Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [prep] the [noun] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He persuaded them that I was not employed by the Government , explaining that I was under the Emperor 5 personal protection , which accounted for my escort of soldiers . |
| 2 | I was under the impression all the time that she was Elizabeth Taylor . ’ |
| 3 | I was up the park this morning with the dog . |
| 4 | I was up the park this morning Willy at half five . |
| 5 | Cos when I was on the Hertfordshire Environmental of the group which has folded |
| 6 | Yeah I was on the bus this morning oh |
| 7 | I was with the South African team throughout their travels in Australia and New Zealand and found them an exceptionally nice group ; agonized with them on the eve of the referendum on reforms back in South Africa when there were last-minute scare reports of a major swing to the right wing ; rejoiced with them when the vote when 68% for sanity , a far greater margin than any of us had dared hope for ; and generally enjoyed with them their victories and their considerable achievement in reaching the semi-final stage . |
| 8 | I was at the Edward II wrap party and someone asked me if I wanted to be in a film . |
| 9 | How thankful I was for the strength these two shared with me ! |
| 10 | I mean , I was out the back most o ’ the time . |
| 11 | As I said , I was out the back most o ’ the time — doin' the bits by the river . ’ |
| 12 | I was a Sunday School teacher — do n't you see my halo glowing ? — and I was in the church Dramatic Society . |
| 13 | right I 'll , last week I was in the surgery one day to help Sue and she had |
| 14 | ‘ I was in the hotel last night . |
| 15 | I was in the Kop that day … what a day it was . |
| 16 | I was in the yard one day when all the women were gossiping and Mrs Smith from the next yard happened to pass . |
| 17 | ‘ Rod , I was in the yard one night with Celia . |
| 18 | So I went to a very good secondary school but I was in the A one stream right the way through and I was always within that top three of that A one stream and it gave me confidence and I really got on . |
| 19 | When I was in the Signals this was . |
| 20 | Now the funny thing about it , when I took metallurgy I got , I , I got all this process I knew all about it you know , and er I had it the theory explained to me then , but er I was in the Bell one day about twenty years ago and an old boy came in and I started talking to him and he says , I bet you do n't know what I am ? |
| 21 | ‘ I hear you were on the box last night , ’ said small , cheerful voices in Dyson 's ear . |
| 22 | ‘ You were on the number two beat of Snow Hill station , last night , I 'm told . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Like you were at the tables last night and the night before that ? ’ |
| 24 | Yeah , but you were at the school last year , you had things to do . |
| 25 | ‘ In England , sir , ’ Corbett replied tartly , ‘ they say he was drunk , but you were at the Council that evening . |
| 26 | I mean you were at the meeting that 's why I 'm referring to you . |
| 27 | ‘ You were at the Republican National Convention . ’ |
| 28 | We found it on the ice outside the North Bastion tower , yet you said you were in the city all night . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ She was at the house that night . |
| 30 | She was in the bed next to her . |