Example sentences of "and [was/were] on [art] point " in BNC.
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| 1 | At last they decided to withdraw from the square and were on the point of departure when they were suddenly surrounded by a group of tough-looking soldiers , helmeted and armed . |
| 2 | Up to his last days , he regularly walked his dogs , and was on the point of doing so on his usual route from his home — the oldest lived-in wooden house in London , built in 1483 — when he had his fatal fall . |
| 3 | According to Mr Charles , my father had duly driven to one village and was on the point of entering a second when either Mr Smith or Mr Jones noticed the village was Brigoon — that is to say the third , not the second , name of the sequence . |
| 4 | Hendrik Scholte eyed the stranger suspiciously — hotel-keepers invariably did — and was on the point of showing Vincent the door when his wife intervened . |
| 5 | Meirion desperately needed more remunerative work and was on the point of leaving his home town . |
| 6 | According to a Friends of the Earth bulletin , the company won a Green Manufacturer of the Year Award , and was on the point of signing a $114,000 sponsorship deal to support Green Shopping Day when it suddenly pulled out . |
| 7 | He 'd had a blazing row with a ‘ Foreign Office Johnnie ’ , and was on the point of bursting when a third voice had come onto the line . |