Example sentences of "[pers pn] were in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Russell and I were in the road talking whilst he was fixing his car . |
| 2 | He continues : ‘ Pat Connolly and I were in the third Fulmar ( N1994 ) and we joined up our range of Hurricanes with some left from the second range which had returned . |
| 3 | A friend and I were in the back streets of St Tropez , looking for a taxi , and I was desperate for a pee . |
| 4 | Because Joe and I were in the same position of being scolded by Mrs Joe , we were good friends , and Joe protected me from her anger whenever he could . |
| 5 | On the way home , Frank was driving and Harry and I were in the back seat , and Harry put his arm round me . |
| 6 | My mother and I were in the garden . |
| 7 | And a short time later , Mala and I were in the safe side of our own ship 's airlock , staring at what lay nestled within the opened silicaplast container . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | My mother and I were in the kitchen when I saw him and involuntarily said , ‘ My God , he looks as though he 's … ’ |
| 10 | I 'd sent Mum to the acupuncturist to try and give her some energy , and Jack and I were in the house when we heard a terrible thud . |
| 11 | Long after I came to the army as I were telling you I used to go to pictures , I were in the S in the Savoy down Mostyn Street one one night I went and there in the programme there was this old er travel picture er some town or other th . |
| 12 | God I were in the market and I thought I 'd better take a bit more wrapping paper and I and I had it I said that 's ten and of course I get on the and I did n't know |
| 13 | At Leeds , they er , I have n't been and er I were in the Conservative club at Queensbury and they had a club , they had er , er a trip that went through to the erm , to the brewery and Leeds tt and they have a fi er a sociable room you know |
| 14 | She herself felt curiously unreal , as though she were in the midst of a dream . |
| 15 | word clear and comprehensible as if she were in the front row of the stalls . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | She felt as if she were in the middle of a minefield . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | and explain the situation and the court said oh well we 'll take it to the magistrate 's then , then he had a letter two weeks later saying that it 's been thrown out again , they have n't got a case cos she were in the wrong , she 's never , ever have gone |
| 20 | You could not be in the room next to mine , but you were in the same city , coming towards me , turning the corner of the square , entering the same street ! |
| 21 | ‘ But your — I 'm so bad at names and quite at sea about your relationship — She … told me you were in the Brigade . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I did n't know you were in the hotel ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You were in the war , Mr Bryce ? ’ |
| 24 | You were hardly the innocent when you were in the back close with me . |
| 25 | Lachlan , I 'm thinking you were in the right of it ; there 's no proof , but from the description , this Iain Og is most likely John Campbell of Cawdor , Argyll 's lad . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ If you were in the team , for instance . ’ |
| 27 | Seb came down and Nutty said , ‘ Gloria said you were in the — ’ |
| 28 | I know you were n't in the War Cabinet , the small group that ran it operationally , but you were in the full Cabinet . |
| 29 | Second , how successful you were in the last job so that she ? he can gauge what calibre of person you are . |
| 30 | This place , you called it ‘ The Big Garden ’ remote from the slums ; a waste land , crooked trees , and head-high grass , and easy to think ( Tarzan pictures ) that you were in the jungle . |