Example sentences of "was [noun] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Peter says by his baptism what was Jesus presented himself to do ? |
| 2 | Simple democracy was society governing itself without the aid of secondary means . |
| 3 | Was Morrissey distancing himself from the proceedings ? |
| 4 | Was Japan recognizing herself as one country among many , balancing domestic priorities and concerns against the demands of the broader international order , opening up and adjusting her internal arrangements to effect a more cosmopolitan perspective ? |
| 5 | This dread of receiving a telegram was something our parents knew all about from the First World War , and here was history repeating itself . |
| 6 | Was history repeating itself when The Spectator magazine recently perpetrated the huge joke of wining and dining the hon. Member for Coventry , South-East on his success as Back Bencher of the Year at today 's Savoy palace ? |
| 7 | All she had to do was keep reminding herself that she would n't have to bear his company much longer . |