Example sentences of "[coord] this [noun sg] was [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no race and this case was no game . |
| 2 | ( 28 May 1764 ) Young Mozart 's abilities were continually being tested with demands that he should sight-read , improvise , compose melodies to pre-set bass lines , accompany other performers etc. , and this occasion was no exception : |
| 3 | Tomorrow was Bank Holiday Monday , the highlight of the holiday for all but the most upper and select of classes , and this weekend was a kind of holiday rehearsal for it , albeit muted in respect for the Sabbath . |
| 4 | When an aircraft went on detachment , it was normal practice for those on board to stow their personal baggage in the bomb bays along with the aircraft spares and tool kits and this trip was no exception . |
| 5 | Conradin had no people to love , and this chicken was the boy 's dearest friend . |
| 6 | She had never liked suiting up for trips outside in space , and this suit was an old model , and equipped for combat as well as maintenance . |
| 7 | But they had to protect services and this budget was the only way to do so . |
| 8 | Dana had sailed under a blue sky for too long to have any defence against storms , and this man was the worse kind of cyclone . |
| 9 | Telling you Christmas dinner 's no picnic for The Lady of the House at the best of times and this year was no exception . |
| 10 | CRUFTS is always one of 's busiest times and this year was no exception . |
| 11 | And this year was no exception , with a mammoth 2OO entrants . |
| 12 | Three early poems were published in the Irish Penny Journal , and this volume was the first book she ever possessed . |
| 13 | In the course of two years North developed his own slide show , part accurate , part exaggeration , part emotion , and this representation was the bedrock of the domestic campaign for the contras : the world in 57 pictures of blurry military bases and Communist commandantes , utterly simple in its division between good and bad , and curiously believable . |
| 14 | The Lord was a Jew , and this woman was a Samaritan , a woman of Samaria . |
| 15 | The rocks of the Bomb Circle usually get me thinking and this time was no exception , especially considering the way I 'd lain down inside them like some Christ or something , opened to the sky , dreaming of death . |
| 16 | I mean sexy little telephone calls between he who will be king and his , is she a mistress , is she a girlfriend , is she merely a friend , but at any event she 's married and her husband 's in the next bedroom as far as we can gather , you know erm do those kind of conversations and would , I mean maybe it 's important to sort of say and Anne probably has this , but Peter might not , I mean when I grew up the Royal Family were a cert sort of image and you might have known about George the Third who was mad , I mean who else was brought up George the Third was mad and Geor an and this guy was a , a drunk and this guy was a a womaniser , this guy was this , but Victoria you know mourned for sixty years or whatever it was , but this Royal Family , I E the , the Royal Family with which I grew up and Anne did were really sweet nice little Windsors who behaved themselves and that was what was , went into our psychic and there was the odd crack about Phil the Great who 's the Queen 's husband , you know and how he perhaps had an eye for the ladies , but there was never any photographs of him being or any evidence that it might have gone further than that particular and basically there was , that any , there was the fact that he was a sailor when he married the Queen anyway so all sailors are like that are n't they ! |
| 17 | I mean sexy little telephone calls between he who will be king and his , is she a mistress , is she a girlfriend , is she merely a friend , but at any event she 's married and her husband 's in the next bedroom as far as we can gather , you know erm do those kind of conversations and would , I mean maybe it 's important to sort of say and Anne probably has this , but Peter might not , I mean when I grew up the Royal Family were a cert sort of image and you might have known about George the Third who was mad , I mean who else was brought up George the Third was mad and Geor an and this guy was a , a drunk and this guy was a a womaniser , this guy was this , but Victoria you know mourned for sixty years or whatever it was , but this Royal Family , I E the , the Royal Family with which I grew up and Anne did were really sweet nice little Windsors who behaved themselves and that was what was , went into our psychic and there was the odd crack about Phil the Great who 's the Queen 's husband , you know and how he perhaps had an eye for the ladies , but there was never any photographs of him being or any evidence that it might have gone further than that particular and basically there was , that any , there was the fact that he was a sailor when he married the Queen anyway so all sailors are like that are n't they ! |
| 18 | ‘ Most woman are astounded to find that their numeracy skills are so good , and this group was no exception . |
| 19 | He was a good actor , and this front was an acted part he 'd assume to get his own way . |
| 20 | But this firm was a training ground for these diverse types . |
| 21 | But this voice was no feeble substitute ; it was a direct address from the God who had been silent . |
| 22 | But this sector was the first to feel the heat of intense competition and spiralling development costs . |
| 23 | In only one area did the coalition succeed totally , but this argument was a double-edged sword : Lloyd George had weathered the storm of labour unrest , and after " Black Friday " this was clearly abating . |
| 24 | Apparently they 're supposed to do two curacies before they get one of their own , but this chap was a bit of a favourite of the Bishop and the Bishop is patron of the living . ’ |
| 25 | In the 1860s there was open conflict between the Governor and the non-official members over the size of the colony 's military contribution to the imperial budget and other financial matters , but this fracas was the exception rather than the rule . |
| 26 | I often do it , but this time was a bit worse . ’ |
| 27 | Previously they had the conviction and the confidence but this tape was the final proof , the confirmation of the possibilities . |