Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [pers pn] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | Or were they connected with Godstowe ? |
| 3 | The question which remains to be solved is : were these phrases added to existing documents in 1070–72 to support Lanfranc 's claim to primacy over the whole area of the British Isles , or were they added as a last resort in 1120 , when the claim which Lanfranc , Anselm and Archbishop Ralph had all supported was facing final and irrevocable defeat ? |
| 4 | Did you turn to music as an avenue for writing , or were you driven by musical instincts ? |
| 5 | Or was it done by necromancy ? |
| 6 | now got to trying to decide is that made in England , or was it made in Germany or . |
| 7 | But would a a erm apprentice squad Was it known , or was it common , or was it known at all , for an apprentice squad to start off as apprentices like you start off in maybe four or five years become apprentice squad and work as a squad and do light jobs that you 're talking about , would |
| 8 | ‘ And did this fire become a conflagration , did it burn itself out or was it doused by water ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Did you mean to kill Carmichael 's man , or was it meant to be just a robbery ? ’ |
| 10 | Did the decision extend to all negligently caused economic loss or was it confined to economic loss sustained in consequence of physical harm ? |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | Was that all in one district , Kenny , or was it spread across districts ? |
| 13 | Or was he frightened of pigeons then ? |
| 14 | Secondly , the young stranger who also passed through Godstowe at the same time — was it just a coincidence , or was he connected with the murder victims ? ’ |
| 15 | Or was he addicted to the game Striker as a kid where the goalie adopted a similar position ( mine always seemed to do a Sprake and throw the ball back into my own net ) . |
| 16 | Or was she born in Lee Lancs ? |
| 17 | She wants to know whether she was judged on the piece of sculpture itself ; and if so is it not true that time alone can judge a work of art ? or was she judged on her talent ; if so , is it right that she should be judged on a part of life over which she has no control ? |
| 18 | Would this be because she had something to hide , he wondered , or was she inhibited by her clerical top brass . |
| 19 | Or was she confounded by two separate parts of her life coming together ? |
| 20 | Nor were we provided with lunch , so I walked down into Walham Green , past pleasant little gardens full of the colour of autumn . |
| 21 | Nor were they isolated by the Index from European scholarship . |
| 22 | Complaints about the content of sermons were not new nor were they confined to Nonconformists . |
| 23 | Nor were they confined to France . |
| 24 | Nor were they impressed by arguments about services , conservation or ‘ community development ’ . |
| 25 | Nor were they concerned by drivers who tooted horns as they sped past . |
| 26 | Chris avoided tedium very successfully ; he resisted having an agenda for as long as possible and always refused point-blank to have a vote on anything , so meetings never got hung up on procedure , nor were they subjected to much prior lobbying . |
| 27 | Nor were they informed of the outcome of any conference that might have been held . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Nor was it felt by all in the West . |
| 30 | 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 . |