Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was about then I felt as if I were on a small boat on stormy seas . |
| 2 | ‘ I would n't ask him for help if I were on a sinking ship and he was the only one with a lifebelt ! ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | in while I were with the other chap . |
| 5 | ‘ You heard me say how it felt as though I were in a bad dream , unable to wake . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I were in a buffing shop . |
| 8 | Robert , Ann and I were in a peculiar position in the elementary school for the Headmaster was our father . |
| 9 | At Leeds , they er , I have n't been and er I were in the Conservative club at Queensbury and they had a club , they had er , er a trip that went through to the erm , to the brewery and Leeds tt and they have a fi er a sociable room you know |
| 10 | And a short time later , Mala and I were in the safe side of our own ship 's airlock , staring at what lay nestled within the opened silicaplast container . |
| 11 | A friend and I were in the back streets of St Tropez , looking for a taxi , and I was desperate for a pee . |
| 12 | She began to wish she were on a surgical ward , but there was no chance of that happening within the next couple of months . |
| 13 | She 's knocking on , she were on the other day |
| 14 | For a moment she wished she were on the top floor of a very , very high skyscraper . |
| 15 | It was as though she were in a sexual frenzy , completely transported by the excitement of her passion . |
| 16 | word clear and comprehensible as if she were in the front row of the stalls . |
| 17 | ‘ You were with the late King on the night he died ? ’ |
| 18 | You were out of the office , you were at a meeting , you were with an important client and could n't possibly be disturbed . ’ |
| 19 | You were on a raised platform and I passed before you in the parade . " |
| 20 | If you were on the new year 's Honours list you 'd be pretty chuffed too . |
| 21 | Anything else that you noticed when you were on the other side of the road ? |
| 22 | Mind you , if you were on the top floor , you would n't think your clocks up there were going fast . |
| 23 | ‘ You were on the wrong side , ’ said the post driver . |
| 24 | ‘ Imagine how you would feel if you were on the receiving end of your criticism , ’ she suggests . |
| 25 | If you were at a right angle If it If it was two right ang er angle lines like that at right angles |
| 26 | You were at a known dealer 's house , so where exactly does that leave you ? |
| 27 | You were over the hot plate all the time . |
| 28 | Pause pause speak rather slower than you would do if you were in a normal conversation . |
| 29 | ‘ You were in a rotten mood the whole time . |
| 30 | ‘ So this is why you were in a brown study for most of the journey into Hastings , ’ she said almost accusingly . |