Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [was/were] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And this was why the company pulled out of the , it says out of the north , are they still in existence or were they in |
| 2 | In fact , did she know all the details of his blackmailing activities or was she just cashing in as much as possible ? |
| 3 | Why do you think your relationship with Richard Burton was so fiery — was it temperament or was it just the booze ? |
| 4 | And they , they had had some experience or were they engineers or something |
| 5 | Was that due to personal experience or was it |
| 6 | What sort of person would she have been , I 'm I 'm wondering whether she would be doing this for money or was she be doing it because she really cared about people . |
| 7 | Was that the consultants ' own decision or were they prevented from consulting the NRA by the Cardiff Bay development corporation which originally proposed the Bill in close co-operation with the Welsh Office ? |
| 8 | Was it really your decision or were you heavily influence by others ? |
| 9 | Was it I mean when the actual decision was made to ge to get rid of that property that was there prior to the flats , was that a controversial decision or was it welcomed by local people who ? |
| 10 | Was it heroism or was it , as Marlow suggests , ‘ his exalted egoism ’ that brought about the death of Lord Jim ? |
| 11 | Were you responsible for the horse or were you a cattle man ? |
| 12 | Team spirit it was that refused to leave out the reserves or was it because there was an accountant in one of the teams . |
| 13 | Was the reservation letter received by him merely a promise as to the future or was it a statement of present fact ? |
| 14 | And er the War ended as you know in November eighteen and er when the War came to an end the the Government introduced a form of service whereas if er we youngsters volunteered say if you volunteered for two year they gave you twenty pound and two months leave you see , if you volunteered for three year they gave you forty pound or was it thirty , thirty forty , and er three months leave . |
| 15 | However , they give little information about the obstetric features of their cases , which might be quite important since matching is essential with such small numbers — for example , were the babies predominantly born during preterm labour or were they delivered electively for some obstetric complication ? |
| 16 | And were your involvement the decision to carry out the search or was your involvement the operational search ? |
| 17 | Well I had to , I had to wait for about eight months or was it s six months to get one of my lights fixed but for er other things they were quite quick actually . |
| 18 | Did the decision extend to all negligently caused economic loss or was it confined to economic loss sustained in consequence of physical harm ? |
| 19 | The offence was compounded when one Anthony Hurke released the animal from where it had been impounded and turned it back to the Down and was himself fined . |
| 20 | It was four years ago that Billy Wright was Best Man at his cousin 's wedding and were he first met his future wife . |
| 21 | The coal heavers who unloaded London 's seaborne coal were obliged to hire their shovels and other supplies from the undertakers who contracted with the coal vessels and were their direct hirers . |
| 22 | It was not enough to pull America out of recession nor was it enough to save George Bush from defeat . |
| 23 | The moral discourses of purity feminism were neither a reactionary barrier to feminist progress nor were they the simple expression of militant feminist consciousness . |
| 24 | Did they di do you think they I was going to say enjoy there but I do I do n't think that 'd be the right word , but d did they like or did they prefer to work piece work or was it something that they loathed or I mean there was more money to be made at it was n't there ? |
| 25 | Erm were there er opportunities for boys in Porthmadog to get erm work or was it a a period when it was difficult to get work ? |
| 26 | So do they think it might be the new clutch or was it the when you went |
| 27 | Did you w did you specialize more than most folk or were you just average ? |
| 28 | Item — Did Alexander III die on Kinghorn Ness or was it some cunning stratagem of the King ? |
| 29 | Juliet was like a teenage queen or was it puppy love ? |
| 30 | Was I therefore to assume that homelessness was an issue peculiar only to Apex members within the G M B or was I to reach the alternative , and I might say equally ridiculous conclusion , that despite its majority of women membership , toxic sock , shock syndrome was not of particular interest to Apex members ? |