Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [prep] this [noun] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reasoning that led to this development was clearly expressed in a remarkable passage in a late writing known as the Persian Rivayat : |
| 2 | The tears that came with this knowledge were now true tears of grieving for his father 's death , and the knowledge that they would never communicate with each other . |
| 3 | The real message that came from this question was that many family and part-time farmers had wives willing to do more than at present . |
| 4 | Well , the procedure that followed in this case was that the er captain obviously made clear from er H M S erm Battleaxe that was originally involved , that the embargo would be enforced , er and obviously his message got across , and then it was arranged for marines to go aboard , er which they did to take charge of , of the vessel while the search took place . |
| 5 | Another conclusion that emerged from this study was that around one thousand objects would need to be sampled to be able to detect the sort of peaks which were actually present . |
| 6 | The only dog that remained in this country was Rintelna The Bombadier , who was bought by Mary MacPhail . |
| 7 | But superimposed on this background were brief ‘ bursts ’ of high-frequency activity , in which whole ensembles of cells were firing in some sort of rhythmic synchrony ( Figure 10.10 ) . |
| 8 | Erm printed in the official copy for this but left off this copy were the names , also the Reverend of Glangothwyn and the Reverend Victor of Hamwell Erm does anybody else wish to make any comments on the minutes of . |