Example sentences of "i [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun] " 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 | It needed no great powers of prophecy to realize that Nigel and I were on a collision course . |
| 4 | Suddenly I found that he and I were on a collision course , both in Atlas aircraft . |
| 5 | Even from where Taff and I were on the road it was obvious that the dead soldiers were German . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | John and I were on the dole . |
| 8 | Vic and the crew were on the bank , Matt and I were on the raft with about a dozen Indians paddling and poling . |
| 9 | ‘ Dear Thomas and I were on the point of announcing our engagement . |
| 10 | Towards noon , the mirage drew nearer , to about half a mile , as if I were on an island trapped by the in-coming tide . |
| 11 | ‘ I wish I were on an island with you and nobody else , with no trouble or danger or terrible memories to make me suffer . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | When I were at the parents ' evening I said does that mean er he never sits still and he 's always tearing about and |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | Feeling as if I were under an enchantment , I walked the narrow way , between vivid white handrails that shone in the half-light . |
| 18 | Galway was the strangest town I had ever visited , and I felt as if I were in a dream . |
| 19 | ‘ I always thought , if I were in a hole , you 'd be the sort of chap I might turn to . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | But now Valeria and I were in a quandary . |
| 22 | Russell and I were in the road talking whilst he was fixing his car . |
| 23 | My mother and I were in the kitchen when I saw him and involuntarily said , ‘ My God , he looks as though he 's … ’ |
| 24 | On the way home , Frank was driving and Harry and I were in the back seat , and Harry put his arm round me . |
| 25 | I 'd sent Mum to the acupuncturist to try and give her some energy , and Jack and I were in the house when we heard a terrible thud . |
| 26 | ‘ It may seem so to you , but you can take my word for it , if I were in the business of prowling around car parks looking for innocent Bentleys to wreck , I most certainly would n't use my own car as a battering-ram . |
| 27 | God I were in the market and I thought I 'd better take a bit more wrapping paper and I and I had it I said that 's ten and of course I get on the and I did n't know |
| 28 | My mother and I were in the garden . |
| 29 | ‘ Don and I were near the top , ’ Steve explains , ‘ but we just saw down in the snow and Don pulled out a bottle of booze . |
| 30 | It was not Billingsley 's physical size that provoked that fear , for I was of a size with him , nor was it his profession that gave me pause , but rather the aura of incipient violence that he radiated like a blast furnace . |