Example sentences of "[coord] this [noun sg] [was/were] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | & this Helianor was of the daughters , heirs |
2 | Only one of the control subjects was similarly positive , and this sample was from the upper lobe of a lung with clear apical capping suggestive of old asymptomatic infection with M tuberculosis . |
3 | So he said , you were on the right and this lady was on the left near the gutter side ? |
4 | Only the pavement from the New Market Hall site , Gloucester , provides unequivocal evidence for a fourth century date , and this mosaic was in a fragmentary condition when discovered ( McWhirr 1974 , pI . |
5 | Yes well it was er we lived at the top of the second hill and this school was at the bottom . |
6 | Sabine was in the study and this painting was on the wall . ’ |
7 | ‘ And this picture was on the easel then ? ’ |
8 | When the directors of the London and North Western Railway organised their company in the last century they decided to build an engineering works , for locomotives and rolling stock , near the centre of their network , and this point was in the countryside at Crewe . |
9 | Interestingly , at the time of Burgess ' model , Sneinton and Radford were still on the outskirts of the city and this housing was for the workers at the Players , clothing , and Raleigh factories . |
10 | Although outside the sun was shining and this room was in the front of the house , no glimmer of sunlight filtered through the venetian blinds and the half-drawn curtains , only a dusty grey luminosity which seemed to chill the room . |
11 | Yes , and , and this path was at the side of the fields like , you know , that , went just on the edge like , you know . |
12 | But this contempt was like a typhoon blowing away all my resources and possessions . |