Example sentences of "was [adv] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was n't it strange how history seemed to repeat itself ? |
| 2 | Was n't it possible that in years to come she and Susan , doomed to loneliness themselves , might feel very glad that they had done their best to make someone else less lonely ? |
| 3 | Veronica had been to the flat : was n't it possible she might have left something behind which Loretta could claim to have found ? |
| 4 | Was n't it possible that a man of Jamie 's age might be more able to cope with her feminism , her academic success ? |
| 5 | Was n't it possible that his sexuality was much more ambivalent than he had let on ? |
| 6 | Do you remember Rhubarb on the telly was n't it good that it like came on after Magic Roundabout finished did n't it ? |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , and was n't it nice that little Ellie was here just in time to help clarify things ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Anyway , when was n't it repulsive ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Was n't it hideous ? ’ |
| 10 | Was n't it five bob ? |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't mean lucky that your mother and father died , but if they had to was n't it great you did n't go somewhere awful ? ’ |
| 12 | WITH all the talk of recession was n't it great to read that at least one important institution has been given a reprieve . |
| 13 | They thought that Goibniu was looking happy ( although it was always difficult to tell with giants ) and thought , was n't it a fine old thing to see how well the designs were being received and was n't it great , altogether , to see how well received the Oakapple 's sketches were , because had n't he been the guiding light behind most of the work ? |
| 14 | Was n't it awful ? |
| 15 | ‘ Was n't it odd for a chef and steward to be in the engine-room ? ’ |
| 16 | cos you know that black stuff well , well that was four pounds was n't it that length ? |
| 17 | ‘ But was n't it ironic that he wuz the one who eventually blew everythin' wide open , an ’ led you to the chink 's drugs operation ? ’ |
| 18 | For was n't it better to have peace — even at such a price — than chaos ? |
| 19 | Was n't it Saudi ? . |
| 20 | Wham , bam , ba , loo-la was n't it first ? , or or something , |
| 21 | Was n't it one of the simplest magics there was and his grandfather , to say nothing of his great-grandfather ( who had lived long and fared well ) passing it down to him . |
| 22 | ‘ Was n't it lovely ? |
| 23 | Of course , she thought , she did n't really care , but was n't it natural that she should be curious about him ? |
| 24 | was n't it last time you came , years ago , and he cried ? |
| 25 | It was six pounds odd was n't it last time ? |
| 26 | Now was n't it supposed to be unlucky to be the last in cutting your corn ? |
| 27 | People came up to me with glowing faces and said , Was n't it wonderful ? |
| 28 | Was n't it wonderful of old Cornelius to leave it to me like that ? |
| 29 | And was n't it wonderful to be here , actually here , in Rob 's city . |
| 30 | The reason he asked me out , dear Leo , was because he had overheard some of the girls from the agency talking about the money Aunt Jane left me — was n't it wonderful ? |