Example sentences of "[pers pn] were an " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he added : ‘ If I were an American , I would be saying thank goodness there have been some musicals to keep Broadway alive for the last 10 years . ’ |
| 2 | I changed into Tommy 's uniform in my roomette and went along to the dining car where Emil , Oliver and Cathy welcomed me casually as if I were an accepted part of the crew . |
| 3 | And why Did I ever tell you , as though I were an old friend ? |
| 4 | I insisted on paying the bill and on opening the door for her as if I were an ordinary gallant . |
| 5 | I wish I could have said that she was sweetly understanding , but she looked at me as if I were an incubus that had raped her and scraped along the brickwork , desperate to get past . |
| 6 | I wish I were an orator . |
| 7 | Then he turned and studied me as though I were an unbelievable phenomenon . |
| 8 | Still encased in the net , I was dropped on the ground as if I were an old plank . |
| 9 | I tried commanding him — as if I were an angel — but he only got nasty . |
| 10 | Instead of sheltering me you turn to squabbling amongst yourselves , haggling over the cost of your own father freedom as though I were an ox brought to market . |
| 11 | Even a woman might secure such an appointment if she were an influential tenant-in-chief : Isabel Countess of Arundel kept the castle and forest of Bere Porchester in Hampshire from 1268 until 1272 . |
| 12 | She glared at Evelyn as if she were an imbecile , then handed the chalk to Joy Prentice . |
| 13 | The three old men seated on chairs in the dark shop were looking at her as though she were an amusing variation on their usual routine of watching the shopping . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , Karen , ’ he smiled at her as if she were an acquaintance he 'd just spotted in a crowd . |
| 15 | They lifted her gently , as if she were an old lady , and placed her nearer the mouth of the cave . |
| 16 | He looked at her as if she were an idiot . |
| 17 | ‘ You 're talking of her as if she were an infectious disease . ’ |
| 18 | He waved a dismissive hand in her direction as if she were an irritating fly . |
| 19 | He walked her out the doors and down the steps , and kissed her on the cheek as if she were an old maiden aunt he had developed a polite affection for . |
| 20 | No , she were an English lass . |
| 21 | The bland presentation of the palaces is something which , in Ms Turton 's view , leaves them vulnerable to gross misinterpretation : ‘ If you were an American visitor you could almost think the Tower of London was built by Walt Disney . |
| 22 | What we 're forgetting is that you were an actor in civilian life . ’ |
| 23 | The celebrated cases make the point that in spite of its ill-deserved reputation , Glasgow is actually more peaceful than a lot of other places I could think of … unless , of course , you were an innocent wee serving lassie in 1862 . |
| 24 | IF YOU were an American government official named John McElroy , you would be feeling confused , not to say schizoid . |
| 25 | When you were an adolescent in Sydney , Australia , in the '50s , kissing was as much as you hoped to achieve and even that was difficult . |
| 26 | Often you could wish you were an audience of millions instead of one . |
| 27 | I taught at the London School of Economics , I was head of the department at the University of Essex in which you were an undergraduate , and was in fact your personal tutor . |
| 28 | It 's less than the benefit you 'd receive if you were an invalid or an old-age pensioner and you 'd get more if you were a widow or a student . |
| 29 | You were an insurance salesman once , why ca n't you go back to that ? |
| 30 | If you were an ant crawling around in G– , it would seem at each node as if you were on G. The only way to tell the difference is that in G , if you go far enough in the right direction , then you arrive back where you began ; whereas in G– , the only way to return to the start is by retracing your steps . |