Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] was [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But whereas my wife could have learnt in what direction I was from her had she heard me , there is nothing I can learn from it . |
| 2 | Although Chi Chi was forty-six or so , he could still play some , and in the eighteen months I was with him he actually broke two course records on the tour . |
| 3 | A glint of admiration showed in his eyes , and before she could open her mouth she was in his arms and his mouth was on hers . |
| 4 | In all its unmistakable force it was before him . |
| 5 | In one stride he was against her and he caught her to him so savagely that every bit of breath seemed to leave her body . |
| 6 | I ca n't remember the telly programme he was in something like Budgie it was n't Budgie though . |
| 7 | The instant fitzAlan was free of the doorway he was through it , shoving Ellen roughly to one side and racing into the street . |
| 8 | In the short term it was in their interest to co-operate with the rest of the council , and the real test of their ambitions would come after the coronation , when they would be in a position to exploit their closeness to the new king . |
| 9 | In the short term it was in their interest to co-operate with the rest of the council , and the real test of their ambitions would come after the coronation , when they would be in a position to exploit their closeness to the new king . |
| 10 | But her smile was strange — as if she was sharing a secret with me , that this was an illusion it was for us two , not the old man , to foster . |
| 11 | Zone I was in its way as much of a prison for the Commandant as for the eight hundred men to whom he played a vague mutation of God and Commissar . |
| 12 | She ran through the gardens to him , and in a second she was in his arms . |
| 13 | In this dream she was outside herself , yet watching a person who must be herself strangling an adolescent boy . |
| 14 | So it , then I had erm , I brought up my husband 's sister 's daughter from when she was fourteen , I brought her oh , yes fourteen , I brought her up for nine years and br brought her up as my own daughter like because she got , got to be put away in a home and I did n't want her to have to go into a home so I , I brought her up you know we brought her up and sort of as , I lost my little girl she was with me like , see and she still comes to me like , she still calls but she calls me mum , mother like now , ha , you know all those years I had her , she 's married and her family 's grown up now and er she 's got one daughter left , left at home who 's just got engaged that 's Mrs from er she lives , yes so , so that was my hubby 's er sister 's daughter she only had the one daughter and two brothers , but she , the brothers she do n't hear nothing of them they just , you know they were gon na put her in a home , but we took her so she did n't have to go in a home , I did n't want her to have to go in a home |
| 15 | After more than fifty-four years of marriage she was by his side when he died at the age of eighty-four , at 21 Frimley Gardens , Mitcham , south London , 4 June 1943 . |
| 16 | Then he lowered her to the ground and shifted over her , and for a second it was like it had been before and fear touched her , but then his lips came down and brushed her mouth , and she was lost . |
| 17 | At her first move to get up he leaned over and lifted the bike from her , but before she could get to her feet he was beside her , sitting on the grass and looking down into her flushed face . |
| 18 | In an instant she was on her knees , quenching her thirst with the summer sweetness . |
| 19 | In an instant she was in his arms and he had kissed her , one short , hard kiss , and had pushed her from him , saying , ‘ Go on . |
| 20 | In a flash she was off her bed and on her way to have it out with the one man responsible . |
| 21 | She moved round the flat like a whirlwind , and in minutes she was in her light raincoat . |
| 22 | ‘ Before Vladmir I was on my own . |
| 23 | I could not be happy doing that , but as a pop singer I was in my element , because really all I d I did n't even think of it as singing , I thought of it , when I performed on stage as a pop singer I just thought of of it really of making love to the audience . |
| 24 | Good job I was with her . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Not if some big flatfoot is just going to barge in on her and say I 'm shouting it all over town I was with her last night . ’ |
| 26 | But you know I think certainly the shift I was with you know I er I was impressed . |
| 27 | In a moment she was beside him and leaning forward , her narrowed eyes poring over the detailed plans , and excitement growing within her . |
| 28 | The next moment she was in his arms and he had kicked the door shut behind him . |
| 29 | Five weeks she was in it . |
| 30 | little practical work , whereas the group she was in you know , it was so many weeks of school but the majority |