Example sentences of "[conj] what was [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of using It ( a cleft structure ) , an identifying theme places an element in theme position by turning it into a nominalization using a wh-structure ( called a pseudo-cleft structure ) , as in What the book received in China was a great deal of publicity , or What was received by the book in China was a great deal of publicity . |
| 2 | I still do not know [ September 1992 ] who briefed this court , when the briefings took place or what was told to this court during those briefings . ’ |
| 3 | No one seemed to know what to do next , or what was expected of them , and in the end it was David himself who took control . |
| 4 | At tea-time the momentum of the day — or what was left of it after Doctor O'Connor-Crowley 's intrusion — petered out and things began to sag . |
| 5 | It was the melon again , or what was left of it . |
| 6 | Ants were trying to return to their separate nests , or what was left of them , if anything . |
| 7 | Their administration has been intensively studied and seen as part of what John Le Patourel called the ‘ converging and ultimately clashing development of the government of [ the Angevin Empire ] , or what was left of it … and the development of royal government in the kingdom of France . |
| 8 | That night , or what was left of it , I could not sleep . |
| 9 | The entire Project Eden team — or what was left of it — was milling around : cowed , shocked and submissive . |
| 10 | There were bits of that sodding plane embedded in his guts ; all mixed up with him … or what was left of him ; poor little bastard . |
| 11 | The Council , or what was left of it now , nodded wisely although frankly none of them understood or cared much about mechanical things . |
| 12 | She remained conscious , but became increasingly disorientated , losing all awareness of where she was or what was happening to her . |
| 13 | It was also surprisingly incompetent and reactionary , and it was unable to comprehend what was happening within Britain or what was happening to Britain 's relationship with the rest of the world . |
| 14 | A hand took him by the shoulder and shook him awake , and he started up with a cry , for a moment not knowing where he was or what was happening to him . |
| 15 | Again , neither these comments nor what was described as the least desirable eventuality ‘ the establishment of a Communist-dominated , Moscow-oriented state in Indo-China ’ , seem inaccurate or unreasonable : although it may be argued that the inherent fault was to assume that this represented the limit of Ho 's power and appeal . |
| 16 | Although what was said in Hedley Byrne & Co . |
| 17 | England are conscious that what was planned as a dress rehearsal for the finals next summer now threatens to be the closest they get . |
| 18 | ‘ It most certainly is my view that what was done with these people was a political decision , a decision of high command . ’ |
| 19 | Totten appreciates that what was done with St. Johnstone might not be able to be repeated with East Fife . |
| 20 | However , the reformulation appeals to theoretical notions which the authors discuss in the first chapter of the book , and it is unlikely that what was said about mutual cognitive environments in the first chapter is accessible for use for the interpretation of a passage about style in the final chapter . |
| 21 | She argued that , if she could show that what was regarded as normal behaviour in the United States in fact varies from one society to another , then it followed that such behaviour could not be the result of people 's biological characteristics but rather of their culture . |
| 22 | There was no set text for the wording , it being left to the printer to ensure that what was asked for complied with the Act . |
| 23 | Indeed , it is the purpose of this article to suggest that what was alleged at the outset to be the general principle , that of self-determination , is in fact the exception . |
| 24 | The report said that what was happening at Monktonhall should be costed . |
| 25 | But there were moments when he almost wished that what was happening between Maisie and Mr Malik did have a sexual connotation . |
| 26 | Liebowitz and Horowitz ( 1968 ) suggested that what was happening in the United States at the time , was a process of merging of politics and social deviance such that they were becoming indistinguishable . |
| 27 | While accepting the Comintern classification of Latin American agrarian structures as ‘ feudal ’ or semi-feudal , he maintained that what was happening in Latin America was not that capitalism was superseding feudalism , but rather that the two systems tended to coexist . |
| 28 | Analysis has been brought forward to show that what was taken as proof of a lack of logical processes amongst ‘ primitive ’ peoples was often simply misunderstanding by ill-informed European commentators of the meaning of what was being said and done . |
| 29 | One report described observers in Baghdad as surprised that what was expected to be Iran 's final offensive , taking in the Shatt island of Bovarian , began as a frontal assault against earthworks and water barriers east of Basrah where Iraq 's defences were at their most formidable . |
| 30 | As I listened to him fumbling for words of explanation , I wished he could have said boldly that what was thought to be so heinous today was not thought to be so then , but that looking back now , he deeply regretted what had happened . |