Example sentences of "what was [verb] [prep] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what was hoped for by many was a kind of superior Merrie England . |
| 2 | It may be that none of these incidents , taken by itself , would be very significant , but the cumulative effect of them supports the view that the plaintiff and her husband subordinated their own interests to the wishes of the deceased … the plaintiff 's acts went well beyond what was called for by natural love and affection for someone to whom she had no blood relationship , and both she and her husband made it very clear in their evidence that there was no great love and affection between her husband and the deceased , and that he was only willing to pay for meals that the plaintiff provided for the deceased and to work as he did in the garden of the cottage because of the expectation that the deceased 's estate would in due course pass to the plaintiff . |
| 3 | I can say to my honourable friend , the member for Rydale who takes such a close interest and is so well informed er on these matters , er I 'm very grateful to him for the welcome he 's given for the orders here , he 's absolutely right to say that we have gone beyond er what restrictive called for by Bingham , we have extended it to other sectors in the financial we welcomed the honourable gentleman from Edinburgh Central that these er orders are in some way timid , they are what was called for by the treasury select committee , they are what was proposed er by Bingham and we have er introduced them er here tonight . |
| 4 | The emphasis on the moral strength and spirituality of women was a central strand in the social purity campaigns of the late nineteenth century ; and it was only the maternal instincts which allowed a woman to subject herself to what was conceived of as the almost ungovernable lust of men . |
| 5 | What was referred to as the ‘ second kind of discrimination in West Belfast ’ i.e. discrimination against women was a recurring theme . |
| 6 | I think he gave a figure of one pound , fifty nine was what was referred to by the phrase management charges in that sentence |
| 7 | And erm as well as that , we were cutting young trees , what was left like on the plantation , for stakes do you see , for the farm . |
| 8 | What was crucial , though , was that this development did not mean that a special category of movies was made for a sectional audience but rather that what was thought of as the ‘ quality ’ taste was allowed to shape the general output of movies . |
| 9 | Whether it was the coming of sound and the new pace and sharpness that had then ensued , or whether it was because there was a new social awareness as the depression deepened , undoubtedly audiences now appreciated what was thought of as realism . |
| 10 | a bit unconcerned as to what was going on on the Christmas Eve . |