Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] [prep] this country " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the success was such that the local domestic markets , including the UK , were invited to become cardmembers , and the American Express card was introduced in this country 30 years ago this year . |
| 2 | Morgan appears to have been the first case in which the issue was raised in this country . |
| 3 | Vonetta was born in this country and went to a school which had a good multicultural mix ; she talked about the ways in which many of her friends , white and Black , love Black music and styles of fashion and find Black men the most attractive . |
| 4 | In the nineteenth century such ice-houses tended to become redundant when ice was imported to this country from Norway and North America throughout the year . |
| 5 | As erm as a doctor , Bill , I have ingrained on my heart Aneurin Bevan 's words when the National Health Service was introduced in this country by the post-war Labour government , against the wishes of my colleagues , and he commented that he would erm cross our palms with silver , and he did that very successfully , with the result that he stifled a lot of opposition amongst some very powerful people , and erm of course when you 're trying to introduce a new scheme such as this and you 're terribly keen that erm it should take off and be successful , you do , of course , cross palms with silver . |
| 6 | In 1980 , the gangling Texan was identified in this country as the unexpected winner of the 1979 Suntory World Match-Play Championship at Wentworth . |
| 7 | The Romanian baby was brought to this country by Cleveland-based Convoy Aid Romania and was operated on at Middlesbrough General Hospital for water on the brain . |