Example sentences of "i was on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The other day I was on a plane , and a man came up to me and was absolutely thrilled to see me . |
| 32 | Within a few moments I was on a floater , crossing the fairly well-lit spaceport , still with no one in sight anywhere around me . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | That set me watching the next time I was on a flight and to realising what a useful transaction it was . |
| 35 | ‘ I was on a visit doing some coaching when I was told the President and Secretary of State wanted to see me . |
| 36 | On the other hand , if I was on a picket line or somewhere , I could give him a pretty hard old shove without pulled in , I would imagine . |
| 37 | on er er , er and had erm I was on an antibiotic for a , week or so . |
| 38 | : I was on an administration course at Bircham Newton RAF unit , about five miles from Sandringham where George VI breathed his last . |
| 39 | I was very unhappy , because I saw then that I was on an island . |