Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [prep] [Wh det] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BES companies lasted for a minimum of five years , and shareholders were interested in what would happen at the end of this period . |
| 2 | The University had filed for patents , believing that millions of dollars could accrue if test-tube fusion were commercially practical , and the patent lawyers were concerned about what would happen if other groups found out the results and duplicated them . |
| 3 | Katrine was afraid of what might happen if she did n't pay up . |
| 4 | I now see that between 1958 and 1977 I was involved in what might well be described as a social drama of movement , often crossing boundaries into very marginal areas of policing , where the institutional ideal of ordered definition fails simply because the ‘ use of power and exercise of authority are based in ambiguity and particular interpretations of [ what is often ] poorly framed legislation ’ ( Burton 1980 ) . |
| 5 | Instead , he was alone with what could be the beginning of a collection of oriental carpets , and pining , however slightly , for a young girl one-half his age . |
| 6 | Not only would it be an obvious place to look but she was uneasy about what might be living underneath it . |
| 7 | Her mind was preoccupied with what might happen at the end of her journey . |
| 8 | I think he knew , just as I did , that Eric would get back , and he was worried about what would happen . |
| 9 | He would have liked to reduce speed but he was worried about what might be coming up behind him . |
| 10 | The architect , Roy Toms , of the Waverly District Council , was worried about what could have been an unsympathetic alteration to a venerable building , but a visit to St Martin 's , Dorking , another Woodyer church , confirmed that its architect had adopted raking parapets to terminate the aisle roofs there , and the discovery of this period precedent vindicated the use of this treatment at St James Court . |
| 11 | She was scared of what might be hiding in the shadows but she was terrified of her subconscious . |
| 12 | Mr Edwards was appalled at what could and had been done in the ‘ best interests of the children ’ . |