Example sentences of "or [was/were] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was , was he just moved on from time to time , or were they voluntary moves ? |
| 2 | Or were they mind-slaved prisoners captured during the suppression of some planetary revolt , and sentenced to serve the Imperium usefully by their deaths ? |
| 3 | Did she detect compassion or was it slight wistfulness in those incredibly direct blue eyes ? |
| 4 | But mind you he 's a bit he 's a bit silly , looking back at myself er er three year , or was it two year back , or one ? |
| 5 | Or was it scrambled egg ? |
| 6 | Or was it atomic law — |
| 7 | Florence Ames had written after all this time , four or was it six months ? |
| 8 | Earlier this year , or was it last year , I received this marvellous booklet . |
| 9 | Together they had painted the town a decorous shade of palest pink , dancing at Le Bal Anglais , or was it Mimi Pinson , necking in other people 's rooms , walking the streets of Paris , hand in hand during one timeless and unforgettable spring . |
| 10 | Was he being charitable for once , or was it another attempt to get her out of Peter 's life ? |
| 11 | For several hours we would be transported via the newsreel to the exotic East , where American soldiers were valiantly fighting the red , or was it yellow peril , and then to the Wild West , where Hoot Gibson or Eddy Dean would be showing cattle rustlers or unfriendly Indians ‘ what America stood for ’ . |
| 12 | Or was it seven foot ? |
| 13 | If the crank shaft goes on a car after twenty thousand miles , is it a defect — mechanical defect — covered by the guarantee , or was it faulty workmanship by the person who put it into the car ? |
| 14 | Or was he inviting injury , to prove that he could fight , even filleted by shurikens ? |