Example sentences of "or [was/were] he [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are we to deduce from this that Vincent saw Theo as an artist-manqué , or was he simply trying , not too hard in this instance , to shift the guilt a child feels before a self-sacrificing parent ? |
| 2 | Was it , I wondered , his natural reaction to something extraordinary , and did he therefore use it on the stage , or was he simply acting and registering what he thought was the appropriate emotion under the circumstances ? |
| 3 | Or was he simply placing a cloak of scientific respectability over the peculiarly oppressive relationships of turn-of-the-century Vienna ? |
| 4 | But how did my father calculate the exact timing , or was he just lucky ? |
| 5 | Was he human , semi-human , immaculately conceived or was he just a human being who recognised that evil was becoming widespread in the world , and that mankind was in danger of becoming dominated by those who had much to lose if it were suppressed ? |
| 6 | Or was he genuinely that rich ? |
| 7 | Or was he so inept that Sir Ivor was nearly beaten unnecessarily ? |
| 8 | Or was he merely seeking to confuse people in the West who have been calling for military intervention ? |
| 9 | Had he changed so much since Maisie 's death , or was he always vindictive ? |
| 10 | Or was he still over-confident ? |
| 11 | Did Elvis have good ideas about what he wanted to do , or was he basically the guy singing ? |
| 12 | Unlike the previous year Mozart only appears to have given one concert during Lent ; was he simply too busy , or was he perhaps no longer in quite such demand ? |
| 13 | Who is or was he incidentally ? |