Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [was/were] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That morning they parted under the trees , he never took her all the way to the gates , that would only have made things worse , that morning she looked the way she always looked , rings under her eyes and her whole body braced for the ordeal that lay ahead , how hard it was to leave her always , maybe that was why they always drew the parting out , sometimes it took minutes , just the saying goodbye , they backed away from each other , then stopped and called something out , then backed away again , they called out special words that they 'd made up , words to fill the distance between them , words for the things they could n't say , they backed away till he was under the trees or she was through the gates , whichever happened first , she looked the same way she always looked that morning , except for one thing , she had a clock tucked under her arm , the clock they 'd found together , the clock that did n't tick , the lonely clock . |
| 2 | Having observed his or her own former situation by means of regression , the patent will then during the course of a counselling session have the opportunity to discuss what happened ( something that may never have been done before ) , to express anger at the perpetrator and possibly at others who may have guessed what was going on but perhaps did nothing to prevent it , and to understand that he or she was in no way to blame for what occurred . |
| 3 | Furthermore , while these " blankouts " may distress other people , the primary sufferer may find them confusing but may go so far in denial as to accuse other people of having faulty memory for the things said or done while he or she was in a " blankout " . |
| 4 | The long hot days of summer are with us again — or they were at the time of writing , and long may they continue . |
| 5 | Or it was for the production crew working on the new children 's series The Borrowers . |
| 6 | He and I were at a lobby at the House of Commons yesterday , in er , celebration of the mobility allowance , which campaigned very successfully , and we , in the Community Transport field , have very close working relationships and communication . |
| 7 | We stayed in a cottage on the cliffs , overlooking the harbour , and within moments of arrival , my brother Ian and I were at the end of the pier , fishing . |
| 8 | she was for the top of the hockey team and I were for the football |
| 9 | It needed no great powers of prophecy to realize that Nigel and I were on a collision course . |
| 10 | Suddenly I found that he and I were on a collision course , both in Atlas aircraft . |
| 11 | Even from where Taff and I were on the road it was obvious that the dead soldiers were German . |
| 12 | John and I were on the dole . |
| 13 | Vic and the crew were on the bank , Matt and I were on the raft with about a dozen Indians paddling and poling . |
| 14 | ‘ Dear Thomas and I were on the point of announcing our engagement . |
| 15 | My friends and I were of the resistance . |
| 16 | Robert , Ann and I were in a peculiar position in the elementary school for the Headmaster was our father . |
| 17 | But now Valeria and I were in a quandary . |
| 18 | Russell and I were in the road talking whilst he was fixing his car . |
| 19 | He continues : ‘ Pat Connolly and I were in the third Fulmar ( N1994 ) and we joined up our range of Hurricanes with some left from the second range which had returned . |
| 20 | A friend and I were in the back streets of St Tropez , looking for a taxi , and I was desperate for a pee . |
| 21 | Because Joe and I were in the same position of being scolded by Mrs Joe , we were good friends , and Joe protected me from her anger whenever he could . |
| 22 | On the way home , Frank was driving and Harry and I were in the back seat , and Harry put his arm round me . |
| 23 | My mother and I were in the garden . |
| 24 | And a short time later , Mala and I were in the safe side of our own ship 's airlock , staring at what lay nestled within the opened silicaplast container . |
| 25 | My mother and I were in the kitchen when I saw him and involuntarily said , ‘ My God , he looks as though he 's … ’ |
| 26 | I 'd sent Mum to the acupuncturist to try and give her some energy , and Jack and I were in the house when we heard a terrible thud . |
| 27 | The overnight passage to Aberdeen was wild and stormy and my brother Ian and I were amongst the few passengers on board capable of doing proper justice to the excellent dinner provided . |
| 28 | ‘ Don and I were near the top , ’ Steve explains , ‘ but we just saw down in the snow and Don pulled out a bottle of booze . |
| 29 | However , there was an entrance fee and I was beyond the stage of paying those so I decided to try and shelter somewhere else . |
| 30 | My jacket was torn too , at the lapel and at the vent , and I was minus a shoe . |