Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] with the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was with the King . |
| 2 | When I was with the cattle I always wore my the cap on the side of my head . |
| 3 | It ended up being a great three days music and two weeks later , I was with The Waterboys . ’ |
| 4 | I worked with the Hawaiian manager for a while once , and we organised a similar scheme for two of our jocks when I was with the Wellington station last year . ’ |
| 5 | Now , while as if bestowing some order of merit she fastened the beads round my neck , her face wore a motherly expression and for the first time I was with the Aunt Louise of my childhood . |
| 6 | Not back then when I was with the Go Go 's . |
| 7 | I said good night to him , and the rest of the time I was with the Lady Isabella . |
| 8 | Or am I playing some deep game , as I was with the choice of accommodation ? |
| 9 | Erm , I was with the N H S between nineteen eighty-five and January the thirty-first , nineteen eighty-nine . |
| 10 | ‘ I saw him once when I was with the Washington Embassy . ’ |
| 11 | The rest of the time I was with the tractor and general farm work , you see . |
| 12 | I was with the South African team throughout their travels in Australia and New Zealand and found them an exceptionally nice group ; agonized with them on the eve of the referendum on reforms back in South Africa when there were last-minute scare reports of a major swing to the right wing ; rejoiced with them when the vote when 68% for sanity , a far greater margin than any of us had dared hope for ; and generally enjoyed with them their victories and their considerable achievement in reaching the semi-final stage . |
| 13 | ‘ When I was with the Rockman-Queens we had a number of clients who were high in the diamond trade . |
| 14 | Matt and I ran out of gas , for the simple reason that the dear old boy had forgotten to fill up while I was with the wholesaler . |
| 15 | WHEN YOU WERE WITH THE GO GO 'S , YOU LED A PRETTY MAD LIFE . |
| 16 | Then I discovered you were with the chief , being ticked off , ’ he said mischievously . |
| 17 | Erm erm so y you were , you were with the tenants ' erm association , eighty two eighty three ? |
| 18 | You were with the public , direct contact with the public and er I would hate to have been sat in an office and just looked at four walls . |
| 19 | ‘ But you were with the Friar , ’ he said at last . |
| 20 | No , do n't try being evasive with me the way you were with the police , because it wo n't wash . |
| 21 | Unfamiliar as she was with the niceties of English social life , she wondered why she should be surprised . |
| 22 | Something came to her , a graffito she had seen on the wall of a burned-out Josephite temple in Denver , back when she was with the girlie gangcult . |
| 23 | There were still huge crowds of people hanging around the paddock , and Kate had quite a time , burdened as she was with the luggage , to push her way through . |
| 24 | She was with the children er er , looking at the stage , to the left . |
| 25 | She was with the children . |
| 26 | ‘ No , she was with the White House doctor . |
| 27 | She was with the family for years and years . |
| 28 | She was with the family when they were told that his body had been found and has tried to help them through their grief . |
| 29 | Next time I saw her , she was with the Colonel , this time in his sedan , leaving the old diplomatic quarter . |
| 30 | Contented as she was with the house , Virginia was always to cast a glance over her shoulder at her sister , living just five miles away at Charleston . |