Example sentences of "[was/were] on [art] line " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that he was short of offers , but most of them , before the banal fashion for numbered sequels , were on the lines of After the Graduate , Another Graduate , Shadow of the Graduate , The Graduate Comes Home and Song of the Graduate , leading inevitably to Son of the Graduate . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | As the sales slumped , the Government reaction was on the lines : ‘ We must do something . |
| 4 | My contribution was on the lines that having seen so many birds passing through Shetland on migration , I would love to follow them to their breeding-grounds in northern Scandinavia . |
| 5 | The police press officer 's secretary was on the line : ‘ I 'm glad your are still there . |
| 6 | Once again , Lustgarten was on the line to him . |
| 7 | It was on the line , chalk flew up ! ’ |
| 8 | And as I went on not getting jobs , I felt my credibility was on the line . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Around lunchtime Mr Jones was on the line . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | One wrong move and all that in-fighting was on the line , would be thrown away . |
| 13 | And if Jude was on the line , who the fuck was he fucking ? |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Well he had a , Newport was on the line , er Cambridge line so it was n't too bad |
| 17 | I was told how to contact him in Rome and within a few minutes he was on the line . |
| 18 | Then he was on the line . |
| 19 | The telephone rang ; Jack was on the line . |
| 20 | Madame Delon was on the line . |
| 21 | In the closing rounds Eubank , sensing that his title was on the line , dropped the facade of arrogance that had earlier been his hallmark . |
| 22 | It sounded as if whoever was on the line did not agree . |
| 23 | This meant he was on the line to the local education authority . |
| 24 | Peter was on the line . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 ! |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | In a letter to season-ticket holders this week , chairman Bates warned that everyone 's job at Stamford Bridge was on the line . |
| 29 | 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 . |