Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [was/were] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It has been claimed that their parents did not know the full extent of the dealings or what was on the films . ’ |
| 2 | Because you 'd only get half a pound perhaps and perhaps you 'd only get perhaps , this unit 'd only get two , According to what came into the country , or what was on the market . |
| 3 | It needed no great powers of prophecy to realize that Nigel and I were on a collision course . |
| 4 | Suddenly I found that he and I were on a collision course , both in Atlas aircraft . |
| 5 | John and I were on the dole . |
| 6 | Even from where Taff and I were on the road it was obvious that the dead soldiers were German . |
| 7 | ‘ Dear Thomas and I were on the point of announcing our engagement . |
| 8 | Vic and the crew were on the bank , Matt and I were on the raft with about a dozen Indians paddling and poling . |
| 9 | The morning was wasting away and I was on a promise to deliver women for Simon down in Southwark . |
| 10 | When I saw the room , I immediately wanted to call the whole thing off , but the chap already had the cheque and I was on a hiding to nothing with my landlord so I would just have to put up with it . |
| 11 | and I was gon na give you some of this wine that time , and I was on the way out |
| 12 | Yes and I was on the committee of the lifeboat . |
| 13 | ‘ It would be very nice if he was on one wing and I was on the other . ’ |
| 14 | It looked as if we had painted ourselves into a corner and I was on the verge of giving up and going home when Jake trundled up with his totter 's cart and his little skewbald pony . |
| 15 | No , not at the min not at the min I have n't erm , there was one shoved through just this morning and I was on the phone I just picked it up and I shoved it on the |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But there has been a lot of concern about the privatised er security contract at St Helier , er the way it was subcontracted by the original contractor , er without any member of the Health Authority actually knowing about that ; I certainly did n't know and I was on the Authority at the time . |
| 18 | ‘ Immediately after the marathon it was local election time and I was on the move constantly . |
| 19 | The two men were alone together indoors and I was on the terrace . |
| 20 | Two hopping abseils later — I 'm an expert at them now — and I was on the snow . |
| 21 | I smiled in answer to this , and started talking in French to a small , balding man who turned out to be Swiss and who was on the run from the customs in Geneva . |
| 22 | And she was on a camcorder today . |
| 23 | only go so high to do a course and she was on an F grade so she had to be taken down . |
| 24 | He 'd laid a trap for her and she was on the verge of plunging headlong into it . |
| 25 | A viewer with the same problem wrote to me , saying her doctor refused to give her any more and she was on the point of suicide . |
| 26 | And she was on the beanbag . |
| 27 | for an insulation company and we were on a Government funding and money ran out and it took us up to Christmas really and after Christmas we were out of work for four months |
| 28 | We chose the best of a not too brilliant bunch , made a ludicrous offer which to our astonishment was accepted , and we were on the road . |
| 29 | Times were not good , we had basically clung to outdated ideas and we were on the verge of closing . |
| 30 | Oh I 'm just sitting here having had a long , well erm I I 've just had a , a chat with Gillian who erm rang me up and we were on the phone for about half an hour I suppose , she 's some lucky girl ! |