Example sentences of "[v-ing] this was a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all of us listening this was a spur to further ‘ action with the world 's poor ’ . |
| 2 | Only thus , only by pretending unreality , pretending this was a part he acted , could he go on , cross the wild , shaggy grass , go past the black-branched cedar tree , arrive at the porch set in its four Doric columns and insert his key in the lock . |
| 3 | Deciding this was a success , last autumn Marlow announced a £37m investment to expand annual production six-fold at its Stokesley plant in Cleveland from 1,200 to 7,000 tonnes , and it decided to make Quorn au naturel available nationwide . |
| 4 | I remember saying this was a bit leisurely , was n't it , but there was some apparently reasonable explanation , like no one gave any notice that they were going to die and the partnership could be a bit pushed to produce the cash if it was the wrong time of year . |
| 5 | Mr Dunn brought in beer , spirits and mixers on a United Nations relief flight , insisting this was a minister 's right . |
| 6 | Underlying this was a mixture of beliefs and of desires to remedy particular situations . |
| 7 | After working on a couple of local papers for a number of years , Tony and a number of colleagues launched a weekly newspaper , following this was a spell at the Santa Fe daily . |