Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [adv] [prep] [art] " 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 | He told her : ‘ I dare n't be otherwise — because if I were ever in a compromising situation , if the police raided or if someone kissed and told I 'd be up the creek . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Rastani and I were out of the Tower . |
| 8 | Soon Jacob and I were out on the lonely , snow-covered hills . |
| 9 | 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. |
| 10 | The Fat Controller and I were back inside the bolt when it arrived from the bonded warehouse at Felixstowe . |
| 11 | In 1889 a Select Committee heard another plea from a male trade unionist for the restriction of married women 's work on the grounds that ‘ when the married women turn into the domestic workshops they become competitors against their own husbands and it requires a man and his wife to earn what the man alone would earn if she were not in the shop ’ . |
| 12 | I know he w she were on about a room were n't she ? |
| 13 | Sh she pays me fifty pounds , she rang me up she were away to a funeral |
| 14 | ‘ One minute she were up by the carriage , the next she were down on her back like a tumbled ewe . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | In Margaret Thatcher 's time — he wished that she were still at the helm — the party could always look forward to a damn good Leader 's speech on the last afternoon . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I thought you were up with the latest fashions . |
| 19 | Cassie had to admit that when you were n't on the receiving end , Johnny had a marvellous line in invective . |
| 20 | ‘ You were n't at a party ? |
| 21 | Whatever happened to you , you were on a charge if you were n't at the point that the sergeant expected you . |
| 22 | ‘ So where did you go if you were n't at the police station ? |
| 23 | But you were n't at the Newleys ’ party , were you ? |
| 24 | ‘ When you were n't at the house I came straight here . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Oh , yes , I 've realised since that you were n't like the rest of us ordinary human beings who are unfortunate enough to be troubled by feelings like grief and guilt . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You and I are also required to put in an appearance at the police station later , but I managed to persuade them you were n't in a fit state to answer questions right now . ’ |
| 27 | I know you were n't in the War Cabinet , the small group that ran it operationally , but you were in the full Cabinet . |
| 28 | One or two people said that you were n't in the Americans ' league . ‘ |
| 29 | ‘ I came to see you but you were n't in the yard . |
| 30 | IF YOU WERE N'T IN THE F&W , WHICH GROUP WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE IN ? |