Example sentences of "i [was/were] on [art] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Dear Thomas and I were on the point of announcing our engagement . |
| 2 | I was on a kind of … half-throttle , emotionally . |
| 3 | ‘ I was on a tour of Europe . |
| 4 | I advised the Labour Party over such things as the Vassall inquiry and , together with my friend Dennis Lloyd , I was on a number of committees and investigations to recommend changes in the law — particularly land law ( the working party on land nationalisation ) and the law of landlord and tenant — which were being prepared by the Labour Party for their future use . |
| 5 | Paul was invited to give a series of public lectures at the school , and word got around that I was on the verge of retirement and Paul would be happy to take my place . |
| 6 | It looked as if we had painted ourselves into a corner and I was on the verge of giving up and going home when Jake trundled up with his totter 's cart and his little skewbald pony . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ I was on the verge of the England squad with Norwich and played for the Under-21 side a few times . |
| 8 | I was on the verge of asking her to marry me . |
| 9 | When he came in he saw I was on the verge of tears and said , " What 's wrong ? " |
| 10 | In a flash of over stimulated temper , I was on the verge of silencing Gharr 's laughter with one of my mini-weapons . |
| 11 | Suddenly , I was on the top of one wave as she came thundering over the next . |
| 12 | I was on the inside of Christian faith , yet in my mind I was also on the outside looking in . |
| 13 | ‘ I was on the back of the motorbike on some shots , ’ said camera operator Rick Gauld . |
| 14 | Yes and I was on the committee of the lifeboat . |
| 15 | Apparently I was on the edge of the crater and the main blast had gone over me . |
| 16 | I was on the edge of my seat for most of the time but nobody could deny we deserved this result . ’ |
| 17 | Some years ago when I was on the edge of Christianity , I spoke to a large gathering about the problematic nature of the Godhead for women . |
| 18 | " Go out in the airfield and we will tell you , and field away out , " they said , I went away out to the most remarkable end until I was on the edge of the main runway . |
| 19 | If I was on the streets of Ireland now , and I 've been there many occasions and someone said to me , look at that Welsh get there , I would just have to take it . |
| 20 | I was on the board of the bank then , and he came to me for advice about a takeover bid for his company . |
| 21 | My marriage failed and I was doing about one job every six months — I was on the fringe of things . |
| 22 | When I was on the parapet of the convent wall I saw fresh horse dung lying near the main gate ; it was not from our mounts , but the lady prioress said no one had approached the convent . ’ |
| 23 | His heavily built wife showed me my room and soon I was on the end of a bench in the small dark restaurant , supping soup with the few day-trippers ; listening to their stories . |
| 24 | I remember once I was on the steps of a hotel in Liverpool , and a middle-aged woman wearing a maroon coat came up and said , ‘ Hey , George , you know I 've always loved you , could I have your autograph ? ’ |
| 25 | After a delicious Chinese dinner , tea and brandy , I was on the point of leaving , but stopped to admire a small framed painting on the wall . |
| 26 | But just as I was on the point of giving up , the honking bus swerved past me . |
| 27 | I was on the point of asking the Minister the same question . |
| 28 | They 're here and she 's there , after all I was on the point of signing off when Selina started telling me , in accents of alarmingly genuine arousal , about this rich new boyfriend of hers , this transatlantic moneyman , how he took her to hotels and dressed her up and fucked her on the floor like a dog . |
| 29 | I was on the point of surrendering when I thought that it would be more dangerous to resume the subject on another occasion ; I also did n't trust my nerve . |
| 30 | Not until I arrived on the 18th tee 1-down did it suddenly occur to me that I was on the point of losing . |