Example sentences of "was [adj] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was due to attend this year 's Ryder Cup match at The Belfry , but illness prevented him . |
| 2 | ‘ About forty minutes before the train was due to arrive this man came up to me and asked if I 'd be interested in making five hundred francs . |
| 3 | The second phase of installation of modern machinery was due to start this month . |
| 4 | THE GODFATHERS have been forced to cancel their British tour , which was due to start this week , after bassist Chris Coyne sprained his wrists fighting off two muggers . |
| 5 | He was due to marry this weekend , but now the wedding has been put off until he 's released from prison . |
| 6 | Lilley stated that there was a clear shift in the balance between state provision and self provision and that it was right to shift this balance towards self provision as the wealth of the nation increased . |
| 7 | Thanks to the assistance of the statistics department of Avon and Somerset Police , it was possible to answer this question and provide a fifth and final indicator of success . |
| 8 | Even without hearing the ineffable pitch of his bellow , it was possible to pick this man out in any circle . |
| 9 | Finally , it was possible to withdraw this part of the legislation as the services cover not only a more difficult area , but a quite distinct area of these provisions , without having repercussions on some of the other areas . … |
| 10 | I am a great fan of Ginny 's but I must admit I was upset to see this picture as Murphy must obviously be in pain . |
| 11 | I was grateful to have this work to do . |
| 12 | However , Richard Baxter was hesitant to accept this offer for other reasons also . |
| 13 | ‘ Was Ruthven seen this morning ? ’ |
| 14 | So it was interesting to hear this week from Mrs Bolton of Wildlife In Need in the north of our country that she has recently saved the life of a six-month old roe doe fawn . |
| 15 | The Collector was careful to embrace this conviction in a moderate manner , lest he be tipped out of the chair in which he was no longer sitting . |
| 16 | Yet the EP was willing to use this dispute as a justification for his recommendation for residential schooling . |
| 17 | I was interested to learn this week that , whereas National Westminster bank — the parent of Ulster bank — had to make provision for £1.9 billion of bad debts , the figure for Northern Ireland was £6 million and that half the bank 's profits came from Ulster bank . |
| 18 | Worcester was well-positioned to fulfil this role , for it was sited at the edge of an arable area to the south and east and a pastoral zone to the north and west . |
| 19 | Eva was delighted to see this message in the daily press though she was less than enthusiastic about a Bill going through Parliament to ban street marches after disturbances with the National Front and the Orange marches . |
| 20 | This view rested on an optimistic assumption that there was employment enough in the economy for all if labour was sufficiently mobile , but it was impossible to test this assumption in the 1830s and 40s . |
| 21 | Amiss detected a note of crossness in the press that it was impossible to pin this murder definitely on the IRA . |
| 22 | When it was easy to reach this man whose spirit was born out of the best of the desert traditions . |
| 23 | It was easy to avoid this tax by transferring assets before death . |
| 24 | ‘ I was fortunate to find this shelter , ’ said Mrs Wright . |
| 25 | It was hard to reconcile this crisp , terse executive with the casual shorts-clad figure she had last seen on the jetty of the sailing club , directing the noisy , giggling group of children . |
| 26 | The referendum was supposed to resolve this fight by consulting the people . |
| 27 | Vannotti forecast turnover in the company 's most important — home — market , Switzerland , was likely to decline this year , but this should be compensated by expansion of Ascom 's international business . |
| 28 | Breeze was glad to reach this haven of refuge , for she had an uneasy conviction that there were holes in the heels of both her stockings . |
| 29 | as Purchasing and Contract Department Quality manager Owen Edis explains , ‘ we encourage our managers to give recognition for a job well done , so it was natural to extend this recognition to suppliers . |
| 30 | A spokesman for the parents , when Lynda Clarke 's submission was heard , was quick to contradict this statement , saying the supporters outside both the Panel offices and the Sheriff Court had been orderly and quiet . |