Example sentences of "[conj] was [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | my stuff from last week , where did where was it ? |
| 2 | This had always been even more precious than love-making , or was its most precious part . |
| 3 | Or was what he wanted no one to see at all , and had failed to disguise . |
| 4 | Similarly , if parents lose a daughter , do they maintain contact with their erstwhile son-in-law if he marries again , or was their contact really only through their daughter ? |
| 5 | Were , therefore , the deputies of the Cortes to limit themselves to the study of the ‘ means and methods of expelling the French army ’ , or was their sacred task to endow Spain with a constitution that would limit the despotism which had ended in French invasion ? |
| 6 | Or was their purpose to revive hard work and enterprise ? |
| 7 | As affectionate — loving — or was your relationship with her , say , less intimate ? ’ |
| 8 | And were your involvement the decision to carry out the search or was your involvement the operational search ? |
| 9 | Or was there something else she had wanted , some sign of repentance maybe ? |
| 10 | Or was there another sister , one I had n't heard of ? |
| 11 | Did I stay out of loyalty to the priest , the human being , or was there something else that compelled me to remain there , when all the more ‘ Christian ’ elements had long ago fled ? |
| 12 | Or was there ? |
| 13 | Or was there a deficiency in his make-up in the maleness of him ? |
| 14 | Or was there ? |
| 15 | Was it a matter of routine , or was there some specific , possibly propagandist purpose ? |
| 16 | Or was there something about the nature of French rule that made revolution inevitable ? |
| 17 | Or was there ? |
| 18 | Or was there a previous contracting phase , in which the galaxies managed to avoid hitting each other ? |
| 19 | Or was there an Umpire after all ? |
| 20 | Or was there ? |
| 21 | Or was there a wider , opportunistic yet deeply felt and unreflective vision of ‘ American leadership of the Free World ’ , a vision intoxicating in its sweep but one which could not possibly be presented as compatible with the UN terms ostensibly legitimating the entire operation . |
| 22 | Beyond the reef , tantalising Mexican beaches and calm turquoise water beckoned Nigel Calder and his family , but there was no way in … or was there ? |
| 23 | Was she at peace , or was there a part of her that was even now wandering Minginish ? |
| 24 | Or was there something else just evident in his cheerful voice ? … |
| 25 | Or was there some other fascination ? |
| 26 | Or was there something else as well ? |
| 27 | Was this just because she saw herself as a Frieda Lawrence figure , or was there some firmer basis for it ? |
| 28 | Had the sentry panicked at the sound of a galloping horse and fired off a lucky shot , or was there a more sinister design ? |
| 29 | The profit was down thirty million or so and if we look at the geographic breakdown of profit , er the U S A was up er and yet if er Addison Wesley was about the same Penguin was up ten so where did this thirty million drop in profits at oil services arise , was it in the U K and Singapore as opposed to the U S or , or was there something different about Penguin U S compared with Penguin U K ? |
| 30 | Or was there a balance ? |