Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [pers pn] and the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He found it as though heaven were within it and the sun rising in it . |
| 2 | In his planned county palatine Gloucester was to hold in fee simple , in Cumberland the grants were to him and the heirs male of his body . |
| 3 | In his planned county palatine Gloucester was to hold in fee simple , in Cumberland the grants were to him and the heirs male of his body . |
| 4 | My Lord the er plaintiff 's case is that as a result of the advice that he was given by Mr er it was clear to him that he had no way out of this contract , that he was committed to it and that he had no choice but to proceed with the matter and there was then er further discussion on the telephone on this day , Friday , between Mr and Mr to where they were going here and Mr said he would now write to the plaintiff setting out what his options were to him and the letter than was sent by Mr was dated the twenty second of October and the letter , the relevant terms of this letter are set out in a statement of claim expressing at paragraph three eleven of this statement saying and of course er that is admitted by the er defendant . |
| 5 | There was between them and the quarterdeck a group of men who had left the fighting . |
| 6 | Then it was too late to escape and Mrs Tuckett was between me and the daylight at the end of the corridor . |
| 7 | He was between her and the edge of the bench and was half lying over her anyway , imprisoning her between his arms . |
| 8 | As Duncan scrambled from the hide , he saw that the helicopter was between him and the farmhouse . |
| 9 | Now Pascoe was doing just that and Zeno was between him and the gate . |
| 10 | Dougal desperately wanted to run away ; but Lorton was between him and the front door . |
| 11 | But Anna was between him and the door . |
| 12 | At the same time he began to move quietly and , after a few steps , the hole was between us and the other five . |
| 13 | By midday the Waste was behind him and the forest had become increasingly dense and the ground uneven . |
| 14 | Everything was behind them and the future did n't exist . |
| 15 | Lucenzo was softening , hour by hour , the longer she was with him and the more she helped him to forget his relentless ambition and that intriguing private agony which had carved his face into such severe lines . |
| 16 | Minna was with us and the local gentry were kind . |