Example sentences of "he [was/were] on [art] point " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a thin , brown man with a brass stud at the neck of his striped shirt and a sad expression as if he were on the point of tears . |
| 2 | As the Fifties ended he was on the point of multiplying millions by opening the first Playboy Club , in Chicago , where the girls , not the customers , were dressed as rabbits . |
| 3 | The Ajdabiya shaikh of one of the lineages involved confirmed the story : he was on the point of departure for Kufra to lend his weight to the representatives of reason and peace . |
| 4 | Nigel Mansell had for years been saying : ‘ Just go out and win ! ’ , and finally he was on the point of doing precisely that . |
| 5 | He was on the point of taking the key fortress of Valencia in the same year , when he fell sick and died within a matter of weeks . |
| 6 | His patience was dwindling and for the first time in four years of marriage she could see he was on the point of losing his temper . |
| 7 | In short , he was on the point of hysteria , not knowing whether to laugh or cry , |
| 8 | Against Wales at Cardiff , for instance , he was on the point of giving up . |
| 9 | He was on the point of taking his own life because he was depressed over his ill health and at the , in the church one can find spiritual food and physical food together , and in our country that 's about the only place where you can find those two together . |
| 10 | The technique , which he published , was quite complicated , and he described in his book how he was on the point of making a rotary machine to do it all automatically , when William Nicholson [ q.v. ] sent him his own version , which performed very well . |
| 11 | He stayed on , though it seemed he was on the point of departure , for moments together , stuck to his own indecisiveness like an insect on the tacky strips of paper designed to catch them . |
| 12 | As they raced on , he was on the point of kissing her , when she suddenly moved aside , so that he almost fell off . |
| 13 | He was on the point of kissing that tempting mouth , but stopped himself . |
| 14 | He was on the point of returning downstairs when he noticed that the door to the rare book section was not quite closed . |
| 15 | He was on the point of saying so when he despaired . |
| 16 | There was no message from the police captain , and he was on the point of leaving again for the City of Dreams when a rickshaw , its linen sunscreens pulled down around the passenger seat , rushed into the square and stopped by him , blocking his path . |
| 17 | Perhaps he was on the point of leaving but the fracas caused by Waldegrave 's death prevented him . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I hope I have n't held you up for too long , ’ she apologised quickly , realising that he could well have an appointment , and that he was on the point of leaving . |
| 19 | The young man belched and blinked his eyes as if he was on the point of falling asleep . |