Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] [adj] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | Or were you near the House ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Were you aware the Senior Medical Officer had chosen to send us Mr Peters , temporarily ? ’ |
| 3 | Was she still the ‘ Darling , darling ? ’ |
| 4 | And was he even the same guy as the one with markedly dodgy views about the international situation in the Far East ? |
| 5 | Was he just the slightest bit jealous ? |
| 6 | Was he alright the other day when you come round with the Lada and then he |
| 7 | Was it possible the old fox had sussed him out and not let it show ? |
| 8 | Was it possible the police version ( which Cobalt had heard and Maurin had repeated ) was correct and the killing was a random attack by a thief on a passer-by ? |
| 9 | He was not reassured by hearing Bruce Davidson in the passage cheerily observing to Catherine that she was looking a bittie pale ; was it just the London air , or had she been burning the candle at both ends ? |
| 10 | Why do you think your relationship with Richard Burton was so fiery — was it temperament or was it just the booze ? |
| 11 | Nor was it just the humble and obscure whose exits went unnoticed . |
| 12 | Nor was it just the invigorating properties of the sea air at Blackpool that stimulated the appetite for whipping . |
| 13 | It seems , moreover , that from the 1830s and 1840s there was a distinct switch in literary representation of the type of women who had recourse to abortion : no longer was it just the seduced domestic , but the married and unmarried working women , particularly factory women in the textile areas of Lancashire . |
| 14 | Or was it just the trees ? |
| 15 | Or was it just the silence , the wavering light ? |
| 16 | Was it just the wine , or the heart-warming sense of being seen as a beautiful woman ? |
| 17 | Was it just the thrill of the chase ? |
| 18 | Was it just the rising wind that was chilling her , making her tremble ? |
| 19 | Or was it just the wind rustling the leaves along the grass ? |
| 20 | Or was it just the effect of the refreshment so kindly brought round by the Norfolk team ! |
| 21 | Why , if there was anything serious the matter with you , Martha , should n't I be in constant attendance upon you ? ’ |
| 22 | If there was anything unpleasant the first thing in the boys ' minds was ‘ not to worry mother ’ . |