Example sentences of "[was/were] it [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | The next question was invariably , ‘ What was it with regard to ? ’ |
2 | Was it worth watching the race , or was it a foregone conclusion ? |
3 | Was it worth aiming for this position ? |
4 | Insofar as the film was held together , Burton held it together : was it worth holding ? |
5 | Was it was it worth going then with the boys not being there ? |
6 | It was mid-January 1990 and the members of the Commons ' Energy Committee were plodding towards the ever-receding horizons that contained the answer to their question : was it worth continuing to fund the fast breeder reactor ( FBR ) ? |
7 | She was helplessly fascinated and asked slowly , despite herself , ‘ What was it like to live in Africa ? ’ |
8 | What was it like doing the Freddie Mercury Tribute gig ? |
9 | What was it like climbing somewhere no-one had ever explored before ? |
10 | WHAT was it like to grow old in the past in Britain ? |
11 | What was it like to work in in factory ? |
12 | ‘ Tell me , what was it like going to medical school ? ’ |
13 | Fair enough , so what was it like working with the big guy ? |
14 | But what was it like working with Blixa Bargeld , The Bad Seeds ' legendarily perverse guitarist ? |
15 | What was it like working with the late John Huston ? |
16 | And what was it like working for stockbroker ? |
17 | As he said in his first novel , answering one of his early girlfriend 's naive questions , ‘ What was it like to have no father ? ’ he laconically answered , ‘ It made you more grown-up . |
18 | What was it like to fly ? |