Example sentences of "and i [was/were] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even from where Taff and I were on the road it was obvious that the dead soldiers were German . |
| 2 | John and I were on the dole . |
| 3 | It needed no great powers of prophecy to realize that Nigel and I were on a collision course . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ What I would like to know is why you saw fit to tell barefaced lies to your grandmother while your Dad and I were on holiday . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Charles Laubscher and I were on standby , ’ relates Gerald Bellamy , ‘ and for some reason did not hear the scramble . |
| 7 | Years later Moira and I were on board the Queen Elizabeth II as guest lecturers when she sailed from Hong Kong to Acapulco in Mexico as part of that year 's world cruise . |
| 8 | Now Derek and I were on one side of the hedge , stuffing the ferrets down , and Brian was positioned on the other , with the bird , waiting for the evicted rabbits . |
| 9 | Mike the Rhodesian and I were on ‘ corvée ’ duties one afternoon and were carrying the dustbins out to the shed behind the cookhouse where all the rubbish was deposited , which was home to a lot of stray cats and some aggressive rats . |
| 10 | Vic and the crew were on the bank , Matt and I were on the raft with about a dozen Indians paddling and poling . |
| 11 | ‘ Dear Thomas and I were on the point of announcing our engagement . |
| 12 | Heather and I were on friendly terms by then . |
| 13 | Suddenly I found that he and I were on a collision course , both in Atlas aircraft . |
| 14 | And I were on fire from head to foot ! |
| 15 | The other person in the house moved out and I was on my own . |
| 16 | When I saw the room , I immediately wanted to call the whole thing off , but the chap already had the cheque and I was on a hiding to nothing with my landlord so I would just have to put up with it . |
| 17 | Two hopping abseils later — I 'm an expert at them now — and I was on the snow . |
| 18 | It looked as if we had painted ourselves into a corner and I was on the verge of giving up and going home when Jake trundled up with his totter 's cart and his little skewbald pony . |
| 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 | I started going out in London and I was on the first step of the ladder . ’ |
| 21 | I recognised it right away , and I was on Cloud Nine . |
| 22 | Toney made the last day and the final two rounds , and I was on my way . |
| 23 | K. R. At Garston , there was a toilet on the main road and when we were on nights , and there was one officer walking along and I was on the other side — we dare n't cross the road . |
| 24 | Then , when the funeral was over and I was on my way home , I felt really ill . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | What a dreadful day that was , and I was on my own because Uncle had to go away to attend to business matters . |
| 27 | ‘ Immediately after the marathon it was local election time and I was on the move constantly . |
| 28 | ‘ I also scored for Monaco when he played for Auxerre and I was on target with Rangers ' penalty when we lost 2–1 to Marseille in a pre-season friendly here in July . |
| 29 | Some years before , when he was hunting for a mill in the West Country , and I was on tour with some show or other , he wrote me : |
| 30 | ‘ It would be very nice if he was on one wing and I was on the other . ’ |