Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [was/were] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I was asked this week if it is possible to make up your own , rather than buy one of these metal affairs on wheels . |
| 2 | Then one day — I 'll always remember — I was staying at a friend 's house and I was sweeping this carpet and I had this vision . |
| 3 | And you were allocated this house in The Chantry ? |
| 4 | which had been occupied by soldiers , this was our first hut , well by then I was working for the Corporation and of course by virtue of my job with the chief architect I got this house and we were offered this house about two years later for two thousand pounds and we said oh we would n't be staying here for more than ten years in any case and we would n't be bothered to buy it , but then my husband started in business you see soon after he came back and we eventually got the shop and , of course it 's very convenient because we 're only a stone 's throw from the shop you see , so we stayed here |
| 5 | And the story goes , to cut it quite short , two workmen were in this person 's house laying carpet tiles in the lounge and they were using this substance that was heavier than air and it was also highly flammable . |
| 6 | And they were buying this house and it was worth something like I do n't know , they were , they 'd got a twenty five grand mortgage . |
| 7 | And they were interviewing this feller , he said , oh we went for a day out he said and I 'd just bought this car and I was really made up with it he said |
| 8 | on the telly the other night and they were showing this fellow scragging the kids in the kitchen , god and I thought oh , because they were all watching it , you know , oh they might ring them |
| 9 | The boat was gone completely , and he was tossed this way and that in the water . |
| 10 | He looked down at her steadily and Maggie tried to stay cool , but she was losing this battle and she knew it . |
| 11 | When they were looking at Woolf , erm wh the other group 's a bit further on with Wolves than than you are but we were doing this morning about how Lily has difficulty painting her picture and erm Virginia Woolf says in her diary , I assure you all my novels are first rate before they were written . |