Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] on an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Towards noon , the mirage drew nearer , to about half a mile , as if I were on an island trapped by the in-coming tide . |
| 2 | ‘ I wish I were on an island with you and nobody else , with no trouble or danger or terrible memories to make me suffer . ’ |
| 3 | on er er , er and had erm I was on an antibiotic for a , week or so . |
| 4 | : I was on an administration course at Bircham Newton RAF unit , about five miles from Sandringham where George VI breathed his last . |
| 5 | I was very unhappy , because I saw then that I was on an island . |
| 6 | Members of Leuchars mountain rescue team , who were on an exercise in the area , went to his aid and moved him to an area accessible for the helicopter . |
| 7 | So I said , well I I explained , now look , you were on an export price list now , one of the things Jerry did n't like |
| 8 | only go so high to do a course and she was on an F grade so she had to be taken down . |
| 9 | She was on an expedition where packhorses were hired to go to the camp at 10,000ft beside a mountain lake . |
| 10 | ‘ I heard him over the intercom once — we were on an exercise — up in the clouds — saying , ‘ sorry , Oggy , forgot my ruler ! ’ |
| 11 | There was little to show that we were on an island , for the snow covered everything from horizon to horizon . |
| 12 | They were on an outing from school — a day of activities organised by Scope Southall , an independent community organisation . |
| 13 | It was on an operation in Libya that his family was kidnapped by Arab terrorists to try and force him to countermand the order to attack . |
| 14 | It was on an ICF crusade that Kennedy died in Liverpool 8 March 1929 . |
| 15 | It was on an aid pitch that he took his only fall , ripping two pegs before the last aid point held him . |
| 16 | He was on an hour now and making good progress . |
| 17 | The necessary papers were provided for him , the travelling arranged , and by noon he was on an Aeroflot plane to Geneva . |