Example sentences of "i [was/were] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was on the terraces until five years ago . |
| 2 | ‘ He actually told me I was on the streets and told me Brian owed all this money . |
| 3 | If I was on the streets of Ireland now , and I 've been there many occasions and someone said to me , look at that Welsh get there , I would just have to take it . |
| 4 | Yeah your , here 's , here 's your Christmas present I was on the streets for that . |
| 5 | Here I need mention only that my work at the Staff College and the Royal Military College in Baghdad put me under suspicion of espionage , and that had the pro-Nazi rebellion of Raschid Ali of May 1941 ( during which I was given protection in the American Embassy ) been successful , I should have fared badly , as it was surmised much later that I was on the rebels ' hit list . |
| 6 | I was on the skids , now I 'm doing all right . |
| 7 | I remember once I was on the steps of a hotel in Liverpool , and a middle-aged woman wearing a maroon coat came up and said , ‘ Hey , George , you know I 've always loved you , could I have your autograph ? ’ |