Example sentences of "was [Wh adv] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was how he usually spent his winters . |
| 2 | As for that other one , which was how he now alluded to the daughter he had always doted on , she was in her room and there she would stay until she saw sense . |
| 3 | That was how I eventually got my bicycle . |
| 4 | That was how I really got to know my Yorkshire . |
| 5 | It was a matter of debate whether she was a widow or separated from her husband But I was not interested in such things ; the biggest mystery to me was how she ever got involved with a dog like Cedric . |
| 6 | Bed was where she most longed to be . |
| 7 | De Gaulle showed , in a press conference on 9 September , that his most serious concern was the introduction of more majority voting in the Community in future and that this was where he most wanted changes . |
| 8 | And that was where he devoutly wished them . |
| 9 | For us it was when we finally got a period that we learned about it . |
| 10 | That was when we usually saw these cases — when it was too late . |
| 11 | I do n't collect criticisms , but the worst one I ever had was when they completely left me out of the write-up . |
| 12 | It was when he finally reached the end of the turning by the Rotherhithe.Tunnel entrance that he saw the three standing together across the street . |
| 13 | A typical example — and there are many of these — was when he patiently sat through a high level Air Ministry conference listening to the Mosquito being castigated for its poor night flying qualities ( because of the glare from the exhausts ) , and Boscombe Down recommended that it should never be flown at night , the chairman , as an afterthought , suggested Bennett contribute his views : " I wish someone hid told me about all these faults ' , he replied , " because I have been flying the Masse on OBOE night trials with excellent results " . |
| 14 | And that was when he almost caused her to drop with astonishment off the promontory . |
| 15 | That was when I just had the one fellow . |
| 16 | I 've got two young sons as well , erm they two got took off me into foster care , and that was when I really had to decide it was the either the drugs or the children . |
| 17 | What I really learnt about teaching was when I actually started the stuff . |
| 18 | Mind you , it was when you only got fifteen quid a week . |
| 19 | I always suspected that Selina spent all her money on massages , rug-rethinks and underwear — but that was when she hardly had any . |
| 20 | So that was why they never appeared on TWW . |
| 21 | That morning they parted under the trees , he never took her all the way to the gates , that would only have made things worse , that morning she looked the way she always looked , rings under her eyes and her whole body braced for the ordeal that lay ahead , how hard it was to leave her always , maybe that was why they always drew the parting out , sometimes it took minutes , just the saying goodbye , they backed away from each other , then stopped and called something out , then backed away again , they called out special words that they 'd made up , words to fill the distance between them , words for the things they could n't say , they backed away till he was under the trees or she was through the gates , whichever happened first , she looked the same way she always looked that morning , except for one thing , she had a clock tucked under her arm , the clock they 'd found together , the clock that did n't tick , the lonely clock . |
| 22 | This was why they adamantly opposed Lenin 's vision of the Party . |
| 23 | I do n't know what view of these events my uncles took as we woke them early and followed them around as faithfully as any spaniel — maybe that was why they often nipped off to the pub in the evenings . |
| 24 | This was a silly notion , but nevertheless , that was why he genuinely believed himself to be a failure . |
| 25 | That was why he always had to be in the saddle , controlling everything within his reach with great brilliance and clarity of mind . |
| 26 | That was why you mostly kept your black book for your own family . |
| 27 | And that was why I only had her twice . |
| 28 | she just lost her husband and that was why I never said |
| 29 | This was why she initially opposed the first march from Coalisland to Dungannon , but the arguments of the Nationalists and the Republicans on direct action tactics had become dominant and she was outvoted . |
| 30 | Perhaps that was why she still thought they were alive . |