Example sentences of "that she [was/were] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through the glass she saw that she was on a shelf in the potion laboratory and the tall figure of her form-mistress was swirling out of the door . |
| 2 | Even in the worst hours she never gave any public impression that she was on the ropes . |
| 3 | As Martha tried on each garment in turn , Elizabeth could see that she was on the verge of tears . |
| 4 | The grim knowledge that she was on the verge of suffocation appalled me and when she stumbled and almost fell the hand in my pocket gripped more tightly on the scalpel which I had taken from my car along with the adrenalin . |
| 5 | Joanna 's mouth opened and Sophie could see that she was on the verge of an angry retort but the situation was saved by the entry of the veterinary nurse , carrying a tray . |
| 6 | She had n't told Alice , that she was on the hook . |
| 7 | He must indeed have been utterly determined to thwart her — not to say very certain that she was on the train . |
| 8 | The anxiety that she was on the point of doing so created a mounting sense of urgency during the 1870s . |