmigiani used to refer to as putane , whores . |
| 9 | Until these larger sets can be made in production quantities , electronics companies will probably push miniature sets as if they were what the consumer wanted all along . |
| 10 | It was what the doctors call a false pregnancy , probably brought on by her husband 's sudden death , feelings of guilt . |
| 11 | He said that it did not matter how the £3. 1 million was acquired and that it was what the company did with the money that mattered . |
| 12 | It is absolutely clear that the Leader of the House has either no authority or insufficient courage to say whether that promise was categorical or whether it was what the country believes it to have been — evidence of a Prime Minister panicked into making a promise that he has no intention of keeping . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It was what the Press admired as my dedication , though now it seems more like a selfishness allied to ruthlessness , ’ he said , frowning . |
| 15 | I never thought to mention it again , it was what the brother wanted , just one more thing to move . |
| 16 | But it was what the executive council thought the increase in wages should be not what the members thought . |
| 17 | Ellie was n't at all sure what a peignoir was , but if it was what the woman was wearing , no she most certainly had not . |
| 18 | I understood that it was what The Wedding Present wanted , but explaining it to the head of the sales force was a problem . |
| 19 | It was what the shearmen in the woollen manufacture , who did not work at home , regarded as usual . |
| 20 | 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 . |