Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vic and the crew were on the bank , Matt and I were on the raft with about a dozen Indians paddling and poling . |
| 2 | ‘ Dear Thomas and I were on the point of announcing our engagement . |
| 3 | ‘ I wish I were on an island with you and nobody else , with no trouble or danger or terrible memories to make me suffer . ’ |
| 4 | He and I were at a lobby at the House of Commons yesterday , in er , celebration of the mobility allowance , which campaigned very successfully , and we , in the Community Transport field , have very close working relationships and communication . |
| 5 | The earth curved up and around me wherever I went , as if I were at the bottom of a dish , and no matter how far I travelled I could get no nearer the rim — like a spaceman hurtling , as he thinks , towards the edge of the universe , only to find it unfolding before him and closing in behind , so that he is always at the centre . |
| 6 | We stayed in a cottage on the cliffs , overlooking the harbour , and within moments of arrival , my brother Ian and I were at the end of the pier , fishing . |
| 7 | The house was right down at the bottom of the street , and I moved like a ghost from lamp to lamp , tiptoeing for some reason , as if I were in a jungle in dread of attracting the attention of wild animals prowling near me . |
| 8 | ‘ It may seem so to you , but you can take my word for it , if I were in the business of prowling around car parks looking for innocent Bentleys to wreck , I most certainly would n't use my own car as a battering-ram . |
| 9 | It was not Billingsley 's physical size that provoked that fear , for I was of a size with him , nor was it his profession that gave me pause , but rather the aura of incipient violence that he radiated like a blast furnace . |
| 10 | However , there was an entrance fee and I was beyond the stage of paying those so I decided to try and shelter somewhere else . |
| 11 | I was over the moon for Tom , but I was also cold , wet , and in agony with my legs . |
| 12 | I was over the moon at the thought of showing my pals and class-mates a real American dollar . |
| 13 | When I took over at the Department of Health and Social Security , I was under no illusion about the difficulty of my job . |
| 14 | I was under the influence of a power a million times stronger than any drug . |
| 15 | The fine statues on the topmost balconies of the Ayuntamiento and framing the moonlike clock-face gestured against the midnight skies , and at once I was under the spell of the past . |
| 16 | He recalled , ‘ I was under the pressure of being a family man with a daughter , and one day I accepted a job to act in a movie in the day-time and was writing another movie at night . |
| 17 | At last I was under the shadow of the prison arch , splashing and gasping with other ill-glimpsed men . |
| 18 | Well , at least until Sunday when I was on a promise at the hospital with Ruth and some new bandages . |
| 19 | I was on a kind of … half-throttle , emotionally . |
| 20 | yes , I was on a coach to the boat show erm at Earls Court when , when I read it |
| 21 | ‘ I was on a tour of Europe . |
| 22 | When I saw the room , I immediately wanted to call the whole thing off , but the chap already had the cheque and I was on a hiding to nothing with my landlord so I would just have to put up with it . |
| 23 | The excitement of the adventure started to dissipate and I was left with the cold reality of knowing that I was on a train with hardly any money , no ticket and nowhere to go . |
| 24 | I advised the Labour Party over such things as the Vassall inquiry and , together with my friend Dennis Lloyd , I was on a number of committees and investigations to recommend changes in the law — particularly land law ( the working party on land nationalisation ) and the law of landlord and tenant — which were being prepared by the Labour Party for their future use . |
| 25 | Paul was invited to give a series of public lectures at the school , and word got around that I was on the verge of retirement and Paul would be happy to take my place . |
| 26 | It looked as if we had painted ourselves into a corner and I was on the verge of giving up and going home when Jake trundled up with his totter 's cart and his little skewbald pony . |
| 27 | He said : ‘ I was on the verge of the England squad with Norwich and played for the Under-21 side a few times . |
| 28 | I was on the verge of asking her to marry me . |
| 29 | When he came in he saw I was on the verge of tears and said , " What 's wrong ? " |
| 30 | In a flash of over stimulated temper , I was on the verge of silencing Gharr 's laughter with one of my mini-weapons . |