Example sentences of "you [was/were] on [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , suppose you were on a planet with very , very strong gravity . |
| 2 | Do you know you were on the verge of rank insubordination ? |
| 3 | When you were on the watch for the weekend , did you used to get extra payment for that ? |
| 4 | Richard , Richard if you w if you were on the streets of Belfast for example goodness only knows what they would say to you , just because you 're British and they 'd use the pretext that you 're black to really throw horrendous insults at you . |
| 5 | Not if you were on the look-out for adventure . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , come on , you were on the phone to him when I came in . |
| 7 | He , you know that bloke who you said you were on the phone to in Liverpool and he 's got |
| 8 | Not like when you were on the way to the knacker 's — that was different , was n't it ? ’ |
| 9 | You were on the point of getting married , by that time , ? |
| 10 | You let me think you had a serious boyfriend , that you were on the point of marriage . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You were on the point of dying , ’ the voice continued . |
| 12 | The school authorities were unsympathetic : the dinner ladies would only accept you into the school to see the nurse if you were on the point of death , + my teacher kindly informed me that I should n't have been running in the playground . |
| 13 | I 've heard that you and her were more than friendly when you were on the staff at the C.B.T.C. ’ |
| 14 | And just remember your lines as if you were on the stage at Drury Lane . |
| 15 | ‘ Last night , when you say you were on the Wheel with him ? ’ |