Example sentences of "[was/were] it [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Older than the club and much more successful , the Halifax Building Society , were it a football team , would vie with the best in Britain . |
| 2 | Were it a car , such praise would necessitate a test drive . |
| 3 | What were you took to him Joyce were it the video or television ? |
| 4 | Were it an elephant , our feet would be in its midriff , our heads just under its rib-cage . |
| 5 | Still less was it a triumph for Thatcherism . |
| 6 | Least of all was it a triumph for the British Prime Minister . |
| 7 | And was it a Stronsay man that was the gauger or |
| 8 | Not only was it a Test Match victory more substantial than any before , but Hutton 's 364 scored in thirteen hours and twenty minutes was the most remarkable exhibition of concentration and endurance ever seen on a cricket field . |
| 9 | Was it a shock of delight ? |
| 10 | Or was it a plot ? |
| 11 | Was it a case of demonic possession ? |
| 12 | Was it a case of KLM bringing pressure , for commercial reasons , on the RLD to accept the DC-10 , or did they feel unable to challenge the validity of the FAA certificate of airworthiness ? |
| 13 | Was it a day she had forgotten ? |
| 14 | Somebody went in and quoted my number , and was it a suit they got ? |
| 15 | Was it a friend of Barbara 's ? |
| 16 | ‘ Was it a surprise ? ’ he burst out . |
| 17 | Was it a surprise to him Danny ? |
| 18 | Was it a handsaw ? |
| 19 | Was it a symbol of her discontent as a Victorian lady ? |
| 20 | Or was it a proverb ? |
| 21 | Mr Kronweiser was unsure about that ‘ we ’ : was it a plural , or was it an ironic reference to Viola Machin ? |
| 22 | ‘ Was it a mistake ? ’ she asked . |
| 23 | ‘ And was it a mistake ? ’ asked the second man . |
| 24 | Was it a mirror of your inner world — your thoughts , beliefs , desires , emotions , fears , choices or expectations ? |
| 25 | Did you ask him what the point of that was , was it a technicality ? |
| 26 | Was it a caesarean section ? |
| 27 | Was it a call from God ? |
| 28 | Was it a panic climb-down ? |
| 29 | Now what did you think about this lesson was it a bit boring at some time or you think , Oh or did it go too quickly No . |
| 30 | or was it a bit of opportunist entrepreneur ? |