Example sentences of "[was/were] it in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or was it in sheer surprise ? |
| 2 | Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive , but to be a full member of the Exchange Rate Mechanism was very Heaven . |
| 3 | Was it in some way her own fault ? |
| 4 | Or was it in some way connected with her pallor and unsteadiness remarked upon by Dr Pringle ? |
| 5 | It has been said that the Imperial Court was more successful in mounting great set pieces than in its day-to-day running , and indeed so successful was it in this field that an impression was created that the whole of the period was one long spectacle — the so-called fête impériale — whose only aim was entertainment , prodigality and licence . |