Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [was/were] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we were doing this music which was away from the pop stuff that was around . |
| 2 | Of all the men in Chung Kuo , only he was allowed this richness , this lifelong measure of perfection . |
| 3 | I mean presumably you was born this side of the river ? |
| 4 | Later I was to see this body investigating a syllabus elsewhere . |
| 5 | Later I was to find this sort of coincidence recurring . |
| 6 | They had left her at school as long as they could , because they did n't know what to do with her ; but now she was to take this course and later get a job on a newspaper . |
| 7 | Well they were bubbling this morning , I think mainly because of Saturday , when it r we were reall the whole club was lifted through Saturday afternoon because something was shown that erm has n't been shown for quite a while here . |
| 8 | Well they were bubbling this morning , I think mainly because of Saturday , when it r we were reall the whole club was lifted through Saturday afternoon because something was shown that erm has n't been shown for quite a while here . |
| 9 | Bringing up the rear was Sid , but even he was subdued this morning . |
| 10 | Indeed it was to escape this commotion of the house that young Tennyson sought sanctuary and solitude in the surrounding countryside , where he could be at peace with all he beheld and find the inspiration for his poetic thoughts which he conveyed to us by his pen . |