Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [pron] [was/were] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't want to be caught up here or to have to pass whoever it was on the stairs . |
| 2 | He wrote and told me it was on the cards . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ He actually told me I was on the streets and told me Brian owed all this money . |
| 4 | Captain Tony Jacklin told him he was on the list . |
| 5 | Their spokesman said : ‘ We would like anyone who was on the train , or who may have information , to call us on 051-709 2120 . ’ |
| 6 | She did n't recognise any landmarks , so she went on again , keeping a sharp lookout for her ‘ pony tree ’ and for any other tree or open space that would tell her she was on the right path . |
| 7 | That convinced him he was on the right track and within a few months some alert marketing men in the Wilson Sporting Goods Company were equally impressed . |
| 8 | Thank you you were on the , you were on A drive . |
| 9 | I take it you were on the Board . " |
| 10 | And even when I had assured myself I was on the right road , I felt compelled to stop the car a moment to take stock , as it were , I decided to step out and stretch my legs a little and when I did so , I received a stronger impression than ever of being perched on the side of a hill . |
| 11 | When , when I see him he was on the settee . |