Example sentences of "was it [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How many hours did you actually work , was it each day ? |
| 2 | If this is what was meant by adaptability , why was it such a popular idea among those who discussed industrial training within the framework of compulsory part-time day continuation schools ? |
| 3 | Was it such an extraordinary thought ? |
| 4 | Or was it such a mystery ? |
| 5 | Why on earth was it such an enormous effort to force a bland expression , and shrug and nod ? |
| 6 | Was it that alienated man was deaf to the language of the hills and valleys , the forests and the shore ? |
| 7 | What was it that was happening , with this stilted mist hanging , obscuring the view of all but the immediate path ahead . |
| 8 | Why was it that other women did n't mind ? |
| 9 | Why was it that time always flew when you did n't want it to ? |
| 10 | Why was it that bad things always happened when you were feeling happy ? |
| 11 | What , exactly , was it that Strawberry was saying was El-ahrairah ? |
| 12 | Why was it that British industrialists took advantage of rising labour productivity to reduce their labour force , rather than to develop new forms of production using more sophisticated techniques and making improved products to sell at home and abroad ? |
| 13 | Who was it that was asleep too long ? |
| 14 | What was it that last reviewer had said ? |
| 15 | Was it that ? |
| 16 | Where where was it that anaesthetist stayed that you and |
| 17 | ‘ Or was it that ? ’ he continued as if speaking to himself . |
| 18 | How was it that secondary education for all , the organising impulse behind the 1944 Act , should have been interpreted in so restricted a way ? |
| 19 | I 'm glad you 've made reference actually to that picture of the circles because I , I erm I came up with that after we 'd had the parish day and i you know , observing who was there on the parish day and then trying to see how , how we reach people and , and , and who were missing and how important was it that everybody should be there on parish day , and was n't it that people who are involved should be there on parish day because that 's a point at which erm you know parish council can meet those very people . |
| 20 | What was it that |
| 21 | Was it that Rover ? |
| 22 | Eric was it that ? |
| 23 | Was it that or was it a |
| 24 | so er , was it that doctor , Doctor Patrick Steptoe ? , well anyway , yeah , she was one of the first to be on the programme and |
| 25 | Was it that little pub ? |
| 26 | I meant who was it that was saying that it does n't matter ? |
| 27 | Er was it that was n't a person was it ? |
| 28 | Was it that guy that crashed before ? |
| 29 | I think so for two reasons , because erm what was it that one planner said , that planning is the art of which geography is the science . |
| 30 | What was it all about , and where did he fit in ? |