Example sentences of "[pron] were [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Rastani and I were out of the Tower . |
| 2 | Soon Jacob and I were out on the lonely , snow-covered hills . |
| 3 | 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. |
| 4 | The Fat Controller and I were back inside the bolt when it arrived from the bonded warehouse at Felixstowe . |
| 5 | Now the Moors began to enter the gardens which were round about the town , and the watchman saw them and struck the bell . |
| 6 | I know he w she were on about a room were n't she ? |
| 7 | ‘ One minute she were up by the carriage , the next she were down on her back like a tumbled ewe . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He was smitten not especially by Sandra 's looks , but by her whole demeanour , and those who were around at the time must have thought he had understated his feelings when he said later , ‘ It was a no-big-deal act for me . |
| 11 | The few managers of nursing who were around in the late 1960s , early 1970s will not wish to relive those experiences and yet unless alternative solutions are found quickly , the problem which prevailed then will soon be upon us again . |
| 12 | We had a bachelor party on board , who were out for a little merrymaking : an island marriage ball had wooed them from the desk of the counting-house , and having had a taste of the free air of these parts , and being good fellows well met , a few more days of healthful roving have a gleeful appendix to the gaieties of the wedding . |
| 13 | Mrs Hardy , of Tower Hill , Chipperfield , was found crawling through undergrowth in the woods yesterday morning by two women who were out for a walk . |
| 14 | Those Muslims who were out on the streets looked bad-tempered : they had not eaten or drunk since before dawn , and were in no mood for smiles or pleasantries . |
| 15 | They were among thousands of supporters in colourful and fancy dress — ranging from leeks and nuns to the more traditional Welsh red and white — who were out on the town on the eve of today 's match between Scotland and Wales at Murrayfield . |
| 16 | I thought you were up with the latest fashions . |
| 17 | ‘ But I saw your husband come into the tent while you were over at the tombola , ’ Mrs Doran said to Mrs Yardley . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The trick of public relations , Branson discovered , was not to pretend to be something you were not , but simply to project what you were on to a larger canvas . |
| 20 | I thought I thought you were on about a book that |
| 21 | you know the other night you were on about the fish that you had for your tea |
| 22 | ‘ Those days Australia were so strong that once you were out of the team it was extremely difficult to get back in . |
| 23 | Did you hear anything about that ? — probably you were out of the country . ’ |
| 24 | You were out of the office , you were at a meeting , you were with an important client and could n't possibly be disturbed . ’ |
| 25 | I was just worried that you 'd be furious with me for bringing them down here when you were out of the country . |
| 26 | ‘ I thought you were out with the others . ’ |
| 27 | You were as cool as if you were out for a stroll , ’ Moran said . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | I had the distinct impression that you were out for the kill ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ This was when you were out in the wilds of Oxfordshire , right ? ’ |