Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [num] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dennis Lloyd and I were two of them , and the third was Desmond ( now Lord ) Plummer , who was an estate agent and surveyor and an expert on rent restriction . |
| 2 | IF I were one of the millions who good heartedly subscribe on a regular basis to the NSPCC , I would , at the moment , be seriously considering whether my money was in sensible hands . |
| 3 | Later , when I was more familiar with the beliefs and practices of the movement and had ‘ learned the language ’ , I would interact with the Moonies as though I were one of them , and , although I never pretended that I accepted their beliefs or that I was anything other than a sociologist studying the movement , members who did not know me would mistake me for a member — the Moonies themselves were no longer ‘ translating ’ for me when we were interacting . |
| 4 | I should like to have a good bath — I have n't had one for weeks — and something to eat , before you begin to cut me up as though I were one of your business opponents laid out for you to hand them the coup de grâce . ’ |
| 5 | NUMEROSO : Perhaps he will , but if I were one of the people coming to live here I 'd want some kind of security I think … or would I ? |
| 6 | He looked down at her , about to kiss her good-night as if she were one of Francesca 's friends , and pulled himself up . |
| 7 | When Ivy and Margaret had gone to get their gas masks in 1939 ‘ the girl ’ had asked Margaret if she were one of the heroines of An Adventure . |
| 8 | Only Spiderglass could protect her — if she were one of them . |
| 9 | Anthony put an arm gently around her shoulders and urged her upstairs back to bed as though she were one of his charges from the orphanage . |
| 10 | I , I did n't get in while er I thought she were ten to four and I got a phone message off my daughter-in-law would I ring her . |
| 11 | If you were one of the few to risk the Queen Elizabeth Hall on Monday , you would have been able to find no information about the composers being played . |
| 12 | Here we find the ring of truth because if you were one of the disciples and Jesus had appeared to you , what would you have told your friends ? |
| 13 | You are curious , you are looking for something else , because this is the second time that you have invited me to have a drink , you order cheiro as though you were one of us , you are a foreigner and pretend to speak like us , yet you drink little and then you stay silent and wait for me to speak . |
| 14 | What would you do if you were one of Ron Carrington 's doctors ? |
| 15 | It was torture and you were one of those who suffered most . |
| 16 | An ordinary shut door , for example , would not be opaque to you , if you were one of those species of bat or whale who relied heavily upon detection of sound waves ! |
| 17 | ‘ I thought you were one of them . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You realise that you were one of the last people to see Dr Wetherby alive ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Always knew you were one of me mates , ’ said Archie , highly gratified that things had suddenly been made easy for him . |
| 20 | If your town was cabled and you were one of 80,000 house-holders who paid a subscription , you could get a variety of extra specialized channels such as sport and movies . |
| 21 | And I ca n't say I have the slightest sympathy for them , and I would also guess that you were one of those caught with their financial trousers down . ’ |
| 22 | Hugh you 've been minister of the parish of Inverleith here in Edinburgh for the past seventeen years , and I understand you were one of the very first vice convenors of the Board when it was set up eight years ago having already served the church on the former Interchurch Relations Committee . |
| 23 | If you were one of the killers … ’ |
| 24 | Either Choose one of these and tell the whole story of what happened — as if you were one of the people in the story . |
| 25 | 2 as if you were one of the Spiggies . |
| 26 | Thus the Intelligence Service could be MI6 , just Six , or The Firm , The Friends ( said with a knowing , slightly twisted , smile ) or , if you were one of Agnes 's mob , the Other Mob . |
| 27 | ‘ You were one of the main items on the meeting paper . |
| 28 | ‘ Why did you give me the impression that you were one of my father 's employees ? ’ she questioned without preamble . |
| 29 | ‘ You were one of several people who were probably going to be let go on my recommendation as part of a rationalisation programme , but the manner in which I caused it to happen … |
| 30 | ‘ You let me go on believing that you were one of their crew , ’ she persisted heatedly , provoked by his bland unconcern . |