Example sentences of "this [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Some criticised his method of combating Bodyline by stepping away to cut the ball to the off , but Bradman claimed that this exposed him to a greater risk of injury than the orthodox type of batting . |
| 4 | This hit them like a communal heart-attack . |
| 5 | This decided us on a bold move to facilitate loading . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | They were made of metal and this presented him with a major problem . |
| 8 | This reminded her of a stately home . |
| 9 | I had taken no interest in Egyptian politics , but this struck me as a novel view . |
| 10 | This left her with a severe form of amnesia that reduced her memory span to 20 minutes or less . |