Example sentences of "[was/were] [pers pn] [adv] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And was she now an absolute stranger again ? |
| 2 | Was he just a local figure or , or local architect , or mm ? |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | Was he just a big fish in a very small pool ? |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | Was he really a famous opera star ? |
| 7 | Or was it just a juvenile student prank ? |
| 8 | Er was it just a high rate building society , or ? |
| 9 | Did people expect it to be liquified and work on it until it happened , or was it just an accidental discovery ? |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | Was it quite a sophisticated mill |