Example sentences of "[was/were] [pers pn] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Were you an only child ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Were you an only child ? ’ |
| 3 | In fact , I remember Mr Simpson , the landlord of the Ploughman 's Arms , saying once that were he an American bartender , he would not be chatting to us in that friendly , but ever-courteous manner of his , but instead would be assaulting us with crude references to our vices and failings , calling us drunks and all manner of such names , in his attempt to fulfil the role expected of him by his customers . |
| 4 | ‘ Was I an awful pig ? ’ she murmured . |
| 5 | Not only was I an only child but my dad 's father was an orphan and my mum 's family had been happy to get out of Kensal Town — which was a little down the road . |
| 6 | The cripple , for example , who had flung Allen into the stream , was he an honest man or a rascal ? |
| 7 | Was he an uninitiated infant |
| 8 | With a slow , teasing smile , he asked outrageously , ‘ So was he an eager lover , my little friend ? |
| 9 | Not only was he an important member of the ministry ( though without a cabinet place ) , he was also , from his father 's death in 1706 , the head of his family and the leader of the Tory interest throughout south Wales . |
| 10 | ‘ Was he an identical twin ? ’ |
| 11 | Mr Kronweiser was unsure about that ‘ we ’ : was it a plural , or was it an ironic reference to Viola Machin ? |
| 12 | Particular questions to be considered include : i to what extent has the emergence of new military technology from the laboratories been steered by strategic interests and too what extent was it an autonomous product of the laboratories ; ii how has the relationship between the work done in the national laboratories to that done by defence contractors altered ; iii what are the pressures for greater commercial application of research ; what effect has this had ? |
| 13 | Was it an unspoken criticism ? |
| 14 | Was it an easy test ? |
| 15 | ( Or were some people very quiet ? ) 4 Did people listen to what other people were saying ? 5 Did everyone understand clearly what they had to do ? 6 How did the group agree on its answer ? 7 How did everyone feel about the answer that was agreed ? 8 Was it an equal group , or did someone act as a boss ? |
| 16 | Nor was it an appealing thought to the king that while his own bureaucrats and servants were being thus harried , the pope 's men were assured of dispensations enough , and that since the resigned livings were vacated by papal decree , and therefore in effect at the Curia , they were to be filled by papal provision , not by the previous or usual patron . |
| 17 | Alternatively , was it an iniquitous form of torture perfected in Munich ? |
| 18 | Not only was it an important factor in winning the Second World War , for its specific electrical insulating properties were a key to the development of radar , but it is one of those rare inventions which create an entirely new industrial development . |
| 19 | It was n't rain forest , but neither was it an English oak wood . |
| 20 | It was erm er er was it an old English sheepdog ? |
| 21 | Was your career decision a carefully thought out choice based on a thorough consideration of your strengths and values and of the opportunities available to you — or was it an intuitive leap into the dark ? |
| 22 | Was it an uncomplicated succession ? |