Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Rastani and I were out of the Tower . |
| 2 | If I were back at the A squared , I squared is minus one , so I 've got minus three squared , there 's two give me by I Equals minus thirty nine , now because those two complex numbers are the same are the same , so sixteen is E S squared minus three square , the imaginary grids are also the same , so minus thirty equals two , eight B. |
| 3 | The Fat Controller and I were back inside the bolt when it arrived from the bonded warehouse at Felixstowe . |
| 4 | I know he w she were on about a room were n't she ? |
| 5 | ‘ One minute she were up by the carriage , the next she were down on her back like a tumbled ewe . ’ |
| 6 | She felt as if she were back in a milieu which she understood , that she had an indefinable rapport with this tall , shaggy , rather solitary figure , dressed in jeans and an open-necked shirt and , as she had just observed , running-shoes . |
| 7 | Such was the speculation that Hurd and Major — Thatcher 's two nominators for the contest — were obliged to issue a joint statement insisting that they would not stand against Mrs Thatcher in a second ballot , but this all too clearly left open the possibility that they would stand if she were out of the contest . |
| 8 | ‘ But I saw your husband come into the tent while you were over at the tombola , ’ Mrs Doran said to Mrs Yardley . |
| 9 | That doll — that knitted gobshite — when that thing spat at you , you were n't anywhere near the window , you were over by the statues , on the other the of the room . |
| 10 | I thought I thought you were on about a book that |
| 11 | you know the other night you were on about the fish that you had for your tea |
| 12 | Did you hear anything about that ? — probably you were out of the country . ’ |
| 13 | I was just worried that you 'd be furious with me for bringing them down here when you were out of the country . |
| 14 | ‘ Those days Australia were so strong that once you were out of the team it was extremely difficult to get back in . |
| 15 | You were out of the office , you were at a meeting , you were with an important client and could n't possibly be disturbed . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I thought you were out with the others . ’ |
| 17 | You were as cool as if you were out for a stroll , ’ Moran said . |
| 18 | If the last time you were out for a duck was eating a salade tiéde magret de canard in an austere brasserie , or your most recent celebrated run was rushing to the embrace of the Cricketer 's Arms as last orders was called , pausing briefly to adjust your googlie , all is not lost . |
| 19 | I had the distinct impression that you were out for the kill ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ This was when you were out in the wilds of Oxfordshire , right ? ’ |
| 21 | No , you were out in the kitchen erm he went and I thought oh do n't you dare |
| 22 | She hesitated , then said carefully , ‘ Well — Ling happened to see Doreen clinging to your arm last evening when you were out in the moonlight . ’ |
| 23 | But if you watched Swindon 's game on Sunday … you were in for a treat . |
| 24 | If you stayed into watch the FA cup final on Saturday … you were in for a disappointment . |
| 25 | If you find it hard to stick to a diet , try keeping a diary for a week where you record what you 've eaten and when , how hungry you were and what sort of mood you were in at the time . |
| 26 | He 's there , still curled up and still secured by the tape , but he must have wriggled his way through to here while you were down in the cellar ; he 's knocked over a table with the phone on it and he 's just turning the phone the right way up as you enter the lounge and see him . |
| 27 | ‘ It was while you were down in the cellar , changing over the barrels , ’ she told him . |
| 28 | I did n't want the person standing up because then you were back to the body shape , so he had to be sitting down . |
| 29 | You got a few months and then you were paid off you were back on the dole . |
| 30 | If you did n't look up too much , and avoided the fourth side with its terribly huge views across the countryside , you could almost believe you were back in the Store . |