Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] it [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Or was it Benedetta ? ’ asked Isambard . |
| 2 | Or was it dismay ? she thought acidly . |
| 3 | Juliet was like a teenage queen or was it puppy love ? |
| 4 | One day these gentlemen , visiting a renowned restaurant in Rouen ( or was it Caen , Trouville , Honfleur ? ) enjoy a modernized version of the original sole normande . |
| 5 | With a hint of irritation , or was it anxiety ? |
| 6 | Surprised to find herself so ridiculously pleased by his approbation , she was quickly distracted as Sophie — or was it Emma ? — asked , ‘ You and Uncle Ross are n't going to leave us , are you ? |
| 7 | Inching one eyelid open , Laura saw that Sophie — or was it Emma ? — was now happily bouncing up and down on the mattress beside her . |
| 8 | And she carried herself straight and with a certain assurance ; or was it defiance ? |
| 9 | The Keystone Cops it was , or was it Buster Keaton ? |
| 10 | He could see from the number of bells beside each door that they 'd nearly all been turned into flats now , or dentists ' surgeries , and some were in urgent need of renovation , but they still retained some of their former grandeur , or was it pretension ? |
| 11 | Or was it Cuckoo ? |
| 12 | Or was it Dinkies ? |
| 13 | Emma — or was it Sophie ? — demanded urgently . |
| 14 | And then , opening the other eye , she saw that the other little girl , Emma — or was it Sophie ? — had leaped on to the bed to join her sister . |
| 15 | Cos erm I think she or was it Yvonne said to me perhaps I 'll find me hillbilly lend me er yeah |
| 16 | ( Or was it sympathy ? ) |
| 17 | Supper-time , or was it breakfast … ? |
| 18 | Only problems were that one of them had had been snapped off at the legs and been reglued direct to the base , presumably in an effort to replicate Bremner 's short stature , and also in an effort to simulate Albert Johanneson ( or was it Gerry ? ? ) brown paint had been splurged all over one player , rendering his kit a mucky pink . |
| 19 | Adam spoke soothingly , but Buzz sensed a hint of contempt — or was it triumph ? |
| 20 | Or was it law |
| 21 | or was it Hanna , Richard |
| 22 | Or was it April showers that brought May flowers ? |
| 23 | Or was it Kenneth saying ? |
| 24 | That 's what your guide captain said to me once — or was it Mrs Tyson at the riding stables ? |
| 25 | , he 's gone down , he 's looking for a penalty and it 's been given , the referee consulted the linesman , he looked at his nearside , it was who went in or was it Chris on David , the penalty award has been given by the referee , he looked to confirm it with the linesman on the nearside and that confirmation was all that he had needed to point to the spot . |
| 26 | And were the gentry in er Lochassynt Lodge or was it Tormore ? |
| 27 | Or was it part of the film ? |
| 28 | Or was it Webbley-Stone ? |
| 29 | Or was it peace ? he wondered . |
| 30 | or was it uncle Phil , one of the two |