Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [pron] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ALL THAT WAS GIVEN ME WAS THE MATTER OF THREE SCENES , AND THE CENTRAL IDEA OF A VOLUNTARY CHANGE BECOMING INVOLUNTARY . |
| 2 | The response — on the day it was revealed she was the voice on the tape — was as staggering as it was overwhelmingly a vote for the Princess . |
| 3 | Georgia Griffiths ' drugs charges attracted national attention when it was revealed she was the daughter of a court recorder … and the crown court case had to be moved to Birmingham because the Oxford judge knew her father . |
| 4 | Oh yes I I mean the Irish Water Spaniel well well we got ours because I was told it was the most intelligent dog in the world . |
| 5 | As the external surface of the field collided with the elements of space , an explosive force was generated which was the equivalent of that produced by an ion bomb . |
| 6 | By the time he was demobbed he was the nearest thing to a genius when handling the military gadgetry of radio signals and wireless telephony that the army produced . |
| 7 | When Fokine was asked who was the male figure in Les Sylphides he replied : ‘ Perhaps he is Love himself in a romantic , nostalgic mood . |