Example sentences of "[was/were] on [art] line " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 The police press officer 's secretary was on the line : ‘ I 'm glad your are still there .
3 Once again , Lustgarten was on the line to him .
4 It was on the line , chalk flew up ! ’
5 And as I went on not getting jobs , I felt my credibility was on the line .
6 Meanwhile , Frano Botica helped himself to 24 points , two tries and eight goals , as Wigan beat French champions , Carcassonne 52–0 — and then admitted his job was on the line .
7 Around lunchtime Mr Jones was on the line .
8 In less than three years after his demob from the self-indulgent pastures of the peacetime RAF , Richard Burton turned himself into a great young classical actor — the heir and very apparent to Gielgud and Olivier ; and Hollywood was on the line , fishing for a new star .
9 One wrong move and all that in-fighting was on the line , would be thrown away .
10 And if Jude was on the line , who the fuck was he fucking ?
11 By the next day we had big , black frontpage headlines that suggested Border 's job was on the line over his angry reaction to the loss of his close mate and deputy .
12 When he got there , with his thoughts no doubt fixed on their future , the switchboard operator told him Johnny Beerling , controller of Radio One , was on the line .
13 Well he had a , Newport was on the line , er Cambridge line so it was n't too bad
14 I was told how to contact him in Rome and within a few minutes he was on the line .
15 Then he was on the line .
16 The telephone rang ; Jack was on the line .
17 Madame Delon was on the line .
18 In the closing rounds Eubank , sensing that his title was on the line , dropped the facade of arrogance that had earlier been his hallmark .
19 It sounded as if whoever was on the line did not agree .
20 This meant he was on the line to the local education authority .
21 Peter was on the line .
22 But even her earlier resolve to leave Castell Rocamar at the earliest was on the line — especially now that there was a chance Peter would n't even try to make it back today .
23 ‘ You c-ca n't … ’ she spluttered , trying not to panic that , if she 'd got it right — and she could n't see how else this swine of a man could threaten her — he was saying that her job was on the line !
24 The breath caught in her throat , but she was saved from having to reply by Rosa 's approaching to say apologetically that there was a phone call , a business associate was on the line .
25 In a letter to season-ticket holders this week , chairman Bates warned that everyone 's job at Stamford Bridge was on the line .
26 Alec Carlisle , the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats — who gained half as much again in terms of votes as PC — vetoed the deal , making it clear his position was on the line .
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