The bailiff now came up, desiring to know what was the matter; to whom Doctor Harrison answered that he had arrested that villain for a forgery.
He then cast his eyes towards Amelia, and, plainly discerning her condition, he ran to her, and in a very tender phrase begged to know what was the matter.
He fumed and fretted and did not know what was the matter, as a youth might do at one-and-twenty.
We know what was the custom of the lady of Branksome-- Nine-and-twenty knights of fame Hung their shields in Branksome Hall.
We know what was the wrath of Juno when her beauty was despised.
They heard footsteps receding from the door, and called to Smith, the cowkeeper, to know what was the matter.
The youth called aloud to know what was the matter, but Margaret heeded him not; and long before she reached the stewards' stand, she had fairly distanced the young squire of Stratton Hall.
I begged to know what was the nature of it, as I was then ready to surrender myself and to meet it.
Expectation was upon the tiptoe, every one seeming anxious to know what was the object of such a serious and almost solemn request.
But, Gentlemen, I do not, and the public cannot, know what was the real cause of the separation of which so much has been said.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "know what was the" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
