Example sentences of "and [pron] [was/were] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It needed no great powers of prophecy to realize that Nigel and I were on a collision course . |
| 2 | Suddenly I found that he and I were on a collision course , both in Atlas aircraft . |
| 3 | The morning was wasting away and I was on a promise to deliver women for Simon down in Southwark . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | And she was on a camcorder today . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | And so he 's the one who started doing this — I do n't know if you remember Rolling Stone during that period he started getting slight , not really new wave , but we used some of the constructivist thing of breaking pages somewhat and pushing things on angles or erm My favourite was his Bob Dylan spread which actually I did , but it was based on what he was trying to get me to do , where everything read left to right and everything was , you know , point sizes lined up and everything was on a column grid , but it was , when you looked at it you had to , you know , like focus on it . |
| 8 | He 'd sent a photograph in and he was sitting in the garden and right and he was on a garden chair and he had his nice hair washed and shiny . |
| 9 | I mean , we 've , I 've , there was a situation these are the roads he 's taking me around now , he had me reverse round the corner which was practically blind , could n't see what was round the corner , so I was edging round , and it was on a hill so I had to do it , every time I stopped I had to put the handbrake on so I did n't roll |
| 10 | Yeah , erm you know my mate Lorraine , her sister used to work in there part time and it was on a Friday |