Example sentences of "was it [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Was it good washing with that Bold al Bold all in one ? |
2 | Was it sheer bravado on Obispal 's part that he disdained to fire explosive bolts at that creature which itself could not manipulate a gun ? |
3 | Was it sheer arrogance to insist , ‘ There is n't such a thing as Majorism ’ ? |
4 | Or was it scrambled egg ? |
5 | Was it pure will power ? |
6 | Was it Inky coming to her ? |
7 | Nor was it mere coincidence that I arranged my holiday for a special part of September . |
8 | Was it mere luck or superior judgement that enabled Laura and Bernard to recruit some local staff of exceptional talent , dedication and above all the will to succeed ? |
9 | Was it mere petulance on the part of a former leader who remains unreconciled to her overthrow ? |
10 | What what sort of things went on , erm was it close fighting or did you never see |
11 | Did she detect compassion or was it slight wistfulness in those incredibly direct blue eyes ? |
12 | Or was it atomic law — |
13 | What was it Roman thought important enough for a visit ? |
14 | Was it wishful thinking ? |
15 | Since when was it middle class or bourgeois to take a pride in your work , to want to see customers whose patronage provides your salary , satisfied ? |
16 | But that still leaves for the jury in submission , A , whether they used reasonable force yes reasonable to act , but was it reasonable force to act , was it a reasonable method of acting , by which I mean time of er , time of the incident . |
17 | Was it possible Carver was already screwing Evelyn in the bathroom ? |
18 | was it funny mum ? |
19 | If the crank shaft goes on a car after twenty thousand miles , is it a defect — mechanical defect — covered by the guarantee , or was it faulty workmanship by the person who put it into the car ? |
20 | ‘ Was it common practice for you to journey after the King to ensure all was well . |
21 | Was it stubborn pride or reason which defied surrender ? |
22 | The main aspect of the gens which interested Engels 's and Marx was it communal character , the ways it was internally undifferentiated and the way it held property as well as people and children in common . |
23 | Was it open farmland ? |
24 | Was it erm was it hard work in the in the creamery ? |
25 | No score in the second half to you or to Hucklecote ; was it hard work ? |
26 | For several hours we would be transported via the newsreel to the exotic East , where American soldiers were valiantly fighting the red , or was it yellow peril , and then to the Wild West , where Hoot Gibson or Eddy Dean would be showing cattle rustlers or unfriendly Indians ‘ what America stood for ’ . |