Example sentences of "was it [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was it muddled over the association between money wage changes and real wage changes ? |
| 2 | Why was it built in the way it was and why did the engineering world show so little interest in it ? |
| 3 | To my knowledge there was never the slightest justification for this discreditable course of conduct ; nor was it employed by the reputable members of the Opposition . |
| 4 | A ‘ universal ’ old age pension did not exist in principle until 1956 , and not until 1965 was it extended to the peasantry and made universal in practice . |
| 5 | The question will be whether the other necessary elements are present , viz. was such appropriation dishonest and was it done with the intention of permanently depriving the company of such property ? |
| 6 | ‘ What we all want to find out I suppose : who killed Paul Gray and was it done with the regimental sword from the Infantry chapel ? ’ |
| 7 | I used to come , and I used to go from there just past the top of there was two biggish houses erm who was it lived in the one some , somebody named and er and then there was er who was something to do at er on and somebody named who was , got a brewery at Dalston and , and they were ladies and proper genteel-type ladies at that . |
| 8 | Nor was it made by the authorities — except , apparently , in times of political and social crisis , the eruption of class hatred , religious and political persecution . |
| 9 | Why was it stuck on the bed ? |
| 10 | Was it directed at the restaurants of Chichester or Glyndebourne ? — calling for two 16-oz. cans of spaghetti in tomato sauce , 9 oz. of plain flour and 6 oz. of shredded suet ( put about by the Atora Suet Bureau ) are also uncommon . |