Example sentences of "[Wh det] [was/were] [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | Now what were they the other week from |
| 3 | What was it the air-raid wardens shouted when they saw a house with a chink of light showing ? |
| 4 | ‘ What was it the last critic said , darling ? |
| 5 | What was it the old boy had said ? |