Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] [adj] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Were you aware the Senior Medical Officer had chosen to send us Mr Peters , temporarily ? ’ |
| 2 | And was he even the same guy as the one with markedly dodgy views about the international situation in the Far East ? |
| 3 | Was he just the slightest bit jealous ? |
| 4 | Was he alright the other day when you come round with the Lada and then he |
| 5 | Was it possible the old fox had sussed him out and not let it show ? |
| 6 | Was it just the rising wind that was chilling her , making her tremble ? |
| 7 | Nor was it just the humble and obscure whose exits went unnoticed . |
| 8 | It seems , moreover , that from the 1830s and 1840s there was a distinct switch in literary representation of the type of women who had recourse to abortion : no longer was it just the seduced domestic , but the married and unmarried working women , particularly factory women in the textile areas of Lancashire . |
| 9 | Nor was it just the invigorating properties of the sea air at Blackpool that stimulated the appetite for whipping . |
| 10 | If there was anything unpleasant the first thing in the boys ' minds was ‘ not to worry mother ’ . |