Example sentences of "[conj] she [was/were] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through the glass she saw that she was on a shelf in the potion laboratory and the tall figure of her form-mistress was swirling out of the door . |
| 2 | But once she was on a downward incline she could only run faster and faster , squawking with fury as she lost her balance , till she tripped over and fell in a tumble of feathers and feet . |
| 3 | Either something had happened to her or those two fivers had gone to her head and she was on a day-long spree . |
| 4 | Cos we 're having , not problems , but at school it really it 's unfortunate because she was put in a third year , and she 's only a third year now and she was on a third year class last year . |
| 5 | And she was on a camcorder today . |
| 6 | Cos she was on a lay by |
| 7 | If she was on a plane with the engines on fire she would want to be with someone like Matthew Blake . |
| 8 | But she was on a winning streak , a lucky wave ; she would nip down to the Gas Board and fix things up . |
| 9 | One was that , since she was on a fool 's errand anyway , she was n't going to dress up for it . |
| 10 | But when she made a last appeal , and told him , though feeling it was not quite true , that Martha had asked him to bring her father back , and then , very unwisely , referred again to Mrs Hodge , and the house , and the single bed , and even the temple bells , and asked him why he did n't come to his senses and whether he did n't think he 'd be happier living with a woman , whether she was on a boat or not , he turned on her , upsetting the bowl of water in front of the gas fire , and shouted : |
| 11 | She felt as though she was on a high . |