Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [prep] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vic and the crew were on the bank , Matt and I were on the raft with about a dozen Indians paddling and poling . |
| 2 | ‘ Dear Thomas and I were on the point of announcing our engagement . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | Mainly there was silence , in still greenish light , as if she were at the bottom of a pool . |
| 7 | Her voice had a lilt to it as if she were on the verge of laughter . |
| 8 | If Bernard was busy with flying lessons then she could be left in peace to get on with her work ; once he was back , if he wanted her to go somewhere with him , he would just say ‘ Come on Laura , we 're going , ’ and even if she were in the middle of a meeting , she would put away what she was doing and go . |
| 9 | She felt as if she were in the middle of a minefield . |
| 10 | She herself felt curiously unreal , as though she were in the midst of a dream . |
| 11 | She could n't bear this any longer , this toing and froing of his emotions , tossing her around as if she were in the eye of a tornado . |
| 12 | Do you know you were on the verge of rank insubordination ? |
| 13 | When you were on the watch for the weekend , did you used to get extra payment for that ? |
| 14 | Not if you were on the look-out for adventure . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , come on , you were on the phone to him when I came in . |
| 16 | He , you know that bloke who you said you were on the phone to in Liverpool and he 's got |
| 17 | Not like when you were on the way to the knacker 's — that was different , was n't it ? ’ |
| 18 | You were on the point of getting married , by that time , ? |
| 19 | You let me think you had a serious boyfriend , that you were on the point of marriage . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You were on the point of dying , ’ the voice continued . |
| 21 | The school authorities were unsympathetic : the dinner ladies would only accept you into the school to see the nurse if you were on the point of death , + my teacher kindly informed me that I should n't have been running in the playground . |
| 22 | And just remember your lines as if you were on the stage at Drury Lane . |
| 23 | ‘ Last night , when you say you were on the Wheel with him ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It did n't matter whether you were at the top of the money list or at the bottom . |
| 25 | Remember , if you get a mild reaction , you will need to proceed with caution until you can tell whether that food or food group is causing you to feel less well or less able to lose weight than you were at the end of Stage I. |
| 26 | But then I just , oh shit and yeah I wish you were at the shack with me last night it would have sorted them out . |
| 27 | In the new Britain you were over the hill at twenty-five , never mind forty . |
| 28 | This last point could assume importance if , say , you were over the age of 50 or working in a field where the supply of skills exceeds demand . |
| 29 | This last point could assume importance if , say , you were over the age of 50 or working in a field where the supply of skills exceeds demand . |
| 30 | It felt as if you were in the middle of some enormous forest where the trees had grown together , blocking out the day . |