Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [was/were] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I THOUGHT I was still standing and then I realised I was on the floor . ’ |
| 2 | The joint team established that the temperature of the electrons in the T-3 tokamak really was as high as the Soviet scientists estimated they were on the basis of their less-direct measurements . |
| 3 | Just when it seemed they were on the slide they nit Leicester with all they had , running in seven tries in a 37–6 victory . |
| 4 | He stayed on , though it seemed he was on the point of departure , for moments together , stuck to his own indecisiveness like an insect on the tacky strips of paper designed to catch them . |
| 5 | But when one came it was on the break , Tovalieri getting Bari 's third . |
| 6 | As the news of Diana 's snubs emerged , Royal author Andrew Morton claimed she was on the verge of leaving the Royal Family . |
| 7 | Suppose I 'll have to put them both with a five can always buy her a plant or some or a box of chocolate 's , oh sorry Melvin brought you these , forgot you were on a diet |
| 8 | Allchin began by admitting that Microsoft has had a problem communicating its approach to object technology and claimed he was on the panel to put the record straight : there are objects in Windows NT because there is an object management system in the kernel — its simply not exposed to users . |
| 9 | We were sitting on water , going down a great , deep stream , and then I realized we were on a board — like that board in the field — all white and covered with black lines . |
| 10 | And I checked we were on the causeway . |
| 11 | She felt a little exposed and felt her way along until she discovered she was on a ledge . |
| 12 | He still had enough of his wits to take great care not to let his hands touch her or anything else , but she sensed he was on the edge of collapse . |
| 13 | According to popular myth , Law discovered he was on the list to leave Old Trafford from a TV report when he was visiting his sick mother in Aberdeen . |
| 14 | When he came in he saw I was on the verge of tears and said , " What 's wrong ? " |
| 15 | I dreamed I was on a case . |
| 16 | That night I dreamed I was on a ship again , and Alec was captain . |
| 17 | The next thing I knew I was on the floor . ’ |
| 18 | The paramedics turned up within ten minutes and as they turned up I passed out , so they applied the defibrillator to my chest and the next thing I knew from one minute to sitting talking to them I knew I was on the ground and they 'd brought me round . |
| 19 | I knew he had been a colleague of my father ; I wondered how he knew I was on the Sort-to . |
| 20 | ‘ You thought I was on the pill , of course , that 's why you never used a sheath or anything . |
| 21 | I thought you thought I was on the wagon or something . |
| 22 | They knew she was on the Union Committee and they were afraid of her . |
| 23 | She knew she was on the edge of tears . |
| 24 | ‘ I thought you was on the InterSpace payroll back then ? ’ |
| 25 | The difference between the way we saw life as young people — especially the amoral attitude to sex — and the conventional way of portraying it on screen was so great that I knew we were on the verge of a big change . |
| 26 | Jenking said he thought they were on the Dean and that they would soon beat over it into deeper water . |
| 27 | Mm , I thought they were on the way here , I saw loads of for sale signs but I did n't see any new ones |
| 28 | And I get them er , I thought they were on the seat but they 're not . |
| 29 | This meant he was on the line to the local education authority . |
| 30 | When the trains came in or out , sending the pigeons wheeling from the vaulted roof and the steam rolling against the windows , Meredith felt he was on the poop of some ancient brig sailing a ghostly sea . |