Example sentences of "[was/were] it [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was it just a small wheeled |
| 2 | Has that been a recurring thing or was it er was it just a one off situation ? |
| 3 | Or was it just a juvenile student prank ? |
| 4 | Er was it just a high rate building society , or ? |
| 5 | Did people expect it to be liquified and work on it until it happened , or was it just an accidental discovery ? |
| 6 | The convention of the Handelian opera seria has corroded so that today we find it frigid entertainment , but was it ever a satisfactory dramatic form , with its succession of da capo arias , its wastelands of recitative , and its statuesque indifference to tension , beyond conspiracy and complication ? |
| 7 | Emily sighed heavily , no more would she sit beneath those trees reading or idling away her days so carelessly as she had done , was it only a few short weeks ago ? |
| 8 | And yet was it a fact , was it the truth , or was it merely a psychological speculation which in certain moods he found it interesting to contemplate ? |
| 9 | was it about a hundred thousand he sell that for ? |
| 10 | was a gift , was it perhaps an onerous gift like that in Johnsey Estates Ltd. v. Lewis & Manley and cases cited in the Note , above , p. 199 ? |
| 11 | Was it really an interesting |
| 12 | Given the pleasure and benefit to both men and women , why was it never a primary campaigning focus ? |
| 13 | Was it quite a good going farm ? |
| 14 | Was it quite a sophisticated mill |