Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | They were hardly his own yet sprang from his heart as though , in those exalted moments , it were itself a living vessel of the Christmas mystery . |
| 2 | ‘ Were you a patient of his ? ’ |
| 3 | Were you a real rock pig on that tour ? |
| 4 | Are you or were you a smoker ? |
| 5 | So were you a sergeant when you started ? |
| 6 | I was going to ask you about your crane driving , how long were you a crane driver ? |
| 7 | ‘ Were you a good parlourmaid , Sally-Anne ? ’ he enquired gently . |
| 8 | ‘ Were you a rowan last time ? |
| 9 | And were you a detective constable then ? |
| 10 | ‘ Were you a boy Scout , too ? ’ she enquired sweetly . |
| 11 | ‘ Were you a boy scout ? ’ |
| 12 | Were you a girl guide ? ’ he countered swiftly . |
| 13 | So how many years were you a French polisher then ? |
| 14 | Were you responsible for the horse or were you a cattle man ? |
| 15 | Well , were you a plonker when you started ? |
| 16 | Were you a good girl ? |
| 17 | Were you a bit concerned at the time making the decision ? |
| 18 | As curiosities , these few loathsome relics are no doubt both valuable and interesting , but were there a heap of such dry rubbish , one would feel strongly disposed to make a bonfire of the whole , for it looks nothing fit for anything else . |
| 19 | Were , were there a lot of erm sort of small workshops like yours , a few years ago when you |
| 20 | Were there a lot of air raids at that time ? |
| 21 | were there a number of brochures therefore printed sir ? |
| 22 | Mr Kerrigan asked : ‘ Were there a lot of happy beaming employees high on drugs , greeting customers in the most amicable fashion , grinning from one ear to the other because they were so relaxed with the drugs ? ’ |
| 23 | Were the markets , erm were there a lot of stalls in the markets ? |
| 24 | Were there a lot of these er particularly amongst the older men and the and the inspectors and that that kind of thing , were there a And you 've talked about , a lot of the old ideas were still |
| 25 | Were there a lot of these er particularly amongst the older men and the and the inspectors and that that kind of thing , were there a And you 've talked about , a lot of the old ideas were still |
| 26 | Were there a lot of other servants as well ? |
| 27 | Did you all go swimming or were there a lot of you not going today ? |
| 28 | ‘ W-was there a car crash — or did I dream it ? ’ she asked softly . |
| 29 | Nor , obviously , were they a simple expression of Indian resistance to this assault . |
| 30 | Or were they a security squad determined to drive some supposed gawping cluster of citizenry below , unsure as yet in the darkness of their rank or affiliation ? |