Example sentences of "[vb past] [Wh det] [be] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They adopted what was becoming the catch-phrase of the moment — ‘ if you knew what we know ’ — but , as even the Convener of Orkney Islands Council , Jackie Tait , said he did not know the full details , how did some of the other councillors purport to know ? |
| 2 | Next came what was to prove a particularly important development for the future evolution of Islam . |
| 3 | In the black winter of early 1947 , something else happened which was to provide a general justification for the next forty years of dredging and river clearance . |
| 4 | But Henry Broadhurst at the 1877 Trades Union Congress expressed what was to become a very important element in working-class respectable ideology . |
| 5 | As a result the IDA began what was to become the first step in the desperate local search for a toxic dump site . |
| 6 | Just over 60 children enjoyed what was considered a successful evening . |
| 7 | As the prospect of testifying approached , on Nov. 16 Kanemaru followed what was becoming a well-established modern Japanese custom by admitting himself to hospital . |
| 8 | Dot was n't allowed into Mrs Parvis 's kitchen except at the regulation meal-times and she was n't sure about how food was prepared , but she was pretty certain that when Mrs Parvis cooked what was called a nice egg-dish , it was made from an orange coloured powder spooned up from a deep cylindrical tin . |
| 9 | Coroner Mr Leonard Gorodkin recorded a verdict of death by misadventure after hearing that Clare developed what was called an ‘ idiosyncratic reaction ’ to the drug . |
| 10 | On a visit to England in 1914 , Charles Pathé initiated what was to become a French sport , mocking the backwardness of British production . |
| 11 | At the beginning of November 1989 Namaliu survived what was becoming the regular six-monthly vote of no confidence . |
| 12 | So the ordered structure of the Sun , with its retinue of planets , repeated what was occurring a million times around other similar stars of the same mass and density — what is known as ‘ main sequence ’ stars . |
| 13 | Off the shoreward side of the platform debris fell which was to form the two billion barrel Pozo Rica field . |
| 14 | — If he got the answers he expected , that Rhoda had kept William Egan 's money in some hiding place and that Roxie had been looking after her brother 's moneybags , and that all three women had been spending what they were supposed to be hoarding , then he knew what was causing the atmosphere he had picked up at Roxie 's house . |
| 15 | Before we knew what was happening a guard had ushered us outside the gate and into the milling crowd in the street . |
| 16 | His overlong arms surrounded her and before she knew what was happening the strings of her skirt were untied . |
| 17 | It was so skilfully managed that almost before Lindsey knew what was happening the pressure of his hand was drawing her away . |
| 18 | Mosley produced what was to become the standard fascist defence . |
| 19 | Back in 1919 they made what was considered a ‘ momentous ’ decision : they chose to market their wines under their own brand name . |
| 20 | She shared her bike with a friend and they operated what was called a ‘ ride and tie ’ arrangement . |
| 21 | John Miles , a senior consultant neurosurgeon at Walton Hospital said : ‘ We now know that Mr Cleary had what is called an aneurysm , although most of the symptoms he displayed were not typical of this condition . |
| 22 | Every Sunday in the country a different village had what was called a balera , a large marquee with a highly polished wooden floor and a small orchestra which played all afternoon and evening , with an interval for supper . |
| 23 | She had what was termed a comfortable figure , but her face was thin , her nose sharp and her voice seemed to take its pattern from her features , just as Mick had described her on the way here ; although his Aunt Alice was sharp of nose and of tongue , she was broad in the shoulders and warm in heart , he had said . |
| 24 | Then he launched what was called a charm offensive against Tory MPs who might not support the Government . |
| 25 | She liked Betty , and wondered what was troubling the girl . |
| 26 | The key figure in the initiation and development of variable analysis was Paul F. Lazarsfeld , who worked at Columbia University from the 1930s to the 1950s and who , with colleagues such as Stouffer , Thurstone , Rosenberg and Guttman , pioneered what was to become the orthodox mode of social research . |