Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] were take " in BNC.
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| 1 | It began one morning at breakfast in the days when I was still a bachelor and Tristan and I were taking our places at the mahogany dining table . |
| 2 | Ah I think it 's when Martin and I were taking a top up on our mortgage the last time erm the building society suggested we took the policy out with you . |
| 3 | What if Mercia and I were to take over Northumbria ? ’ |
| 4 | From Madras my wife and I were taken to see the Shore Temples at Mahabalipuram and beside this is ( or was ) a very large boulder resting on the hillside . |
| 5 | I mean seven years continual dredging for seven years apart from a month they in dock and you were taking out eight hundred tonne every hopper load and some days you were doing five loads and sometimes four loads , was a lot of mud we dumped so much mud out at erm near the Cork Lightship , now you would think they would level theirself off would n't you and if they did n't that up . |
| 6 | And that was er Oh it could break your arm you know , this huge big flywheel and you were taking hold of one of the of the of the spokes and turning it , if it were to backfire suddenly , it could break your arm . |
| 7 | Keep two cartridges in your hand all the time , and then as soon as you 'd handed your gun , and you were taking the other one , and he was the empty one . |
| 8 | And I was downstairs with Lottie ; and we were taking coats , do you see ; people were coming in to lunch or dinner — I forget — we were taking the coats , and a man went upstairs — I do n't know who he was — and he had a big head , and it was completely bald ! |
| 9 | Well I went to , erm they would n't let me go to work on the aircraft so I left and I went to work and the Walsall Electric Company , it was within Walsall and I was there when V E day happened and er a pal of mine said he knew where I could get this job and oh it was travelling about which I enjoyed and er I , I went then to work for Elwells I was there until I went in the army , but they were very much heavy transport and in those days the opencast mining started happening as well and we were taking diggers about bulldozers and tractors , scrapers for the opencast mining and I remember , in the bad winter of forty-seven , they , they took up a big part of Park , trees and everything and they never found a bit of coal and yet when started levelling off at Darleston , for Bentley Garden Village as it was then called , er they were getting coal out and people were going up with prams , barrows and everything and fetching it all out it was only being levelled for building work , and fetching coal , natural coal off Bentley Common the erm I 've wandering off away from the airport a bit have n't I ? |
| 10 | English was defined as including both language and literature and we were to take into account relevant aspects of drama , media studies , information technology and information handling . |
| 11 | English was defined as including both language and literature and we were to take into account relevant aspects of drama , media studies , information technology and information handling . |
| 12 | A few minutes ' drive and we were taken into a building . |
| 13 | A porter let us in and we were taken into a great yard . |
| 14 | and they were taking over-view as well right ? |
| 15 | My parents had stayed over in Middlesbrough that night and they were taking me home the next day . |
| 16 | Exports to them had increased by 200 per cent and they were taking more than half of British exports.30 Colonial trade enabled Britain to pay for continued imports of linens , wines and timber from Europe with re-exported colonial products , which had been paid for by the export of domestic manufactures . |
| 17 | All shipping in the area had been alerted when they went missing , and at 3.30pm the following day the SS Nimoda came across them , and they were taken aboard . |
| 18 | In 1974 the structure changed and they were taken from local authorities and amalgamated within the new health authorities — first area , and then later ( 1982 ) district , health authorities . |
| 19 | that had been through the fire and they were taken out and you know whoever . |
| 20 | They were in a massacre in their village near Mostar and they were taken out by the Flying Tigers to Split . |
| 21 | I marked it as Tracey 's but I were taking Tracey 's book in were n't I ? |
| 22 | Dacourt also was provided with his own chamber but we were taken to the top of the palace . |
| 23 | Petrie thought John a little embarrassed to see them , but they were taken to watch rehearsals and John took them in his Mercedes to Alsace-Lorraine to show them museums and other sights , and treat them to a memorable dinner . |
| 24 | The group expected Charman to be upset but they were taken aback at his extreme response . |
| 25 | The exact details of the complaint are not recorded , but they were taken seriously enough by the Goldsmiths , who summoned the deputy to London to explain his conduct to them in person . |
| 26 | We tried to write letters to you — but they were taken away by the cai and burned . |
| 27 | There was other Ramseys too , that lived further up the glen but they were taken round on the road way . |