Example sentences of "[was/were] it [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who were it boxing we were watching other night , when they were messing about ? |
| 2 | Were it Irene or Maggie ? |
| 3 | Were it Monday ? |
| 4 | When I got that letter June and , were it Tuesday ? |
| 5 | Were it face-on to us , I suppose that binoculars would show the spiral ; it is a great pity that it is placed at such an unfavourable angle . |
| 6 | How much was it Gail ? |
| 7 | Was it Ipswich Station ? |
| 8 | Was it Dominic 's fault that he had been given the job she wanted so badly ? |
| 9 | Was it Nicola ? ’ |
| 10 | What was it Ember said ? |
| 11 | ‘ Whit was it fur then ? ’ |
| 12 | Was it Gladys who said that ? |
| 13 | Erm they 're in no hurry to join but with this second period er from September or was it October and erm once again there is this idea that , you know , the tide is turning and they , they will now join erm they wo n't find it so hard to join as the rich peasants but once again they 're not as enthusiastic and maybe they should be but they are , they are helping more but er er and this is the key er for which you know Mao talked about later is that we 've got to get the middle peasant actually actively involved |
| 14 | Was it Lord 's ? |
| 15 | So we all sort of gathered round , was it Eric or Ernie , I think it was Eric , so we all gathered round , that was the , the zeal that we had , to make sure that we got a parliamentary candidate sponsored by the G M B , in Rochdale . |
| 16 | And was it guilt that had made Jacob so patient of Sylvie 's attacks on her ? |
| 17 | Was it paranoia or could she really feel someone closing in on her ? |
| 18 | Then I think the erm the chairs , Malcolm phoned erm was it the homeless , was it Shelter , one of those organizations and they came and picked them up . |
| 19 | Was it scum fans or turks ? |
| 20 | Was it Pascoe ? |
| 21 | Was it boys and girls ? |
| 22 | When did you get wet through anyway , at school , was it lunchtime ? |
| 23 | was it A ? |
| 24 | Or was it law |
| 25 | Or was it Kenneth saying ? |
| 26 | Was it Sophie ? |
| 27 | Emma — or was it Sophie ? — demanded urgently . |
| 28 | And then , opening the other eye , she saw that the other little girl , Emma — or was it Sophie ? — had leaped on to the bed to join her sister . |
| 29 | Was it heroism or was it , as Marlow suggests , ‘ his exalted egoism ’ that brought about the death of Lord Jim ? |
| 30 | What was it Granny Tremayne used to say ? |