Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adj] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was fortunate to find this shelter , ’ said Mrs Wright . |
| 2 | I am a great fan of Ginny 's but I must admit I was upset to see this picture as Murphy must obviously be in pain . |
| 3 | I was not involved at all until the open meeting , which I attended and where I was pleased to have this opportunity to give my own personal views . |
| 4 | I was disappointed to see this move cut when they showed the goals on MOTD . |
| 5 | I was grateful to have this work to do . |
| 6 | I WAS shocked to receive this morning a letter from AI in an envelope bearing the question : ‘ What man will marry them now that their lives have been ruined ? ’ |
| 7 | Thank you for all your contributions over the last year , and please accept my apologies if I have n't been able to use an article that you 've sent , hopefully the next issue will contain those for which due to lack of space I was unable to include this time . |
| 8 | Never having flown in an aeroplane , I was unable to corroborate this view . |
| 9 | I was interested to learn this week that , whereas National Westminster bank — the parent of Ulster bank — had to make provision for £1.9 billion of bad debts , the figure for Northern Ireland was £6 million and that half the bank 's profits came from Ulster bank . |
| 10 | I was able to realize this desire agreeably by means of a small scholarly society which I formed with two friends . " |
| 11 | A year passed before I was able to witness this second part of the mayor-making , so it was a different mayor I saw being installed . |
| 12 | THE GODFATHERS have been forced to cancel their British tour , which was due to start this week , after bassist Chris Coyne sprained his wrists fighting off two muggers . |
| 13 | What would they say to her if they knew , these people who were obliged to use this means of transport day in , day out ? |
| 14 | ‘ You were supposed to report this morning . ’ |
| 15 | But nineteen thirteen I went to this examination and it was called a Labour Examination , and if you were able to pass this examination you could leave school at thirteen . |
| 16 | She was able to change this pattern slowly , beginning to recognise , express and meet her own needs . |
| 17 | We were glad to have this food . |
| 18 | These economists were ready to accept that there probably did exist a particular unemployment rate at which inflation was neither rising nor falling but they were unwilling to associate this rate with a state of overall full employment . |
| 19 | For various reasons they were unable to attend this meeting , and so all the arresting officers could do was to take the names of those who were present . |
| 20 | Immediately they thought they would make a fortune if they were able to sell this food in shops . |
| 21 | They were prepared to take this risk with their careers and with their lives . |
| 22 | Lilley stated that there was a clear shift in the balance between state provision and self provision and that it was right to shift this balance towards self provision as the wealth of the nation increased . |
| 23 | When it was easy to reach this man whose spirit was born out of the best of the desert traditions . |
| 24 | It was easy to avoid this tax by transferring assets before death . |
| 25 | He 'd done good work on the drama pilot , and it was galling to hear this woman refer to it so dismissively . |
| 26 | Thanks to the assistance of the statistics department of Avon and Somerset Police , it was possible to answer this question and provide a fifth and final indicator of success . |
| 27 | Even without hearing the ineffable pitch of his bellow , it was possible to pick this man out in any circle . |
| 28 | Finally , it was possible to withdraw this part of the legislation as the services cover not only a more difficult area , but a quite distinct area of these provisions , without having repercussions on some of the other areas . … |
| 29 | In the north west , it was astonishing to see this superstar , namely Morrissey , worshipping this formerly dreadful local TV presenter . |
| 30 | This view rested on an optimistic assumption that there was employment enough in the economy for all if labour was sufficiently mobile , but it was impossible to test this assumption in the 1830s and 40s . |