Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [conj] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few yards on and she saw there was no answering wave and she faltered , uncertain if this was Ferdinando or some other lone horseman before whom she would make a fool of herself , but the closer he came the more sure she was that this was her husband and then she chided herself for thinking he had hands free to wave when one was needed for the reins and the other to hold the child . |
| 2 | The trouble for him was that this manifesto — ‘ the longest suicide note in history ’ — had also made his party entirely unelectable . |
| 3 | I knew perfectly well that he respected the Manager and even liked him though it was against his nature to admit it ; the thing that maddened him was that this had happened behind his back , and for a reason which he obviously found as inadequate as I did . |
| 4 | But so it was that this Hungarian son of a would-be inventor moved towards his abiding preoccupation with scientific ideas . |
| 5 | In any case , the more Western defence planners began to think in terms of genuine forward defence in Europe against a Soviet attack , the more obvious it was that this could never be a realistic policy without a West German contribution . |
| 6 | Scotland were found sadly lacking in the attacking department , and so it was that this was again highlighted against the English back line . |
| 7 | Oh oh oh not really , but it was when this chanting came in that the young fellas seemed to like gangs in the crowd and this when all the trouble started |
| 8 | It was because this was the case that the British were largely favourable to the foundation of the Empire . |
| 9 | It was concluded that North Korean strategy was ‘ synonymous with Soviet strategy ’ and that if North Korea did not push a guerrilla campaign further , it was because this did not assist the Soviet Union . |
| 10 | It was because this undertaking was the equivalent of a court order and was fully enforceable by the court that he was convicted of the offence . |
| 11 | Cos I had an awful experience about ooh , four years ago , I had this old Moggy Morris Minor coming along very slowly north of Hull it was and this chap and his about finished work you know , so I going past this cri , there 's a cricket match going on and he was looking like , I could see and his girlfriend ! |