Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I were at the parents ' evening I said does that mean er he never sits still and he 's always tearing about and |
| 2 | Erm erm so y you were , you were with the tenants ' erm association , eighty two eighty three ? |
| 3 | No , do n't try being evasive with me the way you were with the police , because it wo n't wash . |
| 4 | Richard , Richard if you w if you were on the streets of Belfast for example goodness only knows what they would say to you , just because you 're British and they 'd use the pretext that you 're black to really throw horrendous insults at you . |
| 5 | ‘ Anyway , if you were on the railways we 'd get free tickets wherever we wanted to go . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Like you were at the tables last night and the night before that ? ’ |
| 7 | No , yo you were at the juniors . |
| 8 | ‘ And you were at the Houses . |
| 9 | ‘ You were at the nuns ’ school ? |
| 10 | At the look on Charity 's face she added hastily , ‘ For heaven 's sake , you were under the blankets ! ’ |
| 11 | it could be that you 're the world 's expert on Michael Jackson 's greatest hits , I do n't care , okay , it can be anything , if you were in the scouts , maybe you can light a fire with two matches . |
| 12 | Every time I looked up , at the party , you were in the arms of another man . |
| 13 | ‘ Robert , you were in the Marines . |
| 14 | ‘ You were in the services , were you , Mr Jefferson ? ’ he asked . |
| 15 | I introduced your name in the conversation , said I was your Factor , told him that you were in the Lakes for pleasure but also with an eye to acquiring property , etc. , etc . |
| 16 | You were in the police car ? |
| 17 | ‘ That you were from the police . ’ |
| 18 | You were after the takings , were n't you ? |
| 19 | They got the feeling that we were on the ropes and I , I mean if |
| 20 | During July we were on the Women 's Heart tour — 28 gigs in 30 nights , packed houses all the way . |
| 21 | We were on the moors , close to Wuthering Heights , when I caught sight of two men talking to her . |
| 22 | We were on the doorsteps , the bobbies having a smoke . |
| 23 | We were on the greens fine , but we could n't get off them . |
| 24 | The studio door slammed behind us when we were on the stairs . |
| 25 | So i more often than not we were on the rates and of course the public say , oh I 'm paying your salaries . |
| 26 | While we were at the Clothes Show , we noticed some fabulous haircuts and even more exciting styling ideas . |
| 27 | It was as we started our second run and we were at the lights at the corner of Portman Square , that I saw the cops had concentrated themselves on the traffic island in Baker Street . |
| 28 | By this time , we were at the boats . |
| 29 | We were at the gates , huge wrought-iron things , open , with great brick gateposts . |
| 30 | This plan was no sloppily organized affair , aware as we were of the lengths to which threatened men will go to protect their most prized territory . |