Example sentences of "was [pers pn] [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought , and then I happened to go , Jim came to carry the fruit and vegetables for me and when it had opened again , and there was she with this , I looked at Jim and I said ah ! |
| 2 | Why was she on this distant planet , trying to discover how the Althosian civilization was destroyed ? |
| 3 | ‘ Was she like this when you found her , miss ? ’ he asked . |
| 4 | And , so utterly immersed was she in this strange blue and green land that was not feeling strange any more , that she did not even notice that she was weighing sorcery against steel chains and seriously considering the likely outcome . |
| 5 | So delighted was she by this new demonstration of friendship , that she decided to have another go at winning over Rose , who was even more sullen than usual at bedtime and blew out the candle before Evelyn was stretched out upon the floor . |
| 6 | John Rhys tells of a fenoderee who was given a suit of clothes ; so disgusted was he with this ‘ bribe ’ that he placed a curse on the family for each item . |
| 7 | So successful was he in this that offers flowed in from publishers and editors on both sides of the Atlantic . |
| 8 | So intent was he in this quest that he , and one presumes the rest of his campaign staff , failed to notice the apparent contradictions in his official campaign photograph . |
| 9 | So startled was he by this sudden onslaught , Ryker momentarily froze , rooted to the spot . |
| 10 | Now erm was it through this union activity you became interested in the Labour Party ? |
| 11 | What was it about this man ? |
| 12 | What was it about this man ? |
| 13 | Was it about this violent chemistry ? |
| 14 | Just what was it about this man that he could arouse her strongest emotions so very easily ? she thought hazily . |
| 15 | But , was it on this main road ? |
| 16 | What was it with this guy ? |
| 17 | Was it for this that earth grew tall ? |
| 18 | But was it for this that the trumpets blew so confidently when the TECs appeared , less than two years ago ? |
| 19 | I was pleased with W F Owtram 's opening two lines : ‘ Was it for this I quitted Rhondda , /In my dreams at large to wander … |
| 20 | It lacks the ‘ glad preamble ’ of the later texts , and by beginning at ‘ Was it for this … ’ ( 1805 Book i , line 271 ) appears to trace the growth of the mind from earliest consciousness . |
| 21 | Was it for this the clay grew tall ? |
| 22 | Was it for this ? |
| 23 | And was it for this awfulness that she had taken the great jump that would divide her from the rest of her life , that she could never go back to , for this she had put herself beyond the pale and ruined her life ? |
| 24 | Was it for this common servitor to censure his habits ? |
| 25 | ‘ Was it for this the clay grew tall , |
| 26 | And so the line could read , ‘ Was it for this the bodies of men grew tall ? ’ |
| 27 | Was it for this the clay grew tall ? |
| 28 | Was it for this the clay grew tall ? |
| 29 | What business was it of this woman how she dressed ? |
| 30 | Was it at this moment that some reciprocal need established an understanding that they two were friends , would know each other for a long part of a life-time ? |