Example sentences of "this [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have watched Eastern Europe grapple for freedom and the liberty that we enjoy , yet I have watched the House of Commons talk solemnly as if this were merely a question of a pile of money at one end of a table or the issuing of financial instruments . |
| 2 | We have watched eastern Europe grapple for freedom and the liberty that we enjoy , yet I have heard the House of Commons talk solemnly as if this were merely a question of a pile of money at one end of a table or the issuing of financial intruments . |
| 3 | Growth follows the direction of the arrow — perhaps to meet the other half-span if this were truly a bridge . |
| 4 | For if this were really the case , a communicative approach would have little or nothing to commend it . |
| 5 | The late Hans Keller , the most peppery and venerable writer on music since George Bernard Shaw , dearly wished that this were still the case . |
| 6 | Mr Kirkland said : ‘ If this were so the Safety Authority would not let us go ahead and build the tunnel . |
| 7 | Yet if this were indeed the law , then surely the Act must have had as its object something of greater moment than the nudie magazines and nude pamphlets which British juries were asked so regularly to assess for depravity . |
| 8 | well they are now , my daughter now has a proper bum bag , but this was just a school , purse for school , just for break time . |
| 9 | Here I am not trying to give the impression that I am a Test Pilot as such , not in the way of Roly Beamont , or a host of other of my friends in this particular field ; this was just a question of an air test rather than a flight test . |
| 10 | I warned you this was just a fling |
| 11 | Diane told herself that this was just a kind of paranoia on her part , an over-apprehension that came from reading too many doctor articles in women 's magazines , but it did n't make her any less uneasy . |
| 12 | This was just a warning . |
| 13 | ‘ In case you were thinking , ’ he concluded , ‘ that this was just a quarrel among blacks , a spot of faction-fighting . |
| 14 | He could get a job and earn some money to buy some clothes — but he knew this was just a dream . |
| 15 | This was just a back seat and very determined to stay that way . |
| 16 | This was just a continuation of the baseline . |
| 17 | And knowing this was just a beginning . |
| 18 | But this was just a dentist 's waiting room and it made him wonder what the rest of the house would be like . |
| 19 | But this was just a game , and before some one points out that the stock market is itself just a game ( for somewhat privileged people ) , I should add that this was just a family game being marketed in Sheffield for Christmas . |
| 20 | This was just a routine visit to an elderly patient to check that she was happy , and not in any pain , and also to stock her up on her medicines . |
| 21 | But , this was just a bang , sort of knocked |
| 22 | But this was just a game , and before some one points out that the stock market is itself just a game ( for somewhat privileged people ) , I should add that this was just a family game being marketed in Sheffield for Christmas . |
| 23 | er and I 'll be the first to recognize that and this was just a sort of the ball park stats that you were looking for . |
| 24 | This was just a wind-up , a tease for his pleasure . |
| 25 | This was just a reconstruction — but answering the door to a stranger in this way cost phylis her seven hundred pounds life savings : |
| 26 | This was n't , this was just a programme |
| 27 | The Young King had been pressing for permission to go on a pilgrimage to Compostella but Henry II , believing that this was just an excuse to get away from his watchful eye , had instead ordered him to help suppress the rebellion in Aquitaine . |
| 28 | Is that what it is– ’ Or if I was to see the doctor and my girlfriend happened to be seeing the doctor as well , this was just an excuse , according to them , for us to be together . |
| 29 | This was just an excuse : the real reason they wanted to come was that they very much needed food at home . |
| 30 | But surely this was just an aberration ? |