Example sentences of "[coord] this [was/were] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | well we had in the bank , we had calor gas lamps and when the power cut came we had to have the calor gas lamps on , and er , at night you 'd get home and you knew what area was going off at what time and you used to have to rush round , I remember once , it was going off about six and it went off early , it went off about five instead , and I 'd started cooking the tea , luckily got a gas cooker and this was at Abbott Road , it started |
| 2 | The area demised was Upper Langdale and Tilberthwarte , with Sir John reserving one-twelfth of the prepared ore as his Royalty , and this was in addition to his percentage of the profits , for he became a partner in the venture upon his own insistence ! |
| 3 | In winning the Light Manx Courtney added on to his Junior win on Wednesday and this was in addition to the Newcomers success he scored last year . |
| 4 | Because of this , Marx took as one of his main tasks the understanding of how this system came into being , and this was in order to discover why this system had such power of the minds of those who operated it , whether exploiters or exploited . |
| 5 | It is clear from the above that higher headquarters placed great emphasis on L Detachment remaining essential fly as a parachute unit , and this was in keeping with Stirling 's doctrine that his men should be able to arrive at a target by whatever means were most suitable . |
| 6 | In that case , at any rate , there was little question of the boys ' dispute creating a relationship of permanent hostility between the two groups ; and this was in part the consequence of the wider peace , sanctioned by authority , which generally prevailed in Libya . |
| 7 | And there came with him thirty and six Kings , and one Moorish Queen , who was a negress , and she brought with her two hundred horsewomen , all negresses like herself , all having their hair shorn save a tuft on the top , and this was in token that they came as if upon a pilgrimage , and to obtain the remission of their sins ; and they were all armed in coats of mail and with Turkish bows . |
| 8 | I was wearing a thick semi-dry suit and I was quite cold the water was cold and this was in June I was quite nervous and I was forever adjusting my buoyancy to achieve neutral buoyancy . |
| 9 | And this was in training as well . |
| 10 | He talked glowingly about nuclear powered aircraft but this was beyond Argentina 's ability and so they settled for more conventional designs . |
| 11 | We have now won 15 FA Cup ties against League clubs to set a record — but this was without doubt our most comprehensive performance . |
| 12 | Criticisms have already been made in chapter 3 of Marx 's tendency to overemphasize production as opposed to consumption , but this was in relation to abstract theory . |
| 13 | The Foreign Office advised him very strongly to take no part in the transaction , but this was in fact an encouragement . |
| 14 | A fourth patient died from viral pneumonia , but this was in hospital and expected . |
| 15 | But this was in Australia . |
| 16 | But this was after gains of £225,000 from selling part of its stake in Total Systems Plc . |