Example sentences of "this was [art] [noun sg] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A little reputation outside the parish began to grow — that this was a curate who could talk . |
| 2 | This was a dimension he could not remember in the old Elsie . |
| 3 | I thought that this was a painting I should n't discuss with Lili , but only when I had walked to the end of the gallery to look at an innocuous picture of a group of long-haired sheep did I ask myself what Robert had been doing in Marie Claire 's bedroom . |
| 4 | But this was a question she could handle . |
| 5 | This was a man she could trust and this was the man she loved . |
| 6 | Jimmy Wilde , our centre-half , made an excellent debut for us in preventing Simpson from scoring but manager Fred Maven and Secretary Edmund Goodman knew immediately that this was a man who could do great things for Palace . |
| 7 | This was a rebuff which could not go unpunished , especially since the income of the lord of Deols was reputed to be equal to the ordinary revenues of Normandy . |
| 8 | This was a game she could n't win . |
| 9 | A peremptory demand for " wholeness " , a specialist " science " requiring " cool impartiality " , and strong personal feelings for the object of that science — this was a combination which could hardly be stable for long . |
| 10 | This was a connection which would almost certainly not have developed but for Gloucester 's duchy office . |
| 11 | This was a connection which would almost certainly not have developed but for Gloucester 's duchy office . |
| 12 | This was a situation which could only last a short time before complete economic and social collapse ensued . |
| 13 | Sir John Hall ( who has n't cottoned on to the sponsored pitch idea yet ) said after assuming the chairmanship of Newcastle United ‘ If this was a business it would have failed ’ . |
| 14 | It meant that after Allison 's six successive miscarriages , this was a baby they 'd stop at nothing to save . |
| 15 | He realized in that instant that his entire life would be changed utterly — that this was no sentimental longing , no passing fancy or phase , this was a feeling he would live by , whatever the costs . |
| 16 | FitzGerald — that this was a matter which could be considered as soon as Lord Lowry passed on — being considered by the Government now ? |
| 17 | She let it be known that this was a cause she would wish to be supported and therefore we intend to open a Fund for a period of six months from 1st March — 1st September at the end of which time the Society will donate the money to the hospital in Molly 's name . |
| 18 | But this was a , this was a priority he would n't have , they would n't bothered anyone unless they got a husband in the background , somewhere . |
| 19 | In my judgment , this was an order which ought never to have been made at any stage of the case . |
| 20 | Gradually , it dawned on me that this was an organisation which would allow me to take and give . |
| 21 | She said that this was the way he would have wanted to die . |
| 22 | This was the arena which would provide grandstand finishes on the Saturday and Sunday at peak television time . |
| 23 | Why this was the case we shall return to later ; for the moment our concern must be with the chronology , distribution and causes of the enclosures themselves . |
| 24 | This was the man she would follow if he merely smiled . |
| 25 | This was the conclusion I could not avoid in the months after becoming a Christian . |