Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [pron] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So was Dr Carrington exerting a right — some would say a fundamental right — to self-determination , or was he capitulating under the weight of an intolerable burden ? |
| 2 | Secondly , the young stranger who also passed through Godstowe at the same time — was it just a coincidence , or was he connected with the murder victims ? ’ |
| 3 | Or was he addicted to the game Striker as a kid where the goalie adopted a similar position ( mine always seemed to do a Sprake and throw the ball back into my own net ) . |
| 4 | Or was she listening at the door ? |
| 5 | Or was she relying on the unlikelihood of Tom 's being able to defend his own corner effectively ? |
| 6 | Nor were they isolated by the Index from European scholarship . |
| 7 | Nor were they informed of the outcome of any conference that might have been held . |
| 8 | The Young Conservatives were not attempting to create or preserve , a distinct ideological view , nor were they battling with the ideas of ordinary common sense . |
| 9 | So I think there are difficulties and I might er just finally add that were we to go along the lines he mentioned , we would of course need primary er legislation because we could n't introduce in orders under the relevant legislation this , so it would have to be a matter for another day , were we to er consider that seriously , but it is not the intention of the government . |
| 10 | To my knowledge there was never the slightest justification for this discreditable course of conduct ; nor was it employed by the reputable members of the Opposition . |
| 11 | Nor was it made by the authorities — except , apparently , in times of political and social crisis , the eruption of class hatred , religious and political persecution . |
| 12 | Nor was anything said about the fact that federal support of civilian R&D has been at a ground-losing $14 000 million for the past three years — down by $3000 million since Reagan took office . |
| 13 | I had a nasty little feeling in my inside that was nothing to do with the sauna . |
| 14 | Try to do something that was nothing to do with the ridiculous lie he had told the headmaster almost a year ago today . |
| 15 | Something had gone wrong between him and Suzi that was nothing to do with the theatre . |
| 16 | And were you visited by the peddler the pack-man character |
| 17 | Robinson established a close relationship with Monck and was himself returned to the Convention Parliament for London . |
| 18 | As a result of this he was labelled as a diehard and a bigot , when he actually distrusted the diehards and was himself distrusted by the bigots . |
| 19 | The question will be whether the other necessary elements are present , viz. was such appropriation dishonest and was it done with the intention of permanently depriving the company of such property ? |
| 20 | ‘ What we all want to find out I suppose : who killed Paul Gray and was it done with the regimental sword from the Infantry chapel ? ’ |
| 21 | The Glossopteris flora was only one of several widespread late Palaeozoic floras and was itself limited to the then Gondwana region . |
| 22 | From , from Yugoslavia , and we , we heard provisionally he was released about August did n't we , and then eventually a couple of months ago that he had definitely released , erm , and , were , were very pleased about that cos was he released before the end of his term , he must have been ? |
| 23 | But were they talking about the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars ? |