Example sentences of "i [was/were] out on [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This year of 1991 I was out on a boat once ’ .
2 I knew I was out on the motorway
3 I was out on the gallery just before I went to bed , looking at all the tapestries and statuettes .
4 When I was out on the road I mean before I came into training I was so I laid my cards at the table at this point in time to say yes I need to sell insurance erm and I always remember particular broker who you go in and and he 's saying well so how many of these particular products would you sell over the next year and he said oh twenty five and you go in great , guy 's promised to sell twenty five domestic contents policies over the next year .
5 Erm , that may or may not have been deliberate , but it 's very important , particularly within a group , erm of people in negotiation , who were clear about roles , and when I was out on the road , I used to occasionally take the out , and I 'd go and see my broker and erm , I 'd say , oh we love to do fish and chip shops , we love insuring fish and chip shops .
6 I remember when I was out on the road , I had a particular connection with , we had a motor bike policy , and it was an appalling risk , and it came up for renewal , and er , nobody had take it round the market , and I mean , that that was an idol threat , because nobody in their right mind would want this particular motor and we said , well not if they want to jack up the premium on it , they wanted to jack it up by about thirty or forty per cent , and and the broker was not very happy about this .
7 It 's lucky for you I was out on the towpath — ’
8 I was out on the moor from , it 's been a hell of a fortnight really
9 The other day I was out on the hill when I came upon a herd of four stags , and I shot five of them , just as easy as that . ’
10 Or — and this thought only occurred to me when I was out on the street and running for the hill as fast as I could — as if there was something else behind his eyes , looking out at the world , waiting for the awful moment when it would start to take apart our little corner of the planet , piece by shabby piece .
11 When I was out on the street , I was into crime and I was in prison all the time .
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