Example sentences of "[was/were] he [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His efforts , near the end of his term in office , to educate America on the endowment 's purpose would serve him well were he to take the job now . |
| 2 | Were he to deflect the challenge by dissolving parliament , it would confirm he had not properly learnt the lessons of April 's disturbances . |
| 3 | Had the advance been sustained , perhaps Catalonia would have fallen quickly ; instead Franco — possibly , in the tense international atmosphere of mid-1938 , fearing actual French intervention were he to approach the French frontier — turned south towards Valencia , only to find his offensive halted by Republican resistance . |
| 4 | When it finally was he recognised the voice immediately . |
| 5 | Was he counting the hours as well as the days . |
| 6 | I plonked down on the hard wooden sofa and began musing : was he telling the truth ? |
| 7 | Was he telling the truth ? |
| 8 | And was he given the choice before the order went out , or simply informed that it had been given ? ’ |
| 9 | Well I wondered if he 'd wa he 'd gone out on the Nottingham cos I wondered what would happen to the mascot was he shot the mascot , after the the game ? |
| 10 | ’ 'T WAS he escorted the dowager-duchess and my lady Anne to court . ’ |
| 11 | Shaved this Lieutenant Sergeant Major eyebrow off when he was sleeping one night , and he was in front of the , the Colonel Chief and Regional so what he did , he , cos it , it took , taken ages , took about three months to grow back , so what he did was he shaved the other one off as well |
| 12 | Nor , since he lacked the four generations of noble blood required for a commission in the French navy , was he offered the command of a French ship . |
| 13 | As we packed Charlie 's things in the attic , Dad and I talked about Charlie 's problem : the fact was he knew the band did n't have an original sound . |
| 14 | Or was he missing the point ? |
| 15 | Where on earth was he to get the funds for Paris amusements ? |
| 16 | When the Prime Minister said on Tuesday that if the Conservatives were re-elected they would not increase VAT , was he giving the House and the country a categorical assurance ? |