Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heather and I were on friendly terms by then . |
| 2 | Now Derek and I were on one side of the hedge , stuffing the ferrets down , and Brian was positioned on the other , with the bird , waiting for the evicted rabbits . |
| 3 | Who 'd have believed , I were at other night right ? |
| 4 | ‘ Heinrich and I were with each other all the time . |
| 5 | If one wants to be accepted as a mainstream , serious film-maker it does n't strike me , if I were in that position , as a shrewd career move . |
| 6 | if I were in real distress , and I was told , Mary , that you pitied me , it would n't cheer me up at all . |
| 7 | As we watched the striped killer-ships peel away , for once Mala and I were in total accord — both anxious , both angry . |
| 8 | During the critical weeks of growing unrest and public strike , he and I were in daily touch , trying to understand the situation and see what could be done to solve the difficulties . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm glad I was of some use to you , ’ she said , unable to keep an edge of tartness from her voice . |
| 10 | Erm no , I 'm normally I 'm , funny I was over that way last weekend cos er , you know , pop over to the beach and things . |
| 11 | I was above such things . |
| 12 | If they knew I was under that sort of pressure , they 'd stop giving me rides altogether . |
| 13 | Although Margaret knew I would not support her , I was on reasonable terms with her-so much so that during the battle for the Leadership I attended her constituency annual dinner and dance as guest of honour . |
| 14 | I was on two bags a day when I went to see me GP and I was on between a quarter and half a gram when I got to the hospital . |
| 15 | Suddenly I was on first names terms . |
| 16 | I was on borrowed time . |
| 17 | I had a paper to say and they said there was too much money coming in here a week , because you were working that I could n't get anything and I , it said , I wrote , it , it all come when I wrote to say could I have relief off of prescriptions cos I was on that H I V at the time |
| 18 | Yes that 's how that 's how it was , yes all I was on that gate , I 'd been on that gate myself dozens of times . |
| 19 | And it 's frightening , but I , I mean , I know from my days at British Telecom , I 'd say I was on that phone , really |
| 20 | And they thought I was on that plane blown up . |
| 21 | I was on that plane . |
| 22 | I was on all day and I , it did n't come off until about four o'clock |
| 23 | I was on thin ice , and I knew it . |
| 24 | The money may not be brilliant , but it is not very different to what I was on last year . |
| 25 | ‘ Because I was on last night . |
| 26 | I was on 1,000 grams of that a day , now I 'm on 187 , so although I 'm still on medication it 's a very minute amount of medication to what I was on before , and I 'm existing on that , so for me it 's worked . |
| 27 | Before the op I was on 1,000 milligrams of the Dopramine drug a day , which is what the brain is lacking , which is substitute the drug for , which is . |
| 28 | My son was brought up at Court , where she remained while I was on active service . ’ |
| 29 | Well they can physically do it to you with use of fists , use of hands and whatever else they 've got and they can mentally do it to you like put you in jail that or all sorts of things like when I was on sick leave , they came and lifted me . |
| 30 | My mam moved away but the landlord would n't let me stay on because I was on social security . |