Example sentences of "[adv] [was/were] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So was it worth the trauma ? |
| 2 | Was the fiscal constitution corrupted and if so was it by Keynesianism or by corporatism ? |
| 3 | No longer was it to be a question of careful , rational long-term planning of public expenditure . |
| 4 | I 'm always sitting thinking if I had n't got them , I 'd be thinking now was it on the card I have n't got you know |
| 5 | First , would it grow big , secondly would it have ‘ poppy ’ eyes , and thirdly was it from a pet shop ? |
| 6 | Even were it to be filled with the rinse water from a nappy wash , as long as it was hot it would be shared round with glee and noises of appreciation . |
| 7 | We well was it to her that you said |
| 8 | I said , well was it like a part-time thing ? |
| 9 | Only secondarily was it for export to other classes . |
| 10 | It was quite strict then was it at er ? |
| 11 | Never again was it to be so easy for blunt common sense , which knew in any case that the triumphant world of liberal capitalist progress was the best of all possible worlds , to mobilise the universe on behalf of its prejudices . |
| 12 | Never was it to be regarded as ‘ underground ’ , but it was the straw in the wind . |