Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] [prep] this [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example Alec Hume 's memoirs were described them as this little book about fishing , a beautiful evocation of a countryman in Downing Street who would always rather have been with his fly on the river Tweed on the Scottish Borders . |
| 2 | if I was recording you at this precise moment ? |
| 3 | The Indian was telling him about this little fish that lives in the river and — you can guess the rest ! ! ! |
| 4 | How could she feel so physically drawn to him , when intellectually she was detesting him for this arrogant charade ? |
| 5 | He was teasing her with this leisurely foreplay , stoking the fires inside her until they reached the point where they could no longer be contained . |