Example sentences of "[subord] it [was/were] true or " in BNC.
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1 | In spite of the heat she climbed the supposed three hundred and sixty-five steps to the Calvary , losing count around the end of April so did n't know if it was true or not . |
2 | And she did n't care if it was true or not . |
3 | ‘ Hardly ! ’ she retorted quickly , not knowing if it was true or not . |
4 | He said he wanted to be pleased at this news , but had been unable to confirm whether it was true or not , since Susan had not requested assistance in the boy 's upbringing , nor did she intend to call on him for support . |
5 | As we have seen , in recent years Persil has found it increasingly difficult to sustain its traditional whiteness claim — which it was allowed to make 30 years ago whether it was true or not . |
6 | But as he had , I could only give him the answer he needed , without knowing for sure whether it was true or not . |
7 | Soon Antoinette would find out whether it was true or not . |
8 | It is more difficult to obtain a conviction under section 14 than under other sections of the Act because the prosecution must show that the defendant either knew the statement to be false or made it recklessly , i.e. regardless of whether it was true or false . |
9 | Just as the importance of the Stanley anecdote was not whether it was true or not , in a sense it does not matter if the Renaissance cultural relations Greenblatt posits actually existed , because the truth of that cultural negotiation is exchangeable for the writing that more directly serves power , in this case the critical writing which establishes the critic as salaried shaman . |
10 | and from what I understood he was already married anyway , never , never was mentioned here , but I did hear it , whether it was true or not I 'm not say it , but I was told that he was already married and divorced to marry her , that was what I was told , no I mean I do n't know , but but I 'm damn sure that I know |