Example sentences of "that [noun prp] [conj] [pers pn] were " in BNC.
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| 1 | Partly because of her own dilemma , and partly because she was so close to Joe , Maureen had gradually realised that Sarah and he were in love . |
| 2 | One night she dreamed that Sophie and she were alone in a fairy-tale , turreted castle . |
| 3 | ‘ I should explain that Matt and I were not lovers in the accepted sense ; we were friends — good friends , we 'd known each other from childhood so we had a lot in common . |
| 4 | She did n't mean — I think — that Richard and I were not kind to her , only that she did not ‘ come first ’ with either of us , and she was a woman who needed to be made much of and fussed over . |
| 5 | It seemed that Ellen and I were not the only ones to take such a precaution , for late that night Jackson Chatterton lumbered on deck with a bottle in one huge hand . |
| 6 | The news that Karen and I were married was made public at a buffet brunch given by Thomas and Lynn Carter to which we had been invited — or rather Karen had been invited , and had asked if it would be all right to bring me along . |
| 7 | It needed no great powers of prophecy to realize that Nigel and I were on a collision course . |
| 8 | ‘ Waddell says that the names Pat and Jimmy were used during the attack … it is no wonder the police were convinced that Griffiths and I were responsible . ’ |
| 9 | Maybe we 'll see you in the summer , but , sadly enough , the firm cancelled the trip to Moscow that Elaine and I were going to take in June , to deliver papers on ELT dictionaries . |
| 10 | ‘ My wife did know that Nicola and I were having an affair . ’ |
| 11 | Nobody explained to me what this meant , and because she had a hard and heavy hand , which she used freely on her husband as well as me , I supposed that Joe and I were both brought up by hand . |
| 12 | After three such days the night nurse told us she thought that Caroline and I were exciting him and that it would be better if we went home and merely visited during the day . |
| 13 | Perhaps by my middle-aged presence , the suggestion that Flora and I were the same age ? |
| 14 | ‘ You know that Luke and I were lovers ? ’ |