Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] [was/were] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wanted an indication that she was on target for a good performance in the London Marathon on April 21 . |
| 2 | The 499 ton salvage tug then sent out a Mayday distress call to the effect that she was on fire and sinking . |
| 3 | If a pond and beacon were both on the line , you would only see the reflection of the beacon in the pond if you were on the line too . |
| 4 | A hurried tea and they were on the move again . |
| 5 | I went to see what he wanted and before I knew it I was bundled into the car and we were on our way home . |
| 6 | He put it in gear and they were on their way . |
| 7 | The weather was giving promise of an early spring and they were on their way northwards , to Nahum 's father . |
| 8 | Within an hour he had kissed Maeve adieu and they were on the road south to Westminster . |
| 9 | Burns became a cult figure because he was on the winning side , but appeared late enough on the scene to be able to sentimentalise the vanquished , thereby creating the illusion at least of being a national poet . |
| 10 | A POLICEMAN was yesterday jailed for seven years for raping an 18-year-old woman in his marked patrol car while he was on duty and in uniform . |
| 11 | A police sergeant has been suspended amid allegations that he had sex with a woman in his patrol car while he was on duty . |
| 12 | William Mullen , who worked with Beattie in the Lanarkshire Steel works , is as convinced today of Geordie 's innocence as he was on the morning the police arrived there to arrest Beattie . |
| 13 | Then in 1987 Midland Bank got itself in such a mess that it was on the receiving end of a laughable offer from the Saatchi & Saatchi advertising empire . |
| 14 | The anxiety that she was on the point of doing so created a mounting sense of urgency during the 1870s . |
| 15 | It was very inadequate at times , especially in winter if you were on point duty . |
| 16 | She was doodling in the sand and I was on my tummy watching her . |
| 17 | ‘ I would n't ask him for help if I were on a sinking ship and he was the only one with a lifebelt ! ’ |
| 18 | The conversation ranged widely through wildlife management , the history of the landscape and of hunting and he was on very shaky ground there I can tell you control of pests , he likened a farmer killing a rat with a dog , to the whole panoply of fox hunting . |
| 19 | ‘ I have n't been up in winter but I was on the south-west face in 1972 when we finally gave up our attempt in mid-November , and we were only getting a taste of the conditions they will face . |
| 20 | ‘ He knew Jeremy seldom roamed far from home unless it was on important business . |
| 21 | You know the sunbed you had was it a fast tanner while you was on holiday ? |
| 22 | A COMPUTER expert was sacked when he handcuffed himself to his woman boss while she was on the phone to a customer . |
| 23 | SOCIAL security bosses axed a man 's benefit while he was on holiday — because they thought Sheffield was ABROAD . |
| 24 | Now , now you were saying before your father er was unemployed quite a lot of the time during your childhood erm did he actually get any Unemployment Benefit while he was on the dole ? |
| 25 | Her proposal of marriage came as a complete surprise as her boyfriend popped the question while they were on holiday in Spain . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ You looked out of the window when we were on the Concorde . |
| 28 | ‘ I used to know a pickpocket when I was on the beat a million years ago . |
| 29 | It was late afternoon and they were on their way back , swishing side by side through untouched snow down the last long sweeping run towards Rocamar . |
| 30 | So anyway I said , oh well get some change and I was on the point of sa I said to Margaret shall we jump in the ruddy car and we 'll get back . |