Example sentences of "[was/were] [pers pn] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Elections were not the only occasions when those below the level of the elite could give voice to their political inclinations , nor were they the only points of contact between the world " out-of-doors " and that of Westminster . |
2 | Not only were they the longest hours they had ever been called upon to endure , but the coldest . |
3 | Mm why was it a hundred degrees ? |
4 | What was it the air-raid wardens shouted when they saw a house with a chink of light showing ? |
5 | Why was it the gorgeous ones passed through so fleetingly while others , like that paunchy , moist-palmed Vic Tatum from Marine Claims always managed to delay in her office , ogling , leering and making suggestive remarks that she could probably take to a Sexual Harassment Tribunal if she had a mind to ! |
6 | Nor was it the disturbing rumours that by December 26 the country could be in the grip of a new and particularly alien ‘ Made in Taiwan ’ midwinter flu . |
7 | Was it the same wages ? |