Example sentences of "[coord] [was/were] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | If so were the figures I posted for corners etc totally false , or were we like ‘ Cobras with arthritis ’ again ? |
2 | Were the parents of Dronfield to be treated as naughty boys and girls , or were they to be treated as intelligent working people ? |
3 | Was the seventh century the date of origin of such estates , or were they in some way related to earlier land arrangements ? |
4 | And this was why the company pulled out of the , it says out of the north , are they still in existence or were they in |
5 | Were they er l loose or were they in a packet ? |
6 | So this job you had with the diplomat 's family , did you get it from the , the home or were you in a ? |
7 | For a while she was content to float and slowly tumble in space admiring the view of the Earth below her — or was it above her ? |
8 | Down river , or was it up the river ? |
9 | Or was it for D White ? |
10 | As Layton asked in his poem ‘ To The Roaring Wind ’ ( or was it to the Spirit-behind-the wind ? ) : |
11 | Denis had sat downstairs in the sitting-room while it was going on , praying fervently to the Child of Prague , or was it to Uncle Mick , to protect his little European wife from all her pain and bring her safely through . |
12 | Or was it to be an example of ‘ self-strengthening ’ , of , essentially , successful reform ? |
13 | Or was it to be understood as the horrified realization that , in the words of Hercule Poirot , ‘ It might have been ME . ’ |
14 | Or was it with suspicion ? |
15 | Was it just free standing in the middle of the room or was it against the wall ? |
16 | Or was it after the diarrhoea but before the two lovely colds ? |
17 | Or was it after Cocktail ? |
18 | Or was it from the father , do you think ? |
19 | Or was it from a picture in a book ? |
20 | Or was it in her ear ? |
21 | Or was it in some way connected with her pallor and unsteadiness remarked upon by Dr Pringle ? |
22 | Or was it in sheer surprise ? |
23 | Was this a Chinese adaptation of er the doctrine of Karl Marx , a signification of it , if you like , a Chinese version with the essential ideas , principles , programme and so on of Marxism retained or was it in effect an abandonment of Marxism ? |
24 | Was on the heights or was it in the hollows ? |
25 | I pick up his name from someone , or was it in my mind anyway ? |
26 | Or was it in the Golden Cock ? |
27 | Or was he on trial ? |
28 | Or was he with his arms over his head on the floor ? |
29 | Or was he at road , by then ? |
30 | Was the ruler 's freedom of action significantly limited by independent institutions and social pressure or was he in a position to subject every social stratum to his own will ? |