Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [was/were] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why do you think your relationship with Richard Burton was so fiery — was it temperament or was it just the booze ? |
| 2 | And er the War ended as you know in November eighteen and er when the War came to an end the the Government introduced a form of service whereas if er we youngsters volunteered say if you volunteered for two year they gave you twenty pound and two months leave you see , if you volunteered for three year they gave you forty pound or was it thirty , thirty forty , and er three months leave . |
| 3 | Item — Did Alexander III die on Kinghorn Ness or was it some cunning stratagem of the King ? |
| 4 | Did she detect compassion or was it slight wistfulness in those incredibly direct blue eyes ? |
| 5 | But is n't it sort of very much an view , you know this that this is the theory for justification for the , their policy or was it theoretical erm ? |
| 6 | about at their height about the hurricane time and was it fifty one I think . |