Example sentences of "[coord] this [was/were] [adv] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It just started from there and Michael said he liked the way I played and that he would help me along in the industry , and this was just before his career hit . |
| 2 | It is true that Dicey , the LPDL , and later the BCA , allied themselves with the Conservative party , but this was not because they considered themselves Conservatives . |
| 3 | The state was of course sometimes perceived as an alien entity by peasants living in remote rural areas , but this was not because it was Western . |
| 4 | But this was not because I received no proposals . |
| 5 | Buildings , also , seldom appear in his paintings but this was not because he lacked the ability as his etchings show . |
| 6 | I may also have dwelt too long on the years between 1690 and 1730 , but this was simply because it seems to be most people 's favourite period . |