Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [was/were] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that was in my mind was to abort this mission . |
| 2 | Yet , while one part of my mind was reaching this decision , while horror and moral indignation were mounting within me , another part of my mind was working in an opposite direction . |
| 3 | ‘ My mother was admitted this morning on Hunter Ward , and I dashed up during my coffee break to see her . ’ |
| 4 | They had some support in Parliament , but their strength lay outside it , and their strategy was to mobilize this support , through demonstrations , petitions , and by organizing within the army . |
| 5 | THE owners of two Redcar amusement arcades have put up a substantial reward after their premises were burgled this week . |
| 6 | ‘ She told me Nicola was having this affair … |
| 7 | But what John was saying this morning , and I think it was n't with respect it did n't come over clearly to me , as clearly to me as I would have liked , and I was determined to point was , what John was saying , the transfer of that , if that 's capital , the transfer of that capital should be made into the wife 's account . |
| 8 | A serious flaw in our arrangements was remedied this year by the appointment of the Reviewer of Complaints ( or Ombudsman ) . |