Example sentences of "or [was/were] [pron] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For whatever reason , you decided to resume your relationship with Jones — or was it just a weekend fling for old times ’ sake ? |
| 2 | Tony Soper was Nature 's early-riser and this programme suggested it is something of a habit with him , for we also saw him in the Falklands carrying out an investigation into whether the war — or was it just a conflict ? — had upset the wildlife there . |
| 3 | He looked fantastic and had actually acquired quite a suntan — or was it just a glow of happiness ? |
| 4 | I ca n't remember , or was it just a bit of ground ? |
| 5 | Or was it just a figure of speech ? ’ |
| 6 | Was anyone certain there was food there , or was it just a guess ? |
| 7 | Had there been magic — or was it just an illusion ? |
| 8 | Or was it simply a hope at last of the services of those enchanting houris in Paradise ? |
| 9 | Did this energy have some objective reality or was it merely a way of looking at known processes from a different viewpoint ? |
| 10 | Has the Liberal party broken a convention , or was it merely a display of bad manners that they left the Chamber immediately after their spokesman had finished ? |
| 11 | Then one day , out of the blue there was a miracle — or was it perhaps a fairy tale ? |