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 ?
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