Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] [was/were] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , I I mean I was on the phone and th , there was a knock at the door and this woman came round and said she was from from the |
| 2 | Me Aunty Linda 's not working either , like she did n't need the money but I mean he was on the dole for years me Uncle Ron . |
| 3 | I reali I realized it was on the same day Mark . |
| 4 | ‘ I THOUGHT I was still standing and then I realised I was on the floor . ’ |
| 5 | And I checked we were on the causeway . |
| 6 | I say it was on the cards because throughout the match the Scousers used the tactic of playing the long ball towards Rush and it was then quite simply a one-on-one race with either Fairclough or Newsome . |
| 7 | So when I saw James ( true story this ) in Sainsbury 's , I walked up to him , leered , banged him on the elbow with a bottle of freshly squeezed orange juice and said , ‘ Tom Jones ! ’ because the last time I meet him was on the Tom Jones TV programme . |
| 8 | ‘ I hear you were on the box last night , ’ said small , cheerful voices in Dyson 's ear . |
| 9 | But I remember I was on the way into Howard 's bungalow , and Bogie was coming out , having just seen my screen test , and he said , ‘ We 're going to have a lot of fun together . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , I suppose it was on the floor somewhere , in a pub where I was tryin' to sell some violets to save meself from real starvation . |
| 11 | The difference between the way we saw life as young people — especially the amoral attitude to sex — and the conventional way of portraying it on screen was so great that I knew we were on the verge of a big change . |
| 12 | I knew I was on the right track when I felt that thrill of pleasure at placing object , not painting it . |
| 13 | I knew I was on the wrong track when the tall reeds broke to reveal the brown-bellied river . |
| 14 | The next thing I knew I was on the floor . ’ |
| 15 | The paramedics turned up within ten minutes and as they turned up I passed out , so they applied the defibrillator to my chest and the next thing I knew from one minute to sitting talking to them I knew I was on the ground and they 'd brought me round . |
| 16 | ‘ I knew he was on the take , but I never had enough evidence to show Hamilton . |
| 17 | Mm , I thought they were on the way here , I saw loads of for sale signs but I did n't see any new ones |
| 18 | And I get them er , I thought they were on the seat but they 're not . |
| 19 | I thought it was on the right hand side as you went into village . |
| 20 | I thought it was on the cards ( Barnsley possibly ? ) during close season ? |
| 21 | I thought it was on the main road ? |
| 22 | ‘ I thought you was on the InterSpace payroll back then ? ’ |
| 23 | His pace was virtually non-existent and I think he was on the end of a few ‘ Whose ate all the pies ’ songs . |
| 24 | I think it was on the jazz . |
| 25 | In interviews though , I said I was on the dole because it was very trendy at the time to be on the dole as far as the music press was concerned . |
| 26 | Anyway when I went in the phone was on the hook , and I said who was on the phone ? |
| 27 | I wondered what was on the other side of the far wall , for there was a green door in its centre . |
| 28 | Somebody said it was on the , was it you you said you know somebody mentioned charts . |
| 29 | Telling herself she was an idiot , she pulled her thoughts together and made an effort to concentrate upon what he was saying , and as she listened to the pleasant tones of his deep voice she realised he was on the subject of white-water rafting . |
| 30 | ‘ Are you suggesting he was on the run ? ’ |