Example sentences of "was [det] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 What ha what was that Sunday ? and then something extra , yes .
2 And was that Gavin I saw being deported from Holland ? have n't heard anything from him this morning so I assume not .
3 Or was that Gillian ?
4 What was that Sarah ?
5 Was that Mrs erm I do n't know .
6 What was that Katrina had once said to me ?
7 Gower was even more stung to learn one of the reasons for his omission was that England play eight one-day internationals on tour .
8 When was that Krona at first , I said to dad .
9 Was that Sidney Passmore from the caravan site ? ’
10 What was that Paul , was it
11 Was that Dr Armitage ? ’
12 or was that Wallie the one with the big lad with the glasses ?
13 The truth was that General Winstanley did quite a lot for Jack .
14 Was that Hyde 's idea ? ’
15 ‘ And who was that Fernando ?
16 The procedure was that Private Boyd handed us each a belt complete with pistol holster and ammo pouches and then Sergeant Waters launched each of us through the door with a pat on the shoulder , telling us we had one minute 's start .
17 And is it Marg the one who had the friend in America , or was that Jacky ?
18 Was that Gilbert who was with you just now ? ’
19 Various suggestions were made , and the final plan was that Patsy , her husband and their two little boys should come and stay in a hotel in our village for the weekend .
20 She did n't know what she was waiting for , a miracle perhaps , because one thing she did know , and that was that Patsy was right .
21 What was that Gerald ?
22 Most recollections of Sandie Shaw stem no further than muddy images of television appearances in 1965 ( or was that Cilla Black ? ) and her victory in that disturbing parody of an event , The Eurovision Song Contest .
23 What was that Jane , I did n't quite pick that up .
24 Was that Dorothy ?
25 What was that Ruthie ?
26 What , what was that Carly ?
27 What was that Dan ?
28 The raison d'être for W5A030 in the first place was that Mercedes ' transmission engineers prefer continuously variable transmission to anything else .
29 But who was that Johnny Logan .
30 But rapture it was that Saturday afternoon in the spring of 1990 when Ian McGeechan 's tartan lads won the Grand Slam , the Triple Crown , the Calcutta Cup and the hearts of all of us numb with tear-stained joy in the stands and terracings of Murrayfield .
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