Example sentences of "[coord] [was/were] [pers pn] just " in BNC.

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1 An ominous sign … or were they just afraid to admit supporting a rebel ?
2 Was this Christian especially voracious or were you just unusually vulnerable ?
3 So did you get extra coupons if you were getting married or were you just expected to make do ?
4 Good did you know that or were you just guessing ?
5 Did you w did you specialize more than most folk or were you just average ?
6 Sir , you wanted to say something , or were you just scratching your head ?
7 Was it an accident , was I pushed , or was I just plain stupid ?
8 Or was it just a juvenile student prank ?
9 Tony Soper was Nature 's early-riser and this programme suggested it is something of a habit with him , for we also saw him in the Falklands carrying out an investigation into whether the war — or was it just a conflict ? — had upset the wildlife there .
10 Or was it just a figure of speech ? ’
11 Or was it just possible that right to the end he had believed that she would find out , and come to him ?
12 Should that be classified as a misspelling , or was it just ‘ wrongly ’ written ?
13 Did you mix in the school or was it just
14 So actually seeing though first time , how much of a shock did it come to you , or was it just or was it expected ?
15 Or was it just us .
16 So I mean w was there a s kind of like one that was the one to be in if you could get in , and other ones that were maybe not so good or was it just going from one to another till you ?
17 Did you choose to move away from midwifery in that way or did er or was it just that er a job came up ?
18 For whatever reason , you decided to resume your relationship with Jones — or was it just a weekend fling for old times ’ sake ?
19 So did this fella keep visitors right up through the year or was it just the Summer
20 What sort of spite was that — or was it just Conservative callousness ?
21 Were they lights or was it just one light ?
22 Was anyone certain there was food there , or was it just a guess ?
23 Erm can I just clarify that the thirty million of erm savings , was that actual redundancy costs which took place in ninety two or was that redundancy costs plus the sav commensurate savings which will then benefit ninety three er or was it just the savings ?
24 What was your priorities when you were doing that , what were your priorities as far as , was it to get it all down or was it just to get in down in a particular way what what do you see as the priorities when you were talking about doing it ?
25 Would anyone else have mocked her , or was it just Guido ?
26 He looked fantastic and had actually acquired quite a suntan — or was it just a glow of happiness ?
27 Had there been magic — or was it just an illusion ?
28 Mm was this quite often during the year , or was it just the once ?
29 Was it ever published or was it just
30 Was that moved in the cart as well or was it just carried across to the deceased 's house ?
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