Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following morning my crew and I were up at 4 am when the tide lifted us . |
| 2 | You know when I were up at Darren 's |
| 3 | when I were up at Darren 's . |
| 4 | Anyway , er she come about aye , that 's what I were on about , I says , d' ya know I feel right sorry for Maggie out the lot of you ! |
| 5 | I were on about that today , I ca n't remember who I talked to . |
| 6 | Now what we 're on about yeah as I were on about , that er what I do is , with days like this , cos you can never guarantee if they 're gon na be dry , wet or what , so I watch to see if it rains , if it do n't they 're virtually dry when I fetch them in . |
| 7 | ‘ The table I write on , I say , exists , that is , I see and feel it ; and if I were out of my study I should say it existed , meaning thereby that if I was in my study I might perceive it . ’ |
| 8 | Er well I were out of work and er municipal elections used to come in November . |
| 9 | ‘ Rastani and I were out of the Tower . |
| 10 | Soon Jacob and I were out on the lonely , snow-covered hills . |
| 11 | as if I were back at university . |
| 12 | Well er it was only I 'd been a wee while at er Birsay and a wee while at Crantit till I were back at Holland but it was a different farm I was in then it was a bit different . |
| 13 | If I were back at the A squared , I squared is minus one , so I 've got minus three squared , there 's two give me by I Equals minus thirty nine , now because those two complex numbers are the same are the same , so sixteen is E S squared minus three square , the imaginary grids are also the same , so minus thirty equals two , eight B. |
| 14 | I stammered out a fairly acceptable reason for declining their invitation to make a personal appearance at the songs premiere , and very shortly Mala and I were back on our ship as Posi took us off-planet , with much relief all round . |
| 15 | The Fat Controller and I were back inside the bolt when it arrived from the bonded warehouse at Felixstowe . |
| 16 | It was as if I were back in Roman times . |
| 17 | I desired with almost sickening intensity something never to be described ( except that it is cold , spacious , severe , pale and remote ) and then , as in the other examples , found myself at the very same moment already falling out of that desire and wishing I were back in it . |
| 18 | I were down at their house and she 'd got these and she 'd |
| 19 | On one occasion I was round at a neighbour 's house and despite my warnings that it could get rather messy , they insisted that I show them how Dawn fed . |
| 20 | ‘ I was round at Mother 's that night . ’ |
| 21 | Yeah Lis Lisa came in yesterday when I was round at Zed 's and she was complaining about how her keep fit class they bloody put on rave music . |
| 22 | I was over on the island . |
| 23 | One day , a year later , I was over on the west side of the island . |
| 24 | Oh , no , I was n't down by the river , I was over on the side next to the road . |
| 25 | So there 's a good year and a half at Southwell so I know the area , in fact I was over at Southwell when Simon was a police officer , covering the area . |
| 26 | Well , like I was saying I was over in Israel doing research on the migration of birds of prey . |
| 27 | I was over in Belfast and I came back and it were green . |
| 28 | I was over in Clapham . |
| 29 | I was over by the Orchard and then this . |
| 30 | ‘ They brought some other poor sod in , ’ he said , as if in answer to my question , ‘ but I was over behind the door and they did n't see me . |