Example sentences of "[was/were] it [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ ‘ Oh dear-was it somebody I gave permission to ? ’ asked Ianthe . |
| 2 | Her mother , she thought with a most annoying pride , who was one of the few genuinely creative women scientists around and in whose success , were it anyone except her mother 's , she would be rejoicing . |
| 3 | They were Asian ones — I could tell that from the label , but he said that Asians had one more ( or was it one less ? ) toe than the Indian ones and different ears . |
| 4 | Was it one here ? |
| 5 | Was it everything goes second apart from er |
| 6 | Why was it everyone seemed to go for the easy way out ? |
| 7 | Was it somebody that you knew that worked in here ? |
| 8 | The question is , was either of them in Paris that weekend , or was it somebody else we do n't know about ? |
| 9 | Erm my nan remembers him , was it somebody called , no no he was another character I think he sold newspapers , but erm I do , I do remember him er They 've always erm tried to get some entertainment on the pitch though prior to the matches to try and make it a family thing you know , I , I think Watford are the best club for that you know , because they , the supporters seem to take all the family along , as my son said when they went down there to the Cup replay they are very much a family sort , they do n't get a lot of trouble at Watford either . |
| 10 | Then I now , that 'll be a wasted phone call , was it somebody |
| 11 | Was it something to do with being a vegetarian ? |
| 12 | Was it something I said ? ’ |
| 13 | Was it something to do with tennis ? |
| 14 | Was it something I had dreamed ? |
| 15 | Nick and Shane : was it something they eight ? |
| 16 | WAS IT SOMETHING ABOUT MY REGISTRATION ? |
| 17 | Was it something which could be conferred , by means of an act of dubbing , or by the issue of a patent ? |
| 18 | Was it something to do with the soldiers ' deaths ? |
| 19 | Or was it something else ? |
| 20 | Or was it something men took responsibility for ? |
| 21 | ‘ Was it something I said , last night ? ’ she wanted to know . |
| 22 | Did they di do you think they I was going to say enjoy there but I do I do n't think that 'd be the right word , but d did they like or did they prefer to work piece work or was it something that they loathed or I mean there was more money to be made at it was n't there ? |
| 23 | ‘ Was it something I said ? ’ she asked lightly . |
| 24 | Was it something sordid and cheap , or something wonderful ? |
| 25 | Was it something to do with her father 's death ? |
| 26 | No longer was it something she could think about later . |
| 27 | Or was it something else ? |
| 28 | Or was it something worse ? |
| 29 | Was it something to do with man moving out into the world of nature ? |
| 30 | Was it something I said already ? |