Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] were at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once we were at Arrancay together , I thought we 'd be able to talk it out — decide what was best for the future . |
| 2 | no they 've got ordinary ones here but I mean these , are a whole lot expensive than they were at W Smith 's , yes , erm I just do n't believe this price no I suppose they 're three for one fifty nine , but that 's the size I got |
| 3 | Ruth told herself that once they were at sea things would be better . |
| 4 | And he could only keep William and stop the court from giving Mummy custody if she were at home to help care for her brother . |
| 5 | Would it be far-fetched then to see Susan , if she were at home ringing up the Gay Byrne Radio Show to tell him what she saw ? |
| 6 | Her head was swimming and the floor seemed to be undulating as if she were at sea . |
| 7 | If you were at Manor then and would like to attend a reunion dinner , please contact the General Secretary , care of Manor House . |
| 8 | ‘ It would n't matter if you were at home and lunch was half an hour late . |
| 9 | ‘ Would you celebrate if you were at home ? ’ he was asking with that same faraway look in his eyes . |
| 10 | just what you spent it on as if you were at home . |
| 11 | What would you do about that if you were at court acting for your client ? that paragraph from the earlier comments . |
| 12 | But at the interview he said , " I could n't figure out if you were at school or not " , so I told him and he said , " And you 've managed to do your A levels ? " |
| 13 | If you were at Gatwick recently and wondered why all the planes were taking off and landing on the taxi-way , well it was all because of Rentokil Hygiene . |
| 14 | If you were at Aurae Phiala this afternoon you probably saw something of a party of schoolboys going round the site with a teacher in charge . |
| 15 | We used to go once a month you know when the girls were in the Guides , used to go for their parade service and if you were at Auckley , Malcolm and I used to go up with Heidi did n't I ? |
| 16 | The Saturday before that none of us had it cos we were at granny and grandpa 's . |
| 17 | Yes , what 's , what 's happened if we were at Sandhurst Auction it would go to Reading and then be re-directed to Aldershot and then |
| 18 | This they achieved by switching off their tacographs as they were loading making it look as if they were at rest . |
| 19 | This they achieved by switching off their tachographs as they were loading , making it look as if they were at rest . |
| 20 | I mean personally I think one of the difficulties in the colleges is that they do still have a sense of being at schools , and when you have an atmosphere which is like school you 're tacitly given people permission to act as if they were at school , and so we have a and that activity may not always be very adult , so we have to find a way of changing the environment of the colleges . |
| 21 | Yes , the face was tough work ; but they were working men , they 'd be working almost as hard if they were at home in Munich . |
| 22 | If they 're in here working all day and everyday and they see the other girls taking exams and they know I 'm going to make them work , quite often they 'll take the exams because there 's no point in not taking them , whereas I think if they were at home they would not have the same incentive . |
| 23 | Another option is to develop tests which could tell people if they were at risk of falling under a particular spell so that they could choose their pleasures wisely . |
| 24 | My problem , therefore , would perhaps appear to lie with my speakers , but the G-K cost a fortune so I would be surprised if it were at fault . |
| 25 | You were a good , brave child , and I was so proud of you , so pleased because you were at school . |
| 26 | I was lucky with you , you did n't get it till you were at school , so you were that much older . |
| 27 | We ran into some bad weather on the way , with heavy rain followed by thick fog , which was frustrating because we were at times up near the permanent snowline , and had occasional glimpses of birds like rough-legged buzzard , with Lapland bunting and red-throated pipits by the roadside . |
| 28 | Do , do you think conditions improved while you were at Squires ? |
| 29 | Would this be still while you were at school ? |
| 30 | — you were always a gentleman while you were at Kirkcaldy and that 's how I 'll always think of you , regardless of where you are in the future . |