Example sentences of "[coord] i [was/were] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The day after we first visited the castle , my sister and I were treated to a walk along the cliffs . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , on the other side of the door he was impatiently eyeing , Karen and I were locked in a windowless room about five feet by three , with no possibility of escape short of flushing ourselves down the lavatory . |
| 3 | ‘ Because we were having work done on our house , Sophie and I were staying in a rented place and it did n't have a phone . |
| 4 | About 1.45am a few other hostages and I were herded into a red van at gunpoint and driven to a private home in the wealthy neighbourhood where General Noriega lives . |
| 5 | ‘ Katy and I were living in a small flat and we were so low that we did n't even bother with a Christmas tree . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ I was intrigued to read in the Observer newspaper that the Chancellor and I were engaged in a furious row on this subject . |
| 7 | You know , I sometimes feel as if you and I were connected by a string tying our two hearts together , and if you went to Ireland , I think that string might break and I might bleed to death . ’ |
| 8 | JC : Peter , do you remember that really worrying evening when you , Ben , William and I were invited to a dinner party by the Harewoods at Orme Square [ May 18,1953 ] ? |
| 9 | and er when he got there Je , er er erm , Julian and I were loading about a ton of turf into my van and I was gon na take it to Caffer Cliss but he said for fifteen quid I 'll take that , I 'll take that away for you . |
| 10 | My brother and I were booked for a 5 day course on Harperig Reservoir , with one instructor and a group of about 10 children . |
| 11 | My boyfriend and I were going through a very rough patch at the time . |
| 12 | You took a taxi and I was discovered with a length of picture cord around my neck … ’ |
| 13 | I was a railway porter 's son and I was discovered by a man who had a discovery show just like Opportunity Knocks . |
| 14 | She dressed me just as finely as them , and I was sent to a very expensive school . |
| 15 | Well , er we 're very lucky that er Oxford 's pretty well covered , yes , we 've , or could do with some more volunteers of course , but we 've got about one hundred and twenty people who 'll be going out in the city , and I was looking at a map this morning and it 's very well covered indeed with purple and yellow lines where we 've actually got people on the ground . |
| 16 | It had not been my direct responsibility to purchase it and I was operating in a field where everyone else — the companies from which I might buy , those from which we now bought , and the management of the division — was an expert . |
| 17 | I won another prize for this as well , and I was presented with a beautiful work basket lined with red satin by the headmistress , Miss Ford . |
| 18 | The Jessop Hospital for Women sucked me in and I was tucked into a dimmed ward containing three others — two delivered , one about to , by the sound of things . |
| 19 | Dad , Jack and Charlie just wore a black armband each with their Sunday suits , and I was dressed in a white lace dress with a wide black sash of silk ribbon . |
| 20 | This could be made in either double jacquard or Fair Isle and I was inspired by a sweater in very subtle colours worn by Iris Bishop ( not for once , one of her own creations ! ) . |
| 21 | The pincurl technique came about when I was doing a show in America and I was landed with a model with hair down her back which was in a terrible state . |
| 22 | Halfway through the film broke , the houselights came up , and I was accosted by a wino . |
| 23 | I was at university and it was in recess and we were having a social evening in a village hall and I was staying with a friend . |
| 24 | Directly after the briefing all the officers that were ordered to er or authorised to be armed er went to the armoury in Police Station and I was issued with a revolver . |
| 25 | It was an AIDS benefit and I was caught in a private moment . |
| 26 | So , imagine my relief when I was called to the front porch , and I was greeted by a cheery ‘ American Red Cross reporting for duty Ma'am . |
| 27 | Half a mile , and he was right up my arse and I was going at a far pace |
| 28 | The gate porter brought me to the main entrance , and I was shown into a small pleasant office in the front of the administrative block . |
| 29 | I was in another world by this time , inhabited by see-through creatures resembling owls and parrots ; it was a sweltering hot day and I was turning into a pond to support a dying race of transparent tadpoles . |
| 30 | The shafts sprang into the air and I was dangled like a gymnast on parallel bars , before being tossed to the ground . |