Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [was/were] a [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I felt it was a Christian thing to do . |
| 2 | I knew it was a two-way thing . |
| 3 | Perhaps the Indians thought it was a religious thing , like celebrating the 500th anniversary of a cathedral or whatever . |
| 4 | Instead , sensing a criticism — which this was not , Aunt Lilian was simply asking for information — she gave one of her loud laughs and said , well , she personally thought it was a good thing for a young married woman to cultivate the little niceties of life . |
| 5 | you meant that they thought it was a good thing to do . |
| 6 | I told him I thought it was a stupid thing for him to do . |
| 7 | Ha about half of you thought that was a good thing and about half of you thought it was a bad thing . |
| 8 | But , thought he was a nasty thing |