Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [was/were] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the adult position it will be clear that he or she was not in fact guilty of anything but that someone in a position of strength and power was taking advantage of his or her vulnerability mentally as well as physically . |
| 2 | A child was classified as being temporarily absent if he or she was not in the compound when visited at least three times during a week . |
| 3 | At first the allowance was £10 for each child under sixteen years of age , but this and the income limit were raised during the First World War , and later , in 1919 , the age limit for the child was abolished provided he or she was still in full-time education . |
| 4 | It is really impossible for someone not technically qualified , or who was not at the time encouraged to understand more than a very limited aspect of its functions , to analyse the workings of the apparatus . |
| 5 | five hundred million or something , four hundred and thirty of that or something was out of his pension or were n't it ? |
| 6 | And then , there was — or there was soon to be — Musset , Vigny , Champfleury . |
| 7 | One thing was almost certain — either the top club honours were split , or they were both with East . |
| 8 | Either that , or he was in for a very sticky evening indeed . |
| 9 | Either the building was much bigger than it looked , or he was now on some wide underground level without having gone down any steps , or — as he was beginning to suspect — the inner dimensions of the place disobeyed a fairly basic rule of architecture by being bigger than the outside . |
| 10 | Then I was down at the Chough last night and everyone was on about it . |
| 11 | There were Christmas trees in all the windows except Doris 's and everyone was probably at home , though most people did not do much on the Eve . |
| 12 | None of these special Cabinet committees really did anything : it did n't matter a damn that people like Wedgie [ Mr Benn ] and me were not on SEP [ Steering Committee on Economic Policy ] or OPD [ Oversea Policy and Defence ] . |
| 13 | Both Mike and I were away at the time . |
| 14 | And and John and I were just in fits . |
| 15 | I suppose we thought Vic must have said try it this way because Matt and I were already into our quarrel and it shows what a pro he was to his fingertips that he carried on as per normal . |
| 16 | Sebastian and I were later to be condemned from altars about divorce . |
| 17 | Sebastian and I were later to be condemned from altars about divorce . ’ |
| 18 | These violent rituals became a regular event and the police and I were soon on first-name terms , although most of the beatings took place at the week-ends when I was at my Pop 's house . |
| 19 | Will and I were mostly at home in Stratford in the summers . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd be much happier knowing you and I were n't at the beck and call of such a man . ’ |
| 21 | The following morning my crew and I were up at 4 am when the tide lifted us . |
| 22 | Israel and I were both on our knees , side by side , with tears streaming down our faces , yet laughing at the same time . |
| 23 | In 1972 , when he and I were both in the House , I voted in favour of the European Communities Bill , as it then was , and the right hon. Gentleman voted against it . |
| 24 | I remember on one such occasion in early 1920 , my sister Gladys and I were upstairs in the top back room , looking out of the window , when we heard a terrifying scream . |
| 25 | and I were still in bed |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The Fat Controller and I were back inside the bolt when it arrived from the bonded warehouse at Felixstowe . |
| 28 | Simon and I were always in trouble because of the garden . |
| 29 | My wife and I were actually in Hawaii at the time ( combining business and pleasure ) secure , or so I thought , in the knowledge that everything was running smoothly . |
| 30 | Soon Jacob and I were out on the lonely , snow-covered hills . |