Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] on [art] point " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) reported in mid-February that Kurdistan was on the point of collapse and that hundreds of thousands of people were facing starvation as a result of the Iraqi blockade and the cutting of supply lines to Iran by snow and to Turkey by a lorry strike . |
| 2 | Drilling operations had meanwhile been shifted to the south , and oil was finally struck in Masjid-i-Suleiman on 26 May 1908 , just as D'Arcy and Burmah were on the point of giving up . |
| 3 | Australian tycoon Alan Bond was on the point of conquering the world until he bought shares in Lonrho without first checking with Rowland . |
| 4 | M.J. talked a lot , and Donald said I encouraged her too much , and that I.C.B. was on the point of being more personal and interesting if I had let her — but I was rather shy of it . |
| 5 | Lily was on the point of having what might yet prove to be only the first stage of a thoracoplasty . |
| 6 | De Craon started forward , his face flushed with anger , and Corbett drew back , believing that de Craon was on the point of striking him . |
| 7 | Several times that evening at Therese 's house , Flavia was on the point of saying , Rosette Fournier turned up with an apparition — who can she be ? |
| 8 | Just as Emily was on the point of replying , the hammering stopped and Mr Zamoyski emerged from the entrance to his workshop . |
| 9 | Morton was on the point of killing the Dragoon when the soldier begged for quarter , adding that he had been forced into the army and had not wanted to be a soldier . |
| 10 | Time and again , sons or hired hands were sent vaulting over the dry stone walls to Low Birk Hatt when it became obvious that the Hauxwells were on the point of dropping with exhaustion as they struggled to finish their haymaking or sheep shearing . |
| 11 | Benjamin was on the point of replying when we heard the clip-clop of horses ' hooves and saw Doctor Agrippa making his way slowly towards us ; his mount , a gentle cob , ambling along as if it was a balmy summer 's day . |
| 12 | We chattered a while and Benjamin was on the point of leaving when the Queen stepped forward . |
| 13 | It 's a wonder I did n't kill Benjamin but , when I opened my eyes , two of the rogues were dead of huge gashes between shoulder and neck whilst Benjamin was on the point of driving his sword straight through the breast of a third . |
| 14 | The home itself was pillaged often , and by 1957 both Mary and Terry were on the point of collapse after months existing on half-nights of sleep . |
| 15 | George and Elizabeth were on the point of going to bed when they heard a knock on the door . |
| 16 | It is true that right at the end , in October 1097 , when Anselm was on the point of leaving England , Eadmer reports him as saying to the Canterbury monks : ‘ I go willingly , trusting in God 's mercy that my journey will do something for the liberty of the Church in future times . ’ |
| 17 | Melissa was on the point of telling Iris about Shergold 's affair with Angy and the business of the jacket . |