Example sentences of "this [noun sg] [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But examples of this kind were pointing him in the direction he wanted to go . |
| 2 | The important thing in this case was to reward him for being good rather than punish him for being naughty — if you scold or hit a young horse for not standing still you will only make matters worse . |
| 3 | All this training was to hold them in good stead for the war to come , when the older members were to form the backbone of a very efficient Fire Brigade . |
| 4 | But this list was denied him in other areas and he then used school lists , projecting forward for the people who had left school ; but this had many errors and losses , with people moving home . |
| 5 | She had stayed at Thomas a while and now this officer was to put her on a stage for home . |
| 6 | and so this guy was selling it for forty , Vicky ordered her canoe there and he was quite a young man and so alright she said hi big boy how about letting me have it for thirty five if you 're willing to ha are you willing to haggle I mean my friend did buy a whole canoe he sort of |
| 7 | Harry denied in his letters that this fact was influencing him in any way . |