Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It needed no great powers of prophecy to realize that Nigel and I were on a collision course . |
| 2 | Suddenly I found that he and I were on a collision course , both in Atlas aircraft . |
| 3 | Towards noon , the mirage drew nearer , to about half a mile , as if I were on an island trapped by the in-coming tide . |
| 4 | ‘ I wish I were on an island with you and nobody else , with no trouble or danger or terrible memories to make me suffer . ’ |
| 5 | He and I were at a lobby at the House of Commons yesterday , in er , celebration of the mobility allowance , which campaigned very successfully , and we , in the Community Transport field , have very close working relationships and communication . |
| 6 | Feeling as if I were under an enchantment , I walked the narrow way , between vivid white handrails that shone in the half-light . |
| 7 | Galway was the strangest town I had ever visited , and I felt as if I were in a dream . |
| 8 | ‘ I always thought , if I were in a hole , you 'd be the sort of chap I might turn to . |
| 9 | The house was right down at the bottom of the street , and I moved like a ghost from lamp to lamp , tiptoeing for some reason , as if I were in a jungle in dread of attracting the attention of wild animals prowling near me . |
| 10 | But now Valeria and I were in a quandary . |
| 11 | It was not Billingsley 's physical size that provoked that fear , for I was of a size with him , nor was it his profession that gave me pause , but rather the aura of incipient violence that he radiated like a blast furnace . |
| 12 | ‘ That is fortunate , ’ said the emir , ‘ for I was of a mind to present you with none . |
| 13 | If I was of a mind to stop washing and shaving and go live in a bus and drive around the country shitting in farmers ' fields and killing their sheep and being hassled by the pigs and pilloried by the Daily Star and generally being ‘ free ’ , this is the record I would choose to do it to . |
| 14 | I was worth a try , Josie thought sadly . |
| 15 | I am always drawn back to it as if I was under a compulsion " They are telling the truth . |
| 16 | If you passed for Sergeant , you got two ten-shilling special allowances , and when I got made Sergeant , I was on a bike allowance of seven shillings a week . |
| 17 | And I myself , as er your course leader has indicated , I was on a course here myself some four weeks ago listening to the same subject , doing the physical exercises etcetera etcetera and listening and trying to take in , I wo n't say I did , trying to take in all the different aspects that will affect us in our er retirement years . |
| 18 | It 's quite interesting that it 's the theatre that 's doing it , I was on a course last week in Sussex , a management course and there was Bradford theatre companies were there erm , from all the different theatres and they , they organize it and they organize the volunteers |
| 19 | Now children am I right in thinking that when Mrs came in and took some lessons with you when I was on a course that she taught you how to count up to thirty ? |
| 20 | The morning was wasting away and I was on a promise to deliver women for Simon down in Southwark . |
| 21 | Well , at least until Sunday when I was on a promise at the hospital with Ruth and some new bandages . |
| 22 | A few weeks later I was on a troopship , the converted Andes , with 3,000 men , bound for the Middle East via the Cape . |
| 23 | I was on a kind of … half-throttle , emotionally . |
| 24 | During the first two months I was on a King 's Kids Outreach Tour . |
| 25 | I dreamed I was on a case . |
| 26 | I was on a case . |
| 27 | yes , I was on a coach to the boat show erm at Earls Court when , when I read it |
| 28 | ‘ I was on a tour of Europe . |
| 29 | ‘ I was on a cruise liner , ’ Lucy said absently , continuing to study the menu while her mind raced through all the angles . |
| 30 | I am very worried now because I was on a deportation order , the immigration had n't been settled . |