Example sentences of "but was it " in BNC.
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| 1 | We arrived , toting our towels , watched the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes do their synchronised high kicks ( a great bunch those Rockettes ) , the curtains parted in front of the screen , the symbol of the film studio appeared ( I 've always loved this part , but was it a lady or a lion ? ) , and the title of the film zoomed forward : The Eddie Duchin Story , starring Tyrone Tower , my mother 's favourite . |
| 2 | But was it for this that the trumpets blew so confidently when the TECs appeared , less than two years ago ? |
| 3 | But was it really so different ? |
| 4 | But was it Hank ? |
| 5 | - But was it worth it ? |
| 6 | It 's impossible that Evelyn could be … but was it so impossible ? |
| 7 | Of so many recordings issued these days one might say , ‘ It 's perfectly good , but was it necessary ? ’ , because of a lack of character and musical insight . |
| 8 | But was it not partly the fault of tradesmen ? ’ |
| 9 | But was it legally correct for the police to breathalyse a driver in his own home ? |
| 10 | But was it a life choice that Bob ever regretted ? |
| 11 | But was it really as bad as they said ? |
| 12 | Examine any relationship you have experienced ; you may be confident that the initiative was taken by one party rather than the other , but was it ? |
| 13 | But was it significant ? |
| 14 | But was it right to argue that British banking suffers from overcapacity ? |
| 15 | It was to be financed by advertising revenue , but was it best described as ‘ commercial ’ or as ‘ independent ’ , as complementary to the BBC or as competitor ? |
| 16 | So ITV was ‘ commercial ’ ; but was it ‘ independent ’ ? |
| 17 | One can see why ; but was it really to be so ? |
| 18 | There was indeed money coming into the area , but was it being used effectively and in the best manner ? |
| 19 | ‘ I honesty do n't think your mind works like that and I do n't suppose you thought it was a very good likeness anyway , but was it the Adultery ? ’ |
| 20 | But was it ? |
| 21 | A similar issue arose in the present case D had undoubtedly used considerable violence against the victim , his girlfriend , but was it ( as she said ) an unprovoked and drunken attack with a stick or ( as he contended ) an attempt to fend off an attack by the woman who was armed with a carving knife ? |
| 22 | He knew that if he had had the courage he would have vowed then and there never to go back , but such courage was not his yet , but was it so bad for a man who could make no sense of how he had come to be where he was to rest his fate on the unknown course of an eagle 's life ? |
| 23 | He did care for her , she knew that , but was it enough ? |
| 24 | But was it so ? |
| 25 | But was it not possible that Tutilo had believed just as sincerely ? |
| 26 | But was it ever more than just a project for a project ? |
| 27 | All I could do was repeat the injections , but was it going to make the slightest difference ? |
| 28 | But was it common for everybody to do that ? |
| 29 | But was it likely ? |
| 30 | But was it in England ? |