Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both Mike and I were away at the time . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd be much happier knowing you and I were n't at the beck and call of such a man . ’ |
| 3 | I remember on one such occasion in early 1920 , my sister Gladys and I were upstairs in the top back room , looking out of the window , when we heard a terrifying scream . |
| 4 | In 1972 , when he and I were both in the House , I voted in favour of the European Communities Bill , as it then was , and the right hon. Gentleman voted against it . |
| 5 | I took supplies from the Land Rover , according to our agreement , as if I were actually at the cafe . |
| 6 | ‘ Rastani and I were out of the Tower . |
| 7 | Soon Jacob and I were out on the lonely , snow-covered hills . |
| 8 | 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. |
| 9 | The Fat Controller and I were back inside the bolt when it arrived from the bonded warehouse at Felixstowe . |
| 10 | I was upstairs with the other two , she could have just taken the other one |
| 11 | I was near at the time , with Tiffany , in Mansfield . |
| 12 | The second , far more important lesson , I did n't learn until I was downstairs at the desk paying the actual bill : if you can get away with 50 quid for a bottle of anything in Sweden , take it . |
| 13 | ‘ Screaming ’ ‘ I was downstairs in the living-room and when I came out I found the whole stairway on fire , ’ she said . |
| 14 | I was nearly at the top of the post part when I saw Julie getting out of a car . |
| 15 | Well not so much cheaper cos I was most of the time I was doing it for nothing anyway . |
| 16 | I was again on the west side of the island and was walking along the shore . |
| 17 | After two days at home with my parents , I was again at the railway station , this time catching the early evening train to Fort William . |
| 18 | ‘ I got a lot of response from the article and my request for someone to move into my home and look after the children while I was away for the eight months in Bristol , ’ she said . |
| 19 | ‘ I was away during the war . |
| 20 | About a week or so ago , when I was away from the morning show for a week doing a bit of gardening , decorating , and all those things that we all love to take time off . |
| 21 | When I arrived at the GA European Open , I looked at the list of entrants for the Lancome Trophy to find that I was right at the bottom of the list of qualifiers with one week to go before the final selection . |
| 22 | We got , I was right at the front in the balcony . |
| 23 | I was right in the middle of a sentence . |
| 24 | During my years in Oxford , working as I was largely in the field of recent Anglican ecclesiastical history , I was increasingly drawn to Anglicanism . |
| 25 | I was over on the island . |
| 26 | One day , a year later , I was over on the west side of the island . |
| 27 | Oh , no , I was n't down by the river , I was over on the side next to the road . |
| 28 | I was over by the Orchard and then this . |
| 29 | ‘ They brought some other poor sod in , ’ he said , as if in answer to my question , ‘ but I was over behind the door and they did n't see me . |
| 30 | ‘ No , ’ he contradicts , ‘ I was ahead of the flow . ’ |