Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [vb pp] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is teasing me , as the hon. Member for Normanton ( Mr. O'Brien ) and I were teased occasionally in the Standing Committee on the Local Government Finance Bill during the past three weeks . |
| 2 | My brother and I were brought up in the Catholic faith . |
| 3 | I were knocked back on the bloody floor . |
| 4 | You were born here in the Sun Chamber , Fergus . ’ |
| 5 | I mean it was , you , you were sent out of the room . |
| 6 | The nervous tension of dodging and ducking about a sky crowded with equally dodging and ducking planes , some firing , some looking as if they might fire at any instant , some sheering wildly away to avoid a collision ; and all the time trying to grab a quick shot at a mere point of light : all this brought back the strain of combat , when you were pressed on by the excitement of chasing the enemy , pulled back by the horror of shooting a friend , and periodically shaken with fright by the thought that at any second you might be cut in two . |
| 7 | When the Headmaster wanted a little exercise , you bent over a chair and got six — twelve with a cane on the backside ; if you were hit just below the buttocks on the legs , it hurt more . |
| 8 | Well that was the that was the er base headquarters of the international brigade , Albusate And then from there , w you were farmed out to the village , which was er er sort of the base , who are responsible for your er particular national battalion , you see er , the the the French people , they they er w they would be in one village , the English and the Canadians er er Americans would be er in this place that we were at , called Tarrazona Er and the Germans w , the German anti-fascists would be er in another . |
| 9 | This may seem idiotic to you , if you were brought up in the " filling-station " tradition . |
| 10 | We did n't find you till late , and you were curled up on the landing , outside the kitchen door . |
| 11 | However if you were let in to the secret that x stands for the number 10 then you can work out this problem in the following way unc |
| 12 | We were called out in the middle of the night to man the Bund ( a sort of wide wall that encircled the entire camp ) . |
| 13 | This is the carbohydrate stodge we were warned about in the Kylie article . |
| 14 | We complained to Malcolm , told him we were fed up with the mice and we did n't have enough money to eat properly . |
| 15 | We were fed up with the sexism in self-organized disability movements and even more fed up with the ableism of the women 's movement . |
| 16 | We were awoken early in the night , a few hours before dawn , by sharp screams , shouted orders , and the sound of running feet . |
| 17 | ‘ We were robbed out of the game , ’ said an angry Chapman . |
| 18 | And er then we were led through into the assembly area . |
| 19 | It 's important again that we were seen around in the business community . |
| 20 | After one or two formal speeches ( at which reference was made to our visit as the ‘ first short-term English course since the crushing of the Gang of Four ’ , and I tried to make a suitable reply , ) we were whisked off to the Friendship Hotel to a welcoming meal consisting of Peking duck , ancient duck 's eggs , and other good things , and I wielding our chopsticks to the best of our ability . |
| 21 | It rained most of the time , and when we were kicked out of the youth hostel for the day we walked around and sat in bus shelters . |
| 22 | So inflexible was this masterplan that when New Scientist attempted to introduce someone who knew nothing about computers to the machine ( it is claimed to be very easy to use ) we were turned down on the grounds that ‘ this would upset the timetable ’ . |
| 23 | When our dad died , we were turned out by the Bridgewater agent . |
| 24 | Ashore we were greeted pleasantly by the Russians and invited to wander where we wished . |
| 25 | But we were pulled back from the brink ; the attempt failed . |
| 26 | The address was , and I think still is , Kensington Court Garage , because the stables had been converted to the needs of the automobile age ; and we were perched up in the gallery . |
| 27 | ‘ What the hell , ’ the Maggot said , and he wrenched the plane round in a tight turn until we were aimed plumb at the island 's southernmost tip , then he dropped the nose ready to make one high speed and low level pass above the Cay . |
| 28 | We were shown around by the site director , who pointed out some of its features and also the spoil heaps . |
| 29 | We visited the Baltic Yacht Club , owned by the Baltic Shipping Company , where we were shown around by the friendly vice commodore , Alexey Bulkanov . |
| 30 | We were driven back through the nearly empty streets . |