Example sentences of "or was it [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | you had an owl cake once did you or was it a cat ? |
| 2 | Or was it a squid ? |
| 3 | Or was it a plot ? |
| 4 | Or was it a request made in a moment of desperation and to be ignored ? |
| 5 | or was it a bit of opportunist entrepreneur ? |
| 6 | Or was it a proverb ? |
| 7 | Nice work if you can get it , I thought as the tail lights of her Daimler ( or was it a Rolls ? ) disappeared into the night . |
| 8 | Or was it a trophy which had been brought to the island ? |
| 9 | The question — or was it a demand — shocked him out of his fantasy as crudely as if , unprovoked , she had suddenly slapped his face . |
| 10 | Or was it a form of Luddism for fear the machines would displace men ? |
| 11 | He was in a Sopwith Pup , or was it a Camel ? |
| 12 | ‘ In fact , I once had a third cousin — or was it a great-aunt … ? ’ |
| 13 | Did you work it out or was it a guess ? |
| 14 | Did you work it out or was it a guess ? |
| 15 | Was the reservation letter received by him merely a promise as to the future or was it a statement of present fact ? |
| 16 | And do n't you recall the ribbing you got off Father when you were fifteen and were caught in there with a girl … or was it a woman ? |
| 17 | Ruth felt uncomfortable at the request — or was it a challenge , a mini challenge to bring Seville back to her ? |
| 18 | Or was it a groan ? |
| 19 | Or was it an opportunity to develop certain qualities — such as unconditional love , forgiveness , inner peace , self-love , honesty , strength , courage , wisdom or creativity ? |
| 20 | Do you have a formal qualification in electronics , or was it an interest that got slightly out of hand ? |
| 21 | Did he plan to form a national government , or was it an expedient forced upon him by circumstances ? |
| 22 | Kevin Stabb from the USA was over in the jam , or was it an illusion ? |
| 23 | Was it , they wanted to know , a one-off bad result , or was it an indication of what was likely to happen in future ? |
| 24 | Was Fincara just telling a story — or was it an enchantment , her way of casting a spell ? |
| 25 | Tracey 's picture byline glared at Loretta from the front page ; had he really intended to look so fierce , she wondered , or was it an attempt to hide his embarrassment ? |
| 26 | Or was it an apparition from hell ? |
| 27 | Yesterday , or was it the day before yesterday , or when was it , he had gone first up the ladder on to Lord Jim , but Nenna had gone first into the cabin . |
| 28 | Did you have er relatives that worked here or was it the pay or ? |
| 29 | When we started to go there at first there were a fella , a fella from Keighley who was a weaver and he bought a bit of land at the side of the er , the side of the chapel , or was it the school ? |
| 30 | Or was it the presence of Vic that he felt , his uneasy aura trapped in the shed like these once-breathing specimens ? |