Example sentences of "was [coord] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once it was or while you were building it and once it was up . |
| 2 | Irina worried about whether she was on the pill and all possible consequences of whether she was or whether she was n't . |
| 3 | I asked , wondering if it really was or if his memory had become glamorized . |
| 4 | ( 2 ) Information which was confidential in the sense that the employee had been told it was or because from its character it was obviously so . |
| 5 | I kept wandering around for a few hours , with no idea where I was or where I was going , then somewhere along the line I chanced upon an open space where there was the odd bench scattered here and there and I used one of these for my lie-down . |
| 6 | I had no idea who she was or who I was or where we were . |
| 7 | Ginny had no idea who it was or where the scream came from . |
| 8 | I must have fainted , and when I came to I did n't know who I was or where I 'd come from . " |
| 9 | I could n't remember where my form room was or where the toilets were and what was the Headteacher 's name ? |
| 10 | He wondered what hIs condition was and whether he would survive . |
| 11 | The doctor will want to know if the sexual partner has any symptoms and in particular whether he , too , has attended a clinic and , if so , what the diagnosis was and whether any treatment was given . |
| 12 | The position before this case was that if a power was properly classifiable as a prerogative power , the courts could decide what the extent of the power was and whether a proper occasion for its exercise had arisen , but they could not decide whether it had been exercised reasonably or fairly . |
| 13 | Clarissa observed dryly that she could see it was and that he 'd better go round ringing all the doorbells . |
| 14 | But meeting the neighbours who knew who she was and that her mother-in-law had moved to another county rather than come face to face with her — that really frightened her . |
| 15 | In fact , we did go down there for a week to explore the possibilities , and I admitted that it was n't what it was and that the rosy glow that still suffused me at the very name was probably nostalgia for my touring days , when it was the most prestigious of all the dates . |
| 16 | One punter refers to a typically fateful day : 1 August 1988 - " … the day I returned from a holiday abroad , Harvard telephoned me out of the blue ( 8th April 1986 ) , and a chap who sounded like an enthusiastic young cockney told me how wonderful Towerbell was and that it was going places with top stars in tow ! " |
| 17 | And when he sagged and said he 'd had enough of the place and it was not what he had thought it would be , she said life never was and that if he wanted to stay in Fleet Street he would be foolish to leave without a new job to go to . |
| 18 | and er there is some evidence that the two words are the same and that the original name of God was and that God was the sun and again there is evidence of sun worship er in the Bible . |
| 19 | When the three girls arrived she was surprised to find that in spite of their sophistication they were not much older than she was and as she watched them glide out in the first selection of fashions she felt a small prickle of excitement . |
| 20 | his head was pounding and he vaguely wondered what time it was and as he began to unlock the door he wondered what had brought Patrick back . |
| 21 | She wanted to know what cancer was and when they said it was terminal , she asked what that meant . |
| 22 | Naturally Richard had asked her where I was and when , realizing what she had done , she said I was at her flat , he had telephoned Jack and discovered this was untrue . |
| 23 | He was so astonished that for a few seconds he stood where he was and when he did turn round he could see the top of the wall , the delicate pattern of wire mesh against the sky , and hear running footsteps . |
| 24 | We were within 5,000 votes and I think when people see how nearly effective the amount of tactical voting was and when they see the Tory support slipping , they will come very strongly over to us . |
| 25 | ‘ She asked me how I was and when I would be moving in to the cottage . ’ |
| 26 | in here , you just tape them on , bang them down who it was and when it was and then on Friday he picks them up and you get twenty five quids worth of vouchers from Marks and Spencers . |
| 27 | There was no question about it — people knew who I was and if they did n't they asked and I told them . |
| 28 | The ratio of bankers ' balances to deposit liabilities will be smaller than it was and if , as we have now said several times , the original ratio was a desired one , then banks will have to make further adjustments to their balance sheets to restore the ratio . |
| 29 | They more or less called him a fool when he tried to change back into whatever it was our current whatever it was and if that 's the case erm Hungar Hungarians are holding on to this two thousand pound , it 's surety is n't it ? |
| 30 | That was and and those are all , those are all done then ? |