Example sentences of "[conj] she [was/were] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rose , whose own profits were already cut to the bone to get the order , knew that she was on trial . |
| 2 | She wanted an indication that she was on target for a good performance in the London Marathon on April 21 . |
| 3 | The 499 ton salvage tug then sent out a Mayday distress call to the effect that she was on fire and sinking . |
| 4 | Joanne had torn a ligament so badly refereeing a basketball match that she was on morphine for a week after hospital surgery , and could n't even walk let alone play golf . |
| 5 | The famous high temper which no one , not even her formidable papa , knew how to cope with , once she was on fire , was being controlled by a man whose outward-seeming was mild and pleasant , although beneath Dr Neil 's bland exterior she was beginning to sense a will as strong and resolute as her own . |
| 6 | The floodlight outside — harsh and white — lit her like she was on stage . |
| 7 | Amy was in her pastoral care , even if she was on holiday . |
| 8 | told the court that Emma did n't stand a chance because she was on top of the stacked bales . |
| 9 | Now he was here , she felt unexpectedly at ease ; maybe it was because she was on home territory . |
| 10 | However , contrary to Mr Brown 's instructions , S took the car to Gatwick and left it there while she was on holiday . |
| 11 | Her husband , Gurinder , married her after they met while she was on holiday in Delhi in 1989 . |
| 12 | She 'd had chicken pox which she picked up while she was on steroids rescribed for an eye infection . |
| 13 | They 'd have a little fancy shawl or My Grandma used to always have a fancy shawl that Just a small thing that came , you know , a bit down their back and And my Grandma used to wear erm a white much It was just thing like a baby 's A cotton thing , tied with a just a string , you know just to erm just a tie under her chin and it would have a wee bit of lace s on the corner , or the or the end of the tie , that was through the day and it was all ruffled , and then when she was on holiday and came into town she had a a thing on her head made of velvet and it all had fancy little things in it . |
| 14 | When she was on holiday last week , she come in the shop on er the Thursday or the Friday , she could n't speak then . |
| 15 | When she was on stage everyone else faded into the shadows . |
| 16 | It was good , and it was getting better , and no matter what he did , all the old tricks that had always worked so well , the talking in the wings , blocking her when she was on stage , that voice never faltered . |
| 17 | She had talked of a sex scene when she was on Wogan , but he assumed it would be something more romantic — a magnolia bud of a tit peeping from beneath bed linen as she held out her arms to her lover and the lights went down at the end of the play . |
| 18 | She waved to him extravagantly , blowing kisses as though she was on board an ocean liner that was carrying her away from him for ever . |
| 19 | She said there could n't be a later as she was on duty with the Samaritans at nine , so it would have to be now . |