Example sentences of "[was/were] it [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was it good washing with that Bold al Bold all in one ? |
| 2 | How many hours did you actually work , was it each day ? |
| 3 | Was it sheer bravado on Obispal 's part that he disdained to fire explosive bolts at that creature which itself could not manipulate a gun ? |
| 4 | Was it sheer arrogance to insist , ‘ There is n't such a thing as Majorism ’ ? |
| 5 | Or was it scrambled egg ? |
| 6 | What , exactly , was it that Strawberry was saying was El-ahrairah ? |
| 7 | Why was it that time always flew when you did n't want it to ? |
| 8 | Was it that guy that crashed before ? |
| 9 | so er , was it that doctor , Doctor Patrick Steptoe ? , well anyway , yeah , she was one of the first to be on the programme and |
| 10 | Where where was it that anaesthetist stayed that you and |
| 11 | Oh so and was it all sort of erm erm society do 's that you went to and cocktails and things like |
| 12 | But mind you he 's a bit he 's a bit silly , looking back at myself er er three year , or was it two year back , or one ? |
| 13 | Was it pure will power ? |
| 14 | Was it Inky coming to her ? |
| 15 | Nor was it mere coincidence that I arranged my holiday for a special part of September . |
| 16 | Was it mere luck or superior judgement that enabled Laura and Bernard to recruit some local staff of exceptional talent , dedication and above all the will to succeed ? |
| 17 | Was it mere petulance on the part of a former leader who remains unreconciled to her overthrow ? |
| 18 | What what sort of things went on , erm was it close fighting or did you never see |
| 19 | Was it better value ? |
| 20 | Did she detect compassion or was it slight wistfulness in those incredibly direct blue eyes ? |
| 21 | Or was it atomic law — |
| 22 | What was it Roman thought important enough for a visit ? |
| 23 | Was it wishful thinking ? |
| 24 | I wrote and said that a lot of members our pension , we could n't afford it , and that we owned our own hall so therefore we had a lot of cost to keep it in good repair and why was it nine pound . |
| 25 | Since when was it middle class or bourgeois to take a pride in your work , to want to see customers whose patronage provides your salary , satisfied ? |
| 26 | But that still leaves for the jury in submission , A , whether they used reasonable force yes reasonable to act , but was it reasonable force to act , was it a reasonable method of acting , by which I mean time of er , time of the incident . |
| 27 | Was it possible Carver was already screwing Evelyn in the bathroom ? |
| 28 | Was it three point two ? |
| 29 | Tipton Scout Troop , erm , basically we , we have helped Tipton Scout Troop before , was it last year ? |
| 30 | Earlier this year , or was it last year , I received this marvellous booklet . |