Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My friends and I were of the resistance . |
| 2 | she was for the top of the hockey team and I were for the football |
| 3 | If I WERE to a take a bath I would not turn both taps fully on since this is bound to result in a freezing cold bath . |
| 4 | It needed no great powers of prophecy to realize that Nigel and I were on a collision course . |
| 5 | ‘ I would n't ask him for help if I were on a sinking ship and he was the only one with a lifebelt ! ’ |
| 6 | It was about then I felt as if I were on a small boat on stormy seas . |
| 7 | Suddenly I found that he and I were on a collision course , both in Atlas aircraft . |
| 8 | If I were on the pay side in the Treasury , I would be prepared to permit maximum flexibility on the salary and conditions offered to the successful applicant . |
| 9 | Even from where Taff and I were on the road it was obvious that the dead soldiers were German . |
| 10 | John and I were on the dole . |
| 11 | All they told me was that if I were on the public payroll I 'd take a ride out to Westminster Drive and have a long talk with Mrs. Laura Channing . |
| 12 | Vic and the crew were on the bank , Matt and I were on the raft with about a dozen Indians paddling and poling . |
| 13 | ‘ Dear Thomas and I were on the point of announcing our engagement . |
| 14 | The work had dropped off yeah , and then I were on the , on the labour for a short time and erm then I got a job next door to where I lived , straight next door . |
| 15 | Towards noon , the mirage drew nearer , to about half a mile , as if I were on an island trapped by the in-coming tide . |
| 16 | ‘ I wish I were on an island with you and nobody else , with no trouble or danger or terrible memories to make me suffer . ’ |
| 17 | He and I were at a lobby at the House of Commons yesterday , in er , celebration of the mobility allowance , which campaigned very successfully , and we , in the Community Transport field , have very close working relationships and communication . |
| 18 | We stayed in a cottage on the cliffs , overlooking the harbour , and within moments of arrival , my brother Ian and I were at the end of the pier , fishing . |
| 19 | The earth curved up and around me wherever I went , as if I were at the bottom of a dish , and no matter how far I travelled I could get no nearer the rim — like a spaceman hurtling , as he thinks , towards the edge of the universe , only to find it unfolding before him and closing in behind , so that he is always at the centre . |
| 20 | When I were at the parents ' evening I said does that mean er he never sits still and he 's always tearing about and |
| 21 | and they said everybody there 's a meeting , so I thought oh christ cos it was just a standard joke me and Elaine , cos the last meeting they had , I were at the leisure shop then and they called the meeting to tell us it was the end and it was closing , and me and Elaine sneaked down the hall and we were going like this |
| 22 | in while I were with the other chap . |
| 23 | Feeling as if I were under an enchantment , I walked the narrow way , between vivid white handrails that shone in the half-light . |
| 24 | The overnight passage to Aberdeen was wild and stormy and my brother Ian and I were amongst the few passengers on board capable of doing proper justice to the excellent dinner provided . |
| 25 | Galway was the strangest town I had ever visited , and I felt as if I were in a dream . |
| 26 | Robert , Ann and I were in a peculiar position in the elementary school for the Headmaster was our father . |
| 27 | The flat in West Kensington was really only three large , formerly elegant rooms , with ceilings so high that I often gaped at the room 's proportions , as if I were in a derelict cathedral . |
| 28 | ‘ I always thought , if I were in a hole , you 'd be the sort of chap I might turn to . |
| 29 | The house was right down at the bottom of the street , and I moved like a ghost from lamp to lamp , tiptoeing for some reason , as if I were in a jungle in dread of attracting the attention of wild animals prowling near me . |
| 30 | ‘ You heard me say how it felt as though I were in a bad dream , unable to wake . |