Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose we thought Vic must have said try it this way because Matt and I were already into our quarrel and it shows what a pro he was to his fingertips that he carried on as per normal . |
| 2 | Sebastian and I were later to be condemned from altars about divorce . |
| 3 | Sebastian and I were later to be condemned from altars about divorce . ’ |
| 4 | Will and I were mostly at home in Stratford in the summers . |
| 5 | Both Mike and I were away at the time . |
| 6 | I remember on one such occasion in early 1920 , my sister Gladys and I were upstairs in the top back room , looking out of the window , when we heard a terrifying scream . |
| 7 | And and John and I were just in fits . |
| 8 | I were just like that when I were at home on me own at night , John used to play dominoes on a Friday night , the kids were in bed I 'd be in and out of kitchen |
| 9 | These violent rituals became a regular event and the police and I were soon on first-name terms , although most of the beatings took place at the week-ends when I was at my Pop 's house . |
| 10 | Israel and I were both on our knees , side by side , with tears streaming down our faces , yet laughing at the same time . |
| 11 | In 1972 , when he and I were both in the House , I voted in favour of the European Communities Bill , as it then was , and the right hon. Gentleman voted against it . |
| 12 | I took supplies from the Land Rover , according to our agreement , as if I were actually at the cafe . |
| 13 | My wife and I were actually in Hawaii at the time ( combining business and pleasure ) secure , or so I thought , in the knowledge that everything was running smoothly . |
| 14 | He told her : ‘ I dare n't be otherwise — because if I were ever in a compromising situation , if the police raided or if someone kissed and told I 'd be up the creek . ’ |
| 15 | Simon and I were always in trouble because of the garden . |
| 16 | ‘ More or less , ’ she lied , before adding , ‘ although I wish to God I were more like you . ’ |
| 17 | If I were still at Bewick , I should still have my vision of myself quite obliterated by your violent view of how I should be , but I am free now and you can not put the chains back on , it is too late , I am growing up . ’ |
| 18 | and I were still in bed |
| 19 | Well I were there at twenty five to . |
| 20 | Anyway because I were there with them you see he thought it were me that had got it and I says I have n't got it . |
| 21 | In September 1989 , that most disastrous of all salmon fishing seasons , Blair and I were downstream from Paradise Wood . |
| 22 | My pulses were hammering in panic , as if I were really behind bars and spied an escape route that would close forever in a matter of seconds . |
| 23 | Sh she pays me fifty pounds , she rang me up she were away to a funeral |
| 24 | In fact , if she were there for two months , it would be unlikely that it would regard her as a resident . |
| 25 | Well she were there for two hours just trying to . |
| 26 | In Margaret Thatcher 's time — he wished that she were still at the helm — the party could always look forward to a damn good Leader 's speech on the last afternoon . |
| 27 | If she were still in Britain , it would be too late for her to say much in time for morning editions . |
| 28 | She tried to make Martha speak high English at home as if she were still in school , but the old woman often lapsed into patois herself . |
| 29 | " Dear Virginia , " he said quietly , as if she were still by his side . |
| 30 | So you were somewhere between the top and the bottom line again on this |