Example sentences of "was it the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only was it the first death , but it could easily have been little Enoch , or Jane . |
| 2 | From this sort of questioning , it is possible to draw conclusions about the impact of the ad — was it the first or second mentioned by most people , or did no one mention it at all ? |
| 3 | Desktop Publisher certainly was n't the first newsletter to be produced using computers , many titles are word processed , nor was it the first publication to be desktop published , that honour probably goes to The Wordsmith , but we were the first newsletter to specialise on desktop publishing ! |
| 4 | Even on what became its own home ground , however , the pluralist approach was not unchallenged , nor of course was it the first chronologically . |
| 5 | For the first time — or was it the first time ? — she noted that he exuded a certain physical magnetism . |
| 6 | How was it The next section goes on to analysis section three I think . |
| 7 | They were high on the second icefield ; or was it the third ? |
| 8 | Was it the third time or the fourth ? |
| 9 | Was it the last act of a popular drama begun at Aranjuez and thwarted by Napoleon 's desertion of Ferdinand and protection of Godoy , a revolution of disappointed vengeance , a revolution directed against Godoy 's creatures in the provincial administrations who now followed the French ? |
| 10 | ‘ What was it the last critic said , darling ? |
| 11 | Everyone was in a good mood because not only was it the last day of school today , but everybody had had one and a half days off school already . |
| 12 | new or was it the last year ? |