Example sentences of "was [verb] this [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I had two people working for me then , and basically what we did for two years was to do this type of work on unbelievable amounts of equipment . |
| 32 | But the point was that he was holding this place in trust , on my behalf . ’ |
| 33 | In June 1561 , just before the personal rule began , Elizabeth 's ambassador Nicholas Throckmorton warned her that ‘ your realm is in no other case at this day , than all other realms of Christendom are ’ , by which he meant torn by religious controversy and conflict ; in the twentieth century , J. H. Elliott was to characterize this period as the decade of revolution , when Scotland was only one of eight countries including France , Spain , the Netherlands and England which experienced upheaval and revolt . |
| 34 | Besides which , sympathy was not the feeling this potently masculine man she was sharing this canoe with stirred in her . |
| 35 | This sight brought her immediately down from her high , tragic pinnacle and made it seem all somehow cosier , as she thought she was sharing this music with such a wise and friendly dog . |
| 36 | This is of interest for art historians who like to know lots of details of when and by whom a painting was commissioned and painted , how much it cost , who was buying this kind of work , where was it being exhibited . |
| 37 | Woods solution was to use this algorithm with the island-driving search strategy . |
| 38 | Palm Sunday , for Christians the commemoration of Christ 's entry into Jerusalem , was marked this year by the opening of Euro Disney . |
| 39 | I was woken this morning by Kenneth throwing a pile of Sunday newspapers on to my eiderdowned feet . |
| 40 | No it 's Tracy was telling David , and David said David was saying same thing , David wants to well like was saying this morning to Neil , we 'll have to get a meeting up a go . |
| 41 | Mr Garvey 's car , a Volvo estate , which also vanished from the family home at the same time as Mr Garvey , was found this afternoon at Great Yarmouth , parked in a side street . |
| 42 | Sylvia Grey , we had discovered , was billed this week in Edinburgh . |
| 43 | Originally the er the idea was to build this caravan in connection with School . |
| 44 | Towards the end of April , Alexander 's Eighth Army was approaching this area from the west , while Tito 's Yugoslav troops were already advancing into it from the south , in pursuit of the disintegrating German 97th Army Corps . |
| 45 | A SEA Cadet organisation based at Walton on the Naze training ship Rebel was saddened this week on the news of the death of its chairman , Mr Harry Moulton . |
| 46 | Although I was still barely into my teens when I was spending this time with Maureen tending sick birds , I learned a lot about general care and identification — even if we failed to spot our Russian defector . |
| 47 | Colin Gibbins was arrested this year by the customs authorities after they seized a high speed Imacon 790 camera , worth £250,000 , at Birmingham Airport . |
| 48 | Usage of the library was boosted this year by promoting its services at conferences and local centre meetings and by showing foreign visitors how the library could help them . |
| 49 | Now , well you see , she o , we was having this discussion about education and she goes , are you cynical about education Terry ? |
| 50 | Also when we was giving this demonstration for the people in Bloxwich for the , our unit in King George 's playing fields , we 'd got all our weaponry on , on , on show what we 'd got Vickers machine gun , the Brownings rifles this anti-tank bomb anti-tank tube , whatever you li gun , whatever you like to call it , but also we 'd got what , what was termed a bucket bomb . |
| 51 | He 'd told her about Valldemosa too , which was why she was taking this route to the north of the island . |
| 52 | The Chancellor 's decision to take base interest rates to 15 per cent was followed this week by mortgage rate rises from the Halifax and Abbey National building societies to 14.5 per cent . |
| 53 | INCOME support was increased this week for pensioners aged 75 and above , or 60 plus and disabled . |
| 54 | Left-wing O'Leary , just 19 , was the surprise package when the 30-strong party was announced this week for five days ' warm weather training starting on New Year 's Eve . |
| 55 | It was echoed this week by the US Secretary of State , James Baker . |
| 56 | The Medau Society was represented this year at the Whitsuntide special course for teachers , held biennially at the Medau College in Coburg , by Pauline Kenward , Hilary Weedon , Margaret Charlwood and Hilda Lodge . |
| 57 | GOLD was fixed this morning at 332.70 dollars an ounce , compared with 332.00 dollars at the previous close . |
| 58 | He was to hold this position for twenty-nine years , combining it with the Treasurership from 1923 until his retirement in 1935 . |
| 59 | He was to hold this position for the next thirty-one years and must therefore be regarded as a founding father of the organization which later became known as MI5 . |
| 60 | It 's quite a good subject though — I mean , I was reading this serial in my Mum 's Woman 's Own , all about this governess and this French Comte who was . |