Example sentences of "was it [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How many hours did you actually work , was it each day ? |
| 2 | What , exactly , was it that Strawberry was saying was El-ahrairah ? |
| 3 | Why was it that time always flew when you did n't want it to ? |
| 4 | Was it that guy that crashed before ? |
| 5 | so er , was it that doctor , Doctor Patrick Steptoe ? , well anyway , yeah , she was one of the first to be on the programme and |
| 6 | Where where was it that anaesthetist stayed that you and |
| 7 | Oh so and was it all sort of erm erm society do 's that you went to and cocktails and things like |
| 8 | Was it another story entirely ? |
| 9 | Was he being charitable for once , or was it another attempt to get her out of Peter 's life ? |
| 10 | Was it some demon raised by a witch or warlock ? |
| 11 | Was it some trick of the light ? |
| 12 | Was it some kind of ‘ leak ’ ? |
| 13 | Was it some sulphur thing or something ? |
| 14 | Was it some insensitivity in his nature that had failed to respond to the nuances of the relationship , some obtuseness of perception that had prevented him from seeing , as it still prevented him from understanding ? |
| 15 | Nor was it some stranger come to drink and dance and lie with a man in a borrowed bed . |
| 16 | Was it some sort of ruse or what ? |
| 17 | And was it any wonder she 'd fled , if she 'd been subjected to the same bullying and threats by an earlier generation of de Rocheforts ? |
| 18 | Was it any part of your job to give such contraceptive advice as you could to , |
| 19 | So was it any surprise that the Syrians we met that hot day in the Bekaa wanted only to maintain Lebanon 's Maronite-dominated institutions , to restore the sovereignty of the Lebanese government , to stay not one hour , not one minute longer than necessary ? |
| 20 | Was it any good ? |
| 21 | Was it any good ? |
| 22 | Was it any good ? |
| 23 | Was it any fault of his if the Welsh rebels had made prisoner a Mortimer , at this moment the most formidable of the Mortimers ? |
| 24 | ‘ When was it this reconciliation took place ? ’ |
| 25 | Was it this kind of intrusion that made Jean-Claude anxious ? |
| 26 | I gave them a was it this term ? |
| 27 | Whose turn was it this time ? |
| 28 | What was it this time ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ What was it this time ? ’ |
| 30 | Was it this week , or next week ? |