Example sentences of "was [pron] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The division of the national press into ‘ quality ’ and ‘ popular ’ papers was one of content as well as circulation , and it was itself largely a result of the higher advertising rates chargeable by the papers with readers who had more money to spend ( not necessarily their own ) . |
| 2 | But it comprised , rather , a history of the West in which fascism was itself merely a symptom , and included not only the history of European imperialism but also the defeats of the European colonial powers by Japan in World War II , the subsequent French ( and American ) defeat in South-East Asia , the war in Algeria , as well as the many other colonial wars of national liberation . |
| 3 | Was she really a college professor ? ’ |
| 4 | The only confusion was deliberately manufactured — was she now a Lady of a Vamp . |
| 5 | In fact , ’ said Ewen , and was there just a shade of genuine relief in his tone ? ‘ you do n't know anything at all . |
| 6 | But amongst the fakes , obsessives and lunatics , was there perhaps a man who instinctively knew the route to the Imajica ? |
| 7 | ‘ Was there ever a chance of the shipyards re-opening ? ’ |
| 8 | Was there ever a novel without its hero ? |
| 9 | Was there ever a time when you had to go in for more drastic measures ? |
| 10 | Was there ever a custom mentioned to you whereby they used to put a cairn down ? |
| 11 | Was there ever a moment when you f when you were striking the bargain if one could call it that , |
| 12 | Was there really a ladder by the wall ? |
| 13 | Was there quite a queue , did you walk in or park in ? |
| 14 | Nor was he just a patron of troubadours . |
| 15 | ‘ The other bearer , ’ said Georgiades , ‘ the first one , the one who was but a servant , was he also a Copt ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Was he already a prophet then ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Was he already a prophet then ? ’ |
| 18 | Was he indeed a Friar ? |
| 19 | Was he merely an opportunist who , having conquered these states during the war decided to exploit the situation to Russia 's advantage , or did he have some more grandiose scheme in mind ? |
| 20 | Was he maybe a woman ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ The agent who arranged it all , ’ he continued , ‘ was he perhaps a lawyer , name of Jaggers ? ’ |
| 22 | Tony Soper was Nature 's early-riser and this programme suggested it is something of a habit with him , for we also saw him in the Falklands carrying out an investigation into whether the war — or was it just a conflict ? — had upset the wildlife there . |
| 23 | Was it just a rebound thing ? |
| 24 | He looked fantastic and had actually acquired quite a suntan — or was it just a glow of happiness ? |
| 25 | Was it just a coincidence that the names were so similar ? |
| 26 | Secondly , the young stranger who also passed through Godstowe at the same time — was it just a coincidence , or was he connected with the murder victims ? ’ |
| 27 | Was it just a coincidence ? |
| 28 | I ca n't remember , or was it just a bit of ground ? |
| 29 | For whatever reason , you decided to resume your relationship with Jones — or was it just a weekend fling for old times ’ sake ? |
| 30 | Was anyone certain there was food there , or was it just a guess ? |