Example sentences of "and [pers pn] were the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gwenellen and I were the only members of our set on days . |
| 2 | And I were the only boy , |
| 3 | In fact , Alan and I were the only ones to find the old master and pupil just what the doctor ordered . |
| 4 | So I reached Lochinver in style , had time to look around , and mounted the bus outside the post office : the morning 's collection of mail and I were the only passengers . |
| 5 | In the spring of 1520 Benjamin Daunbey and I were the proud occupants of a large manor house on the outskirts of Ipswich . |
| 6 | Perhaps by my middle-aged presence , the suggestion that Flora and I were the same age ? |
| 7 | Matt and I were the same age within a month but Alfred was two or three years older and Maurice quite a bit younger . |
| 8 | I felt that he and I were the same sort of person , that there was something in my brain and heart , in my blood and bone , that connected me to him for ever . |
| 9 | When he finished reading , he began to sing his favourite song , If You Were The Only Girl In The World And I Was The Only Boy , except he turned the words round — for a laugh , he always said — and sang : ‘ If I was the only girl in the world and you were the only boy … . ’ |
| 10 | And you were the last person to see her . |
| 11 | I have seen before and after your boasted strokes of policy ; and you were the same man , and would have been the same man to me and to yourself if you had never done them . |
| 12 | ‘ And you were the Head Girl ! ’ |
| 13 | In December 1989 , we received word from the European Commission that our application had been successful and we were the first tenants group to be awarded £400,000 provided we secured the moral and financial support from our landlord — Glasgow District Council . |
| 14 | It was a cold , clear day and we were the only people in the vast parish church . ’ |
| 15 | We started it off in , in nineteen seventy , early seventies with an all radio system , and we were the only Fire Brigade in the country that started it off , called the multi-tone radio system of communications . |
| 16 | ‘ Certainly we thought it was very strange that our jet was the only plane at Kuwait airport that night and we were the only passengers . |
| 17 | The drivers of the polished and ornamented barouches which stood idle beneath the trees smoked and gossiped in the depths of the leather seats , and we were the only guests in our hotel . |
| 18 | When the Labour Government asked those of us in local government to exercise restraint on spending , we did it because they were the Government , and we were the local authority . |
| 19 | It was grown now , and a good bit taller than me , but when I was young and we were the same size it had been my static catapult defending the southerly approaches to the island . |
| 20 | There were five of them at one table and they were the only ones still outside . |
| 21 | It was still early , however , and they were the only ones at the tables . |
| 22 | ‘ I asked around , and they were the only McMahons in Slane . |
| 23 | And when said what it had meant to her , loosing personal jewellery and things that was sentimental value to , you know , the family that had died , and they were the only things she 'd got to remember them by , and so on . |
| 24 | He had bought them when he arrived in the city , and they were the only shoes he owned . |
| 25 | Public utilities such as electricity supply and London Transport were put under public corporations between the wars , and they were the standard form of nationalization in the Attlee government for railways , air and freight transport , coal and steel . |
| 26 | But I looked today in erm cash and carry sport and they were the same price . |
| 27 | ‘ Say you 're a tailor , ’ whispered Avram , and they were the last words any member of his family was ever able to speak to him . |
| 28 | It was run on accumulator batteries which were filled with acid , and they were the big drawback . |
| 29 | They were in the middle of a hideous ritual , and they were the sacrificial victims . |
| 30 | For me , we were the good guys and they were the bad guys . |