Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [was/were] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was an attempt to get bigger ratings but I said Boon would have to stay with ordinary social issues or I was out . ’ |
| 2 | Either that or he was about to sneeze . |
| 3 | Either that , or he was in for a very sticky evening indeed . |
| 4 | The following morning my crew and I were up at 4 am when the tide lifted us . |
| 5 | A few pints later , when the Vomits were doing their first encore , Jamie and I were up dancing , jumping up and down , Jamie shouting and clapping his hands and dancing about on my shoulders . |
| 6 | I wondered if he thought Dana and I were about to tie the knot , or whether he was thinking of us individually — the latter , I think , because he had warned me against marriage once or twice before when I had shown what he regarded as too much interest in a woman friend . |
| 7 | She and I were about to have a glass of champagne . ’ |
| 8 | The Fat Controller and I were back inside the bolt when it arrived from the bonded warehouse at Felixstowe . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It happened one night when Derek and I were down there . |
| 11 | My girlfriends and I were out making the passeggiata . |
| 12 | Brian and I were out riding one morning when we suddenly heard heavy firing ahead of us . |
| 13 | Soon Jacob and I were out on the lonely , snow-covered hills . |
| 14 | This he duly did while Eric and I were out flying kites . |
| 15 | ‘ Rastani and I were out of the Tower . |
| 16 | Nan and I were out shopping . |
| 17 | I was on two bags a day when I went to see me GP and I was on between a quarter and half a gram when I got to the hospital . |
| 18 | No , we 're gon na have breakfast there and I was on about going get some whatever for lunch but I 'm not particularly bothered . |
| 19 | land up , up there , it took , it took put the bill in , it 's next , it 's next , we need this next two or three bloody month and I was on about this and I was on about that ev it 's possible this is what a lot of them going and getting , you do n't want it |
| 20 | land up , up there , it took , it took put the bill in , it 's next , it 's next , we need this next two or three bloody month and I was on about this and I was on about that ev it 's possible this is what a lot of them going and getting , you do n't want it |
| 21 | Now I do n't know how they managed this dear because she was coming round in the day with little Donna with her and I was around and there you are you see . |
| 22 | and I found two pairs of Michelle 's knickers after that , I did n't know what , now I do n't know how they manage this year because , she was coming round in the day with little Donna with her and I was around , there you are , you see , these , they , they will love and find a way , anyway , erm , I said dear look , a woman needs a man to support her I said mark my words when the chap that she 's got at the moment is taken her out to disco 's and things , she 'll find that he does n't really want to kick in and help to support her . |
| 23 | Then the American announcer said , ‘ The bronze medal , Linford Christie , Great Britain , ’ and I was up on the plinth , the medal was around my neck and the Union Jacks were waving . |
| 24 | However , about ten o'clock the police car come up into the close and I was up in the workshop and I says to him I says , aye , I says , have you found Charlie ? |
| 25 | The party ended late and I was up early this morning . ’ |
| 26 | And it only needed the habitually mournful expressions of one of the dogs to deepen a little and I was round there post haste . |
| 27 | Two weeks after my course finished and I was back in the ‘ real world ’ on a murder enquiry , I received notification I had been awarded the second scholarship in the force . |
| 28 | I only had to shut my eyes and inhale and I was back in Russia . |
| 29 | Tony had just returned from Iceland , his epic cycle tour , and I was back from Switzerland , buoyed up by time spent working at the Research Station on the Jungfraujoch . |
| 30 | The next morning at Hillside for the pre-qualifier ( it was strange that someone who had finished runner-up in the 1960 Open should have to pre-qualify the next year , but they were the championship rules in those days ) Mr Munro was with Gary player and I was back with Mr Palmer . |