Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Heinrich and I were with each other all the time . |
| 2 | If one wants to be accepted as a mainstream , serious film-maker it does n't strike me , if I were in that position , as a shrewd career move . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm glad I was of some use to you , ’ she said , unable to keep an edge of tartness from her voice . |
| 4 | Erm no , I 'm normally I 'm , funny I was over that way last weekend cos er , you know , pop over to the beach and things . |
| 5 | I was above such things . |
| 6 | If they knew I was under that sort of pressure , they 'd stop giving me rides altogether . |
| 7 | I had a paper to say and they said there was too much money coming in here a week , because you were working that I could n't get anything and I , it said , I wrote , it , it all come when I wrote to say could I have relief off of prescriptions cos I was on that H I V at the time |
| 8 | Yes that 's how that 's how it was , yes all I was on that gate , I 'd been on that gate myself dozens of times . |
| 9 | And it 's frightening , but I , I mean , I know from my days at British Telecom , I 'd say I was on that phone , really |
| 10 | And they thought I was on that plane blown up . |
| 11 | I was on that plane . |
| 12 | I was on all day and I , it did n't come off until about four o'clock |
| 13 | Strenuous laybacking for 40 feet or so brings better holds , allowing exhilaratingly steep bridging , and the whole rope will have run out by the time you pull onto the platform at the top , all too soon for the fit , but thankfully for the tired or those leading at their limit , as I was on this occasion . |
| 14 | I was on this side of consciousness , just , feeling very sick , with a huge head . |
| 15 | I was on this planet . |
| 16 | Last time I was on this programme I think we had the same conversation , did n't we ? |
| 17 | then I was on this roller and then we got er started up at the power station with the |
| 18 | He really you know made me feel I say I were n't sat there like I was with that fella thinking well he do n't seem to know what he 's saying anyway . |
| 19 | My boyfriend knew nothing of these habits and the first move was to tell him , which relieved me incredibly ( actually to admit to someone how unhappy I was with these eating habits ) . |
| 20 | From time to time , and I think mainly to keep in touch , Aunt Janie would ring me to ask if I could come to the house to help with a small task , such as fixing the cellar door , hammering in a stray loose plank over the cistern and so on — although she must have known as well as I did how useless I was at such household chores . |
| 21 | I was at all times impressed by their standard of workmanship . |
| 22 | I was at that time in Jesus Christ , Superstar . |
| 23 | And I was at that time a married man with two children . |
| 24 | I was at that time really completely persuaded of the relevance and interest of this approach and of this subject matter . |
| 25 | Julian Charley , to Edward England , my publisher , and to St. John 's College , Nottingham , where I was at that time principal , and by whose Governors I had been given study leave in order to write the book . |
| 26 | So my mother brought us all to on the train and er I was at that time about let's see nineteen thirty twenty I think I was eight years of age then . |
| 27 | I was at that time calling on and off at Faber 's , sometimes seeing Eliot and sometimes missing him . |
| 28 | I was at that party last night , the same as you . ’ |
| 29 | I was actually flashed at er in the library and what I thought of I would of done was completely different to what I actually did , erm , I thought I would of been quite calm about it , but in fact I ran out the library and I ran straight back to my flat erm , I was at that point I think about twenty one |
| 30 | I had never been so tempted to hit any man as I was at that moment . |