Example sentences of "and [pron] [was/were] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The essential difference between Sam and me was the fact that I took life seriously . |
| 2 | ‘ We made it , and Chapman and I were the last on to the train . |
| 3 | Sam and I were the hawks , Louis and Gershon the doves . |
| 4 | The occasion was a small — dinner-party given by Arthur Bryant and his wife at which Moira and I were the only other guests . |
| 5 | Perhaps by my middle-aged presence , the suggestion that Flora and I were the same age ? |
| 6 | So I reached Lochinver in style , had time to look around , and mounted the bus outside the post office : the morning 's collection of mail and I were the only passengers . |
| 7 | Gwenellen and I were the only members of our set on days . |
| 8 | In fact , Alan and I were the only ones to find the old master and pupil just what the doctor ordered . |
| 9 | And I were the only boy , |
| 10 | I felt that he and I were the same sort of person , that there was something in my brain and heart , in my blood and bone , that connected me to him for ever . |
| 11 | Matt and I were the same age within a month but Alfred was two or three years older and Maurice quite a bit younger . |
| 12 | In the spring of 1520 Benjamin Daunbey and I were the proud occupants of a large manor house on the outskirts of Ipswich . |
| 13 | Millet and I were the first to check that tower , after Falconer 's body was discovered by a guard . |
| 14 | Bridget Nottingham and I were the quizmasters . |
| 15 | So the accent was no problem and I was the right age . |
| 16 | We were very à deux , and I was the hoover and windolene queen . |
| 17 | I told him about the sunsets , when the Jungfrau had turned pink and I was the only person on the Aletsch . |
| 18 | We spent a lot of time in the National Gallery and at the Tate , and wrote some poems about the pictures there , including Verrocchio 's Tobias and the Angel , Piero di Cosima 's Mythological Subject and Titian 's Christ Appearing to the Magdalen — Noli me Tangere , whose theme had a special significance for me now : Dana was Christ , and I was the Magdalen . |
| 19 | We had to hire a dress , and I was the only one who was pale ; they had all got tans on a sunbed . |
| 20 | ‘ And I was the last man off of 17,000 because I was still in the bus when they all went to the start . ’ |
| 21 | The line went on into a big Jamaican area , and I was the only white left in a full carriage . |
| 22 | I remember them well ; they were blue leather and had four spikes and I was the proudest youngster alive in possessing them . |
| 23 | Now Haseley was big , really big , and I was the smallest there , a raw recruit to the international scene . |
| 24 | She was pregnant , she said , and I was the father . ’ |
| 25 | And I was the engine of it all . |
| 26 | No — they were wallpapering , and I was the wall — they were papering over me ! |
| 27 | When he finished reading , he began to sing his favourite song , If You Were The Only Girl In The World And I Was The Only Boy , except he turned the words round — for a laugh , he always said — and sang : ‘ If I was the only girl in the world and you were the only boy … . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ He told me they had auditioned a lot of people back home and that they had five names in America that they were auditioning , and I was the first that day . |
| 29 | When I arrived Jules and Sherry were nowhere in sight , and I was the only performer without a day job as a singing teacher in Coventry . |
| 30 | ‘ We first chatted on a roller skating rink , where he was chosen as the best boy skater , and I was the best girl . |