Example sentences of "[was/were] it [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were it face-on to us , I suppose that binoculars would show the spiral ; it is a great pity that it is placed at such an unfavourable angle . |
| 2 | Was it despair for Scott or for herself ? |
| 3 | Socialism was not pacifism , neither was it Fabianism with its ‘ superior person ’ bureaucratic tyranny and government by experts policy . |
| 4 | , he 's gone down , he 's looking for a penalty and it 's been given , the referee consulted the linesman , he looked at his nearside , it was who went in or was it Chris on David , the penalty award has been given by the referee , he looked to confirm it with the linesman on the nearside and that confirmation was all that he had needed to point to the spot . |
| 5 | Or was it part of the film ? |
| 6 | Was it part of the burial ground 's unknowable secret ? |
| 7 | Was it part of David Ricalde 's we-are-poor-therefore unreality ? |
| 8 | ‘ And was it part of my father 's plan that you make love to me to convince me that marriage to Jonathan was the wrong thing ? ’ she said angrily . |
| 9 | Lawrence — was it Women in Love or Lady Chatterley ? — comes into Robyn 's head . |
| 10 | Yeah , was it fungus by any chance ? |
| 11 | But really it was it years without . |
| 12 | Was it guidance from your Higher Self ? |
| 13 | Was it fear of not being able to perform as well at this new skill as they could with the composing-stick ? |
| 14 | Was it fear of losing her job ? |
| 15 | Do you think that the ladies who did abortions did it mainly for money , or wer was it sort of concern for ? |
| 16 | And was it sort of dark |
| 17 | Was it consciousness of this that got Mr Milosevic belatedly to urge the Bosnian Serbs to sign the Vance-Owen plan ? |
| 18 | ‘ By the way , was it daylight in your dream ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Was it news to them ? ’ |
| 20 | Well I was only finished er last erm er when was it week on Friday . |