Example sentences of "[pron] was [vb pp] [to-vb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was invited to write this article before the election , around the proposition that the policy differences between the parties were so narrow that it did not really matter who won — a political worldweariness with which I sharply disagreed . |
| 2 | In spite of stubborn efforts on my part , repeated on many occasions as I was determined to master this skill , I have never , never succeeded in doing it ! |
| 3 | I named a duck I had this letter come no no no no , I had this letter come , right , and it said now they 've got this duck and they did n't know what to call it and so Gemma said well I think erm Eileen , Auntie Eileen ought to name it so I , I was asked to name this duck . |
| 4 | I was most interested in your article on water divining ( November 1990 ) because I was asked to practise this art in Africa many years ago . |
| 5 | But , because I felt even further away from being masculine , I was forced to amend this self-assessment and tell myself that I was not yet feminine . |
| 6 | A vision of the other woman 's mocking green eyes very nearly sent her running back to the safety of her own room , but having come this far she was determined to see this thing through , come what may . |
| 7 | To emphasise fully the drama of this grand space , rather than remove the raised hay-loft occupying the south end of the building , it was decided to retain this area as a dining gallery overlooking the living room , with a private sitting room at the same level lying behind a new partition . |
| 8 | The errors possibly arising from voltage variations are however clearly much less than variations arising for other , explained and unexplained reasons and it was decided to abandon this idea . |
| 9 | Annabel had talked so much to her parents about the beautiful girl with the long golden hair , and how she had openly stood up to Sister Mary , that it was decided to invite this child to have tea with the family . |
| 10 | Hence it was decided to remove this ceiling and its supporting joists and to resite it at a higher level . |
| 11 | It was agreed to request this facility , in line with other villages , for either a Tuesday or Thursday morning . |
| 12 | Although on the eve of the conference Wells had announced that he was about to take steps to revoke his province 's approval of the accord , during the course of the meeting he was persuaded to reconsider this position . |