Example sentences of "[adv] this [noun sg] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The land which they had loved and tended for so many generations — to survive off this land was the aim of their lives , the justification for all struggles . |
| 2 | The fat little one who sorted you out this morning was the S.M.O. Get me ? |
| 3 | Even this status was the cause of repeated problems , since the Prior of St Pancras enjoyed separate jurisdictions and there were repeated conflicts between the lord 's men and those of the Prior . |
| 4 | Thinking that maybe this man was the right man , that maybe it was him I should ask him for directions , him who would take me home or wherever it was I was trying to get to . |
| 5 | Sometimes this obstinacy was the refuge of the poor man who can not afford change and to whom stagnation has become a habit of mind necessary for survival ; at other times it represented a sound rejection of improper techniques culled by ‘ philosophical ’ amateurs from the journals of French and English agricultural societies . |
| 6 | Truly this man was the Son of God ( Mark 15:39 ; Matt. |