Example sentences of "[pron] were on " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I were on the pay side in the Treasury , I would be prepared to permit maximum flexibility on the salary and conditions offered to the successful applicant . |
| 2 | Even from where Taff and I were on the road it was obvious that the dead soldiers were German . |
| 3 | John and I were on the dole . |
| 4 | It needed no great powers of prophecy to realize that Nigel and I were on a collision course . |
| 5 | Finally Mary Knelle and I were on our way once more , driving past hillsides where neat black cut-away shapes showed that turf had been extracted . |
| 6 | Towards noon , the mirage drew nearer , to about half a mile , as if I were on an island trapped by the in-coming tide . |
| 7 | ‘ I would n't ask him for help if I were on a sinking ship and he was the only one with a lifebelt ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ What I would like to know is why you saw fit to tell barefaced lies to your grandmother while your Dad and I were on holiday . ’ |
| 9 | It was about then I felt as if I were on a small boat on stormy seas . |
| 10 | ‘ Charles Laubscher and I were on standby , ’ relates Gerald Bellamy , ‘ and for some reason did not hear the scramble . |
| 11 | Years later Moira and I were on board the Queen Elizabeth II as guest lecturers when she sailed from Hong Kong to Acapulco in Mexico as part of that year 's world cruise . |
| 12 | Now Derek and I were on one side of the hedge , stuffing the ferrets down , and Brian was positioned on the other , with the bird , waiting for the evicted rabbits . |
| 13 | ‘ If I were on holiday , Nigel would be the first person I 'd contact when I got back . |
| 14 | Mike the Rhodesian and I were on ‘ corvée ’ duties one afternoon and were carrying the dustbins out to the shed behind the cookhouse where all the rubbish was deposited , which was home to a lot of stray cats and some aggressive rats . |
| 15 | I mean it stuck out like a sore thumb , I mean er by King George 's playing fields erm cos of the , they had n't the , th the , the s other story for that was as I said was we they sent er some of us to a class in Walsall for er aircraft recognition and er the days I went to this class , cos I went as er , er both for the factory and for the Home Guard , so that I could cover both the factory and when I were on duty , Home Guard and we was at a building on the corner of Corporation Street and west , and we was taking classes in there . |
| 16 | All they told me was that if I were on the public payroll I 'd take a ride out to Westminster Drive and have a long talk with Mrs. Laura Channing . |
| 17 | ‘ I wish I were on an island with you and nobody else , with no trouble or danger or terrible memories to make me suffer . ’ |
| 18 | In fact before when I was tha when I was young I was I met th I were on night shift meself ganging . |
| 19 | Vic and the crew were on the bank , Matt and I were on the raft with about a dozen Indians paddling and poling . |
| 20 | And it and it actually cleared up , got better while I were on holiday . |
| 21 | ‘ Dear Thomas and I were on the point of announcing our engagement . |
| 22 | Heather and I were on friendly terms by then . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's not very proper and if I were on my feet you would n't say things like that . ’ |
| 24 | Suddenly I found that he and I were on a collision course , both in Atlas aircraft . |
| 25 | The work had dropped off yeah , and then I were on the , on the labour for a short time and erm then I got a job next door to where I lived , straight next door . |
| 26 | That 's how I were on Monday when I were full of cold , I went to bed in end , cos it were warmer . |
| 27 | And I were on fire from head to foot ! |
| 28 | but when they were ringing I were on phone to John 's mum because there were someone hanging about house , so I talked to John 's mum for ages on phone and then Debbie rang , did n't she ? |
| 29 | I were on phone to her and Michael took the phone off and he went Shelley , she said what ? |
| 30 | The Duty Officer , elderly and paunchy , raised a lumpy face from a crime sheet , or a sports paper , both of which were on his desk , looked again , and stood up . |