Example sentences of "and [pron] be [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not all is spleen , however , as Jarman recalls the exhilaration of discovery and experimentation in the 1960s : ‘ I was young and attractive and everyone was after my arse . |
| 2 | Marie and me were on our honeymoon , staying with my brother in Darlington , when I got this letter from my mother saying we must come back immediately because they were starting the shoot . |
| 3 | He is at his strongest ( and I am at my weakest ) when only six or seven balls remain , when wariness is all . |
| 4 | ‘ Both Deborah and I are at our wits ’ end . ’ |
| 5 | They 're agents Matt and I are in her team . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been to a party in the village of Sutton , and I 'm on my way home . ’ |
| 7 | Car salesman Joe said : ‘ He screamed : ‘ I 've been planted with a bomb by the IRA and I 'm on my way to Downing Street ’ . |
| 8 | A quick chat and I 'm on my way , only to be stopped by a bare chockstone . |
| 9 | Also Major Harry Conlon , Army chaplain , and I 'm on my way tomorrow night . ’ |
| 10 | When I 'm at home in the country I have breakfast at 9 am — cereal , brown toast and tea — and I 'm at my desk by 10 am . |
| 11 | I cut my other life off real life off and become that person and I 'm at my happiest when I 'm submerged in another character doing it . |
| 12 | ‘ And I 'm in my old tartan skirt and black sweater , ’ she lamented . |
| 13 | Finally Mary Knelle and I were on our way once more , driving past hillsides where neat black cut-away shapes showed that turf had been extracted . |
| 14 | In fact he was a sadist , and after my father 's death both Brian and I were among his victims . |
| 15 | When you and I were in our slit trenches sheltering from the shit that 's flying about , these two here were running around the orchard picking up the dead and wounded . ’ |
| 16 | Four hours later , three miles on , the lads and I were in our tents . |
| 17 | I was thinking , what am I doing in this medical school , having a shit time ? ’ , and I was with my first and last girlfriend . |
| 18 | The other person in the house moved out and I was on my own . |
| 19 | The dog was watering the delphiniums and I was on my knees and elbows , bottom in the air , trying to push the ashtray in from a different angle , in the hope he would n't notice it , when the garden gate creaked open — it was the postman . |
| 20 | Toney made the last day and the final two rounds , and I was on my way . |
| 21 | Then , when the funeral was over and I was on my way home , I felt really ill . |
| 22 | It was 1964 , and I was on my way back from seeing Jenny , a very lovely , very sweet and gentle first-year history major at Somerville . |
| 23 | What a dreadful day that was , and I was on my own because Uncle had to go away to attend to business matters . |
| 24 | But once we had arrived , and I was on my way to Miss Havisham 's house , I thought only of my bright future . |
| 25 | She was doodling in the sand and I was on my tummy watching her . |
| 26 | And one of the last holidays I took , and I was on my own , I went to the United States for , and Canada for er the , the six weeks I think it was or eight weeks . |
| 27 | But it was n't when you when was in the kitchen and I was on my own . |
| 28 | Oh if I was me and I was on my own I 'd ha I 'd have to have the telly in the bedroom . |
| 29 | Then a few days later we had opening night , and I was in my first tuxedo . |
| 30 | After a while , the bullying at school did n't affect me too much , and I was in my element with all the wildlife around me . |