Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [prep] our " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Both Deborah and I are at our wits ’ end . ’ |
| 2 | So she is as interested as I am in our surroundings : china cabinets full of dishes and ornaments inherited from the households of several unknown and long-dead cousins , armchairs with bloated cushions , a piano that no one has played in forty years . |
| 3 | ‘ Me , I 'm like our mother , ’ Ryan had gone on to enlighten her . |
| 4 | Mind you , I 'm like our Colin as well in a lot of ways . |
| 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 | When you and I were in our slit trenches sheltering from the shit that 's flying about , these two here were running around the orchard picking up the dead and wounded . ’ |
| 7 | Four hours later , three miles on , the lads and I were in our tents . |
| 8 | ‘ I was at our sanctuary in Rossett feeding him this morning . |
| 9 | He was as anxious as I was about our journey to Glastonbury and the next morning we went down to the palace refectory feeling heavy-eyed and sluggish . |
| 10 | I write with a strong sense of the necessity of continuing our — talk , and without premeditation , under the impression that you were indeed as much struck as I was by our quite extraordinary to ask if it would be possible for me to call on you , perhaps one day next week . |
| 11 | ‘ There I was in our ‘ ouse reading the Labour manifesto to Our Jack — well , he loves fairy stories … ’ she began , her audience lapping it up . |
| 12 | George Little , High Street , Great Ayton , Middlesbrough : I was in our office at ICI Billingham . |
| 13 | ‘ Ah , here you are with our coffee already . ’ |
| 14 | You ARE on our side , are n't ye ? ’ |
| 15 | Send us your photo and tell us how similar you are to our average reader . |
| 16 | ‘ You are in our way . |
| 17 | We wish you good fortune and good hunting while you are in our colony — but of course that is not all . " |
| 18 | Then he said , " As I think I 've mentioned to you before , Peter , it 's a good thing you 're on our side of the law . |
| 19 | ‘ You 're like our Miss Tilley then , a deaconess . ’ |
| 20 | He always makes you feel welcome when you 're round our house . |
| 21 | I remember how helpful you were in our own cases . ’ |
| 22 | " Yes , my child , she 's in our living quarters , just back there . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , she 's in our dressing-room and nobody likes her . |
| 24 | One girl there , she 's in our group she had brilliant , really good singing voice . |
| 25 | She 's after our Robbie . ’ |
| 26 | She is at our home in Suresnes . |
| 27 | There is no reason to suppose we will be any better , in the long run , at demonstrating respect towards our partner than we are to our parents and relatives . |
| 28 | The more in touch we are with our own life experience , the greater chance we will have of listening to God screaming his love for us in the ordinary events of our lives . |
| 29 | ‘ We are at our wits ; end here ’ , say the airport management , ‘ and this has caused considerable upset and annoyance to the lady owning the number published ’ . |
| 30 | We are at our best when discussing census and survey documents . |