Example sentences of "and [was/were] [pron] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The protests were accompanied by at least eight cases of self-immolation , several of which resulted in deaths and were themselves the focus of further protests . |
| 2 | The plan had been for his son ( Frederick William ) Robin ( born 1936 ) , who succeeded as third earl and was himself the author of an excellent life of William Wilberforce [ q.v. ] , to complete it . |
| 3 | He was a tawny lion poised for the kill — and was she the prey ? |
| 4 | and was it the suit that was the thing you always used to pawn ? |
| 5 | She had been a message , she told me , and was it the telephone ? |
| 6 | And was it the Snowdrop ? |