Example sentences of "was [pers pn] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You did your own act , and it was yours all the way . |
| 2 | Was she really a college professor ? ’ |
| 3 | The only confusion was deliberately manufactured — was she now a Lady of a Vamp . |
| 4 | Nor was he just a patron of troubadours . |
| 5 | ‘ The other bearer , ’ said Georgiades , ‘ the first one , the one who was but a servant , was he also a Copt ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Was he already a prophet then ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Was he already a prophet then ? ’ |
| 8 | Was he indeed a Friar ? |
| 9 | Did Elvis have good ideas about what he wanted to do , or was he basically the guy singing ? |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | Was he maybe a woman ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ The agent who arranged it all , ’ he continued , ‘ was he perhaps a lawyer , name of Jaggers ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Was he really the innovator they make out ? |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Was it just a rebound thing ? |
| 16 | He looked fantastic and had actually acquired quite a suntan — or was it just a glow of happiness ? |
| 17 | Was it just a coincidence that the names were so similar ? |
| 18 | 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 ? ’ |
| 19 | Was it just a coincidence ? |
| 20 | I ca n't remember , or was it just a bit of ground ? |
| 21 | For whatever reason , you decided to resume your relationship with Jones — or was it just a weekend fling for old times ’ sake ? |
| 22 | Was anyone certain there was food there , or was it just a guess ? |
| 23 | Or was it just a figure of speech ? ’ |
| 24 | Had there been magic — or was it just an illusion ? |
| 25 | So did this fella keep visitors right up through the year or was it just the Summer |
| 26 | Or was it simply a hope at last of the services of those enchanting houris in Paradise ? |
| 27 | Was it simply a need to grow out of our teens and twenties , when we scarfed up indiscriminate and loathsome messes at all hours of the day and night ? |
| 28 | Was it primarily a relationship of conflict or harmony ? |
| 29 | Was it then a play , my lord — a charade ? ’ |
| 30 | As for the historical place — technically , says Balboa 's biographer , the peak was not in Darién , nor was it actually a peak . |