Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [pron] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were they er l loose or were they in a packet ? |
| 2 | So this job you had with the diplomat 's family , did you get it from the , the home or were you in a ? |
| 3 | Was on the heights or was it in the hollows ? |
| 4 | Or was it in the Golden Cock ? |
| 5 | Was the ruler 's freedom of action significantly limited by independent institutions and social pressure or was he in a position to subject every social stratum to his own will ? |
| 6 | ‘ Did Lancaster seem calm or was he in a bit of a state ? ’ enquired Blanche , brushing her front teeth with the tip of her thumb . |
| 7 | According to Plutarch , writing in highly refined Greek circles in the early second century AD : ‘ Before this , Rome neither had nor even knew of these exqusite and refined things , nor was there in the city any love of what was charming and elegant ; rather , it was full of barbaric weapons and bloody spoils . ’ |
| 8 | Nor was it in the romantic tradition that the cultivation of your own emotional development , the habits of seasoned and trade introspection , are really what the poet needs . |
| 9 | Nor was he in the least tired until well after midnight . |
| 10 | Nor was she in the gaming room with its low lights on green baize tables , circles of hands restless with chips , cards , cigarettes , while the tension adjusted itself with each soft call of the croupiers . |
| 11 | Cara had seen neither member of Frizingley 's force herself ; nor was she in the least surprised that two men armed only with truncheons should shirk from attempting to enforce their will upon St Jude 's . |
| 12 | Nor was she in the least bit jealous about whoever his engagement was with — but she 'd lay odds it was n't with his Prague-residing brother ! |
| 13 | And were you in a union of any sort ? |
| 14 | The disturbances on the borders of Brecon , whether officially encouraged or not , had grown to such proportions that the King had despatched his brother the Earl of Cornwall to the march in haste to try and suppress them , and was himself in the act of setting out from Windsor to join him there . |