Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [was/were] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or it was until last Friday , when British Coal locked the gates of Parkside for the last time , and over 700 men were made redundant . |
| 2 | Either this date is wrong , and he died later , or Carham was in 1016 or earlier , or it was in 1018 and the Historia Regum is mistaken about Uhtred 's presence there . |
| 3 | ‘ Heinrich and I were with each other all the time . |
| 4 | Now Derek and I were on one side of the hedge , stuffing the ferrets down , and Brian was positioned on the other , with the bird , waiting for the evicted rabbits . |
| 5 | Heather and I were on friendly terms by then . |
| 6 | As we watched the striped killer-ships peel away , for once Mala and I were in total accord — both anxious , both angry . |
| 7 | During the critical weeks of growing unrest and public strike , he and I were in daily touch , trying to understand the situation and see what could be done to solve the difficulties . |
| 8 | When my youngest brother was born and I was between eight and nine years old , my troubles began in earnest . |
| 9 | And that was the only time that I 've fired a rifle cos , well actually I went got , rose to a corporal I was a corporal when they finished and erm I was in er made cor lance corporal and then I was er with a heavy Vickers machine gun , that 's the one with the has water cooled casing on it the big heavy one you see , and I was with that , that team . |
| 10 | And I was on night-shift . ’ |
| 11 | And er of course as I tell you , I finished when I was thirteen years old and I was on this er bottle washing stunt and o one chap as lived next door to us , back at er at Road he got me his this job on the farm . |
| 12 | Now I have been in this business for a long time , and I was at that conference , and I have to say that I had forgotten the resolution until I was reading things again in preparing for this talk . |
| 13 | And I was at that time a married man with two children . |
| 14 | I used to take them every day and I was like that right , and then what I used to do on a Sunday I would n't take one cos I used to think right I like my Sunday dinner and I will never give up my Sunday dinner when I 'm dieting right |
| 15 | Look at that time my dad did that lady over there and left me on the phone and told me to stay there and I was like that . |
| 16 | and I was like this driving along the road . |
| 17 | And I was in all the evening . ’ |
| 18 | Er , you know , well of course they were young girls and er , you see and there 's , there was nothing we could do , you see , and , and er , anyway the doctor , as soon as the doctor did come , it was because th the young staff er they had to , they took her away to the mortuary , you see and erm then I , I had to carry on with her work and , and do the best I could and mine as well , you see , but of course er the Manager he appointed another Assistant Manager to go and collect the money which I used to do got it in because I took her times of duty as well and er , you see , and then after that er after several weeks I suppose it was , I do n't know how many because I forget how many , that they appointed me as Manageress and I was in that position for twelve years , you see and |
| 19 | I dyed my hair every colour under the sun , and I was in this all-women band , we wore lots and lots of make-up and these really baggy dresses in wild colours , which covered our whole bodies — we all dressed the same . |
| 20 | However , conditions for the time of the year seemed favourable and I was in hopeful mood as I rowed carefully out on the meadow side to a drop-off at about 70 yards I knew to be there . |
| 21 | And I was in last week both Saturday 's before I came here , and we went through we 'd achieved all targets |
| 22 | And you was in these top rooms with the the stoves , but erm they had gas stoves , under the irons . |
| 23 | And you were in plain clothes were you |
| 24 | I was like she was sitting next to me and you were like all trying to move me up and think |
| 25 | And she were in that bedroom with us , the there were t there were dad , me , Barbara and Angela . |
| 26 | Maggie was glad of it ; her legs felt like jelly and she was beyond worrying if Mitch could see the tears starting to her cheeks . |
| 27 | Yo do you there was one very bonny lass and she was on the er , they , they had erm composite programme the other the other week and she was on that again . |
| 28 | The film was nearing its climax : despite herself , and despite her incomprehension , her attention had been caught , and she was at last following it . |
| 29 | Branson held her to contract for five more months , preventing her from working anywhere else , until he decided it was unreasonable to hold her any longer , and she was at last able to find work elsewhere in the record industry . |
| 30 | ‘ You are being very naughty , ’ McAllister whispered back , pretending to be severe , ‘ and the only thing that I can say in your favour is that I am in nearly as bad a way as you are , and know exactly how you feel — but be patient , it can not be long now , ’ for she knew that once the bazaar was over , and she was at last able to tell him the truth , they could go ahead with their marriage plans , the only delaying thing being the time it would take Mama and Papa to cross the Atlantic . |