Example sentences of "[pers pn] [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 | If I were looking for a record deal , I would be pursuing individual A&R people , getting them to come and see my band . |
| 3 | If I were looking for a fault with the conception of the series , it could only be that it lacks a single volume overview of the whole of the development of quantum theory , a volume concentrating on the broad sweep of ideas and leaving out the mathematical detail . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | If I were to turn to a man on a bench |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 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 | It 's a shameful fact , but here it is : if I were squashed under a bus tomorrow , my relations would have to hold a seance to find out how I wanted to settle my affairs . |
| 10 | When I returned to Moose Jaw about mid-August I had a long talk with Fred Workman , who told me he had noticed a certain restlessness in me as if I were hoping for a change of scene . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The exhibition was crowded and I felt that , really , this was for Hungarians , as though I were intruding on a private grief . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | My boyfriend and I were going through a very rough patch at the time . |
| 17 | My heart was behaving as if I were going before a judge . |
| 18 | My brother and I were booked for a 5 day course on Harperig Reservoir , with one instructor and a group of about 10 children . |
| 19 | There was no sandy beach , and as this part of the bay was an inlet , I felt as if I were standing beside a great lake , not the Atlantic Ocean . |
| 20 | I 'm about to invest in a brand new , superduper , anti-obsolescence computer and I feel as confident as if I were shopping for a pair of skis . |
| 21 | But I read in an article this morning ( 'Students set to pay full fees ' , 29 September ) that if I were applying in a few years ' time , I would have to ask my parents to pay the full cost of my tuition . |
| 22 | It was as though I were sitting in a movie and my actions were flashing in front of my eyes . |
| 23 | ‘ I lived my life in Siglo XX as described in the book until 1980 , when I was invited to a conference on women in Denmark . |
| 24 | A fortnight ago , I was invited to a meeting of Somali refugees in East Ham town hall . |
| 25 | And er I was dragging behind a few paces and the headmaster was watching out of his study window you see ? |
| 26 | I was called to a house and there was a man in agony . |
| 27 | About three years ago , I was called to a bread commercial : Windmill Bread . |
| 28 | I used to wonder what on earth people found to talk about for so long , and on the occasion when I was called to a neighbour 's telephone in Baldersdale , I was so uneasy that someone had to hold it to my ear . |
| 29 | When I remarked that this was a pity , since I was looking for a peat replacement to acidify limey soil , my man began detectably to back-pedal . |
| 30 | I had become more and more interested in the business world , going back to work at the bank in Newcastle during my vacations , so I was looking for a general business career . ’ |