Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] on [art] " 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 | ‘ I would n't ask him for help if I were on a sinking ship and he was the only one with a lifebelt ! ’ |
| 3 | It was about then I felt as if I were on a small boat on stormy seas . |
| 4 | Suddenly I found that he and I were on a collision course , both in Atlas aircraft . |
| 5 | If I were on the pay side in the Treasury , I would be prepared to permit maximum flexibility on the salary and conditions offered to the successful applicant . |
| 6 | Even from where Taff and I were on the road it was obvious that the dead soldiers were German . |
| 7 | John and I were on the dole . |
| 8 | All they told me was that if I were on the public payroll I 'd take a ride out to Westminster Drive and have a long talk with Mrs. Laura Channing . |
| 9 | Vic and the crew were on the bank , Matt and I were on the raft with about a dozen Indians paddling and poling . |
| 10 | ‘ Dear Thomas and I were on the point of announcing our engagement . |
| 11 | The work had dropped off yeah , and then I were on the , on the labour for a short time and erm then I got a job next door to where I lived , straight next door . |
| 12 | Towards noon , the mirage drew nearer , to about half a mile , as if I were on an island trapped by the in-coming tide . |
| 13 | ‘ I wish I were on an island with you and nobody else , with no trouble or danger or terrible memories to make me suffer . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The excitement of the adventure started to dissipate and I was left with the cold reality of knowing that I was on a train with hardly any money , no ticket and nowhere to go . |
| 16 | Ah , how touching ! thought Anna : it reminds me of Dmitri , when I was on a field trip in the Urals , that summer — oh , was it ‘ 66 or ‘ 67 ? |
| 17 | ‘ I was on a visit doing some coaching when I was told the President and Secretary of State wanted to see me . |
| 18 | No boats to Ballachulish for Glencoe but I island-hopped instead up Loch Linnhe and walked the roadless east coastline of Lismore pretending I was on a boat . |
| 19 | If you passed for Sergeant , you got two ten-shilling special allowances , and when I got made Sergeant , I was on a bike allowance of seven shillings a week . |
| 20 | D. A. I was on a school-crossing duty for disabled children and I held up my hand for a motor cyclist to stop and he rode right past me . |
| 21 | The speech began : ‘ I was on a Greyhound bus out of Carlsbad heading for Loving , New Mexico . |
| 22 | During the first two months I was on a King 's Kids Outreach Tour . |
| 23 | I was on a real holiday buzz , had a big , erm … party , y'know , and got totally fuckin' kettled . |
| 24 | It had however taken me 40 gallons to fly from Duxford down to Stansted and I felt that somehow I was on a loser here ! |
| 25 | All my dreams of playing for United to the end of my career — and I was on a seven- year contract — vanished when Ferguson called me into his office and offered me a cash pay-off to clear out and go and do something else with my life . |
| 26 | The other day I was on a plane , and a man came up to me and was absolutely thrilled to see me . |
| 27 | Given the chance , I would have stayed watching or followed the kestrel around the park all day , but if I was on a shopping sortie with my mother , she was always in an incredible hurry , so that was n't possible . |
| 28 | I told him I was on a diet , which he believed . |
| 29 | Clear as day — I was on a winning streak , I 'd hit a seam . |
| 30 | I never doubted that I was on a road that led somewhere . |