Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] [adv] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were there quite a few vessels around at that time that were giving assistance ? |
| 2 | One thing is clear from the hon. Gentleman 's attitude : were there ever a Labour Government , there would be no review of programmes and there would be no assessment of the way in which help is given to ensure that it is cost effective or of how Government resources are deployed to ensure that the taxpayer gets the best value for money . |
| 3 | Because of the high cost of providing and gathering this information , Climbline would not exist were it not a premium rate service . |
| 4 | But , presumably , he would do , he would work very hard were he not a royal person , would he not ? |
| 5 | However it is clear from a reading of the decision that the no evidence principle was itself simply a natural correlative of the limited theory of jurisdiction which was accepted by Lord Sumner . |
| 6 | And was she now an absolute stranger again ? |
| 7 | Not only was there nearly a Black President of the most powerful nation on earth but one committed to an entirely new world order . |
| 8 | Was there still a white slave-trade in operation ? she wondered . |
| 9 | Was there ever an odder switch of professions ? |
| 10 | Was there maybe a sneaking feeling that , if he was n't laughing at her , he was usually laughing at life in general , and that he might be quite fun to be with ? |
| 11 | Was he just a local figure or , or local architect , or mm ? |
| 12 | Was he just a common cock-tease , I would wonder as I suggested a new word , broke an overlong line , or did he sometimes really desire a more intimate contact ? |
| 13 | Was he just a big fish in a very small pool ? |
| 14 | Was he human , semi-human , immaculately conceived or was he just a human being who recognised that evil was becoming widespread in the world , and that mankind was in danger of becoming dominated by those who had much to lose if it were suppressed ? |
| 15 | Was he not a prosperous builder ? |
| 16 | Was he really a famous opera star ? |
| 17 | Or was it just a juvenile student prank ? |
| 18 | Er was it just a high rate building society , or ? |
| 19 | Did people expect it to be liquified and work on it until it happened , or was it just an accidental discovery ? |
| 20 | Was it not a drunken pedlar in a parson 's habit ? |
| 21 | Was it not a direct insult , an attempt to humiliate me ? |
| 22 | ‘ Was it not an instinctive reaction to break and see if you could help them , just in case you had to stop to do something about them ? ’ |
| 23 | And yet was it a fact , was it the truth , or was it merely a psychological speculation which in certain moods he found it interesting to contemplate ? |
| 24 | was a gift , was it perhaps an onerous gift like that in Johnsey Estates Ltd. v. Lewis & Manley and cases cited in the Note , above , p. 199 ? |
| 25 | Was it quite a sophisticated mill |