Example sentences of "this [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | This led her to the alarming conclusion that it was not they who were bigger , but she who was smaller — and a lot smaller . |
2 | This provided her with the ideal opportunity to research and write a book about the local food , which resulted in the publication of The Taste of Cyprus ( Interworld Publications , £5.95 ) , an enjoyable look at seasonal Cypriot cooking . |
3 | This helped them as a creative unit — in 1967 they came up with arguably their greatest single Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever and with the album Sergeant Pepper 's Lonely Hearts ' Club Band which , though it has n't aged particularly well , was certainly a quantum leap forward for popular music at the time . |
4 | This committed him to a punishing schedule for the next eight months , from the time the play went into rehearsal until it closed on 26 April 1969 after 161 consecutive performances . |
5 | This hit them like a communal heart-attack . |
6 | This decided us on a bold move to facilitate loading . |
7 | This took me in a gentle curve round the flanks of Great Coum towards the Barbondale road , Combe House , the track past Tofts , and back to my home for tea and crumpets . |
8 | They were made of metal and this presented him with a major problem . |
9 | This reminded her of a stately home . |
10 | This endeared me to the young Noones . |
11 | I had taken no interest in Egyptian politics , but this struck me as a novel view . |
12 | This left her with a severe form of amnesia that reduced her memory span to 20 minutes or less . |
13 | This left them in the ludicrous position of having to claim that , out of loyalty to their sovereign lady , they were embattled against their sovereign lady 's mother . |