Example sentences of "i [was/were] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even from where Taff and I were on the road it was obvious that the dead soldiers were German . |
| 2 | If I were on the pay side in the Treasury , I would be prepared to permit maximum flexibility on the salary and conditions offered to the successful applicant . |
| 3 | John and I were on the dole . |
| 4 | Vic and the crew were on the bank , Matt and I were on the raft with about a dozen Indians paddling and poling . |
| 5 | ‘ Dear Thomas and I were on the point of announcing our engagement . |
| 6 | Paul was invited to give a series of public lectures at the school , and word got around that I was on the verge of retirement and Paul would be happy to take my place . |
| 7 | It looked as if we had painted ourselves into a corner and I was on the verge of giving up and going home when Jake trundled up with his totter 's cart and his little skewbald pony . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ I was on the verge of the England squad with Norwich and played for the Under-21 side a few times . |
| 9 | I was on the verge of asking her to marry me . |
| 10 | When he came in he saw I was on the verge of tears and said , " What 's wrong ? " |
| 11 | In a flash of over stimulated temper , I was on the verge of silencing Gharr 's laughter with one of my mini-weapons . |
| 12 | At the time , I was on the tarmac , where Hunt , with the offending Regazzoni , whose fault it had all been , behind him , sat in his repaired race car , which he had abandoned around Druids — not having completed a lap . |
| 13 | Suddenly , I was on the top of one wave as she came thundering over the next . |
| 14 | I was on the inside of Christian faith , yet in my mind I was also on the outside looking in . |
| 15 | So , as soon as we got in the studio , I was on the trail . ’ |
| 16 | When I one time when I was wounded in France I was on the Somme you know . |
| 17 | ‘ I was on the back of the motorbike on some shots , ’ said camera operator Rick Gauld . |
| 18 | Er I mean , you will know that I wrote a book called No time for Ostriches in when I was on the back benches , in favour of work fare . |
| 19 | Oh yes I I was on the committee at . |
| 20 | Er I was on the committee on the buses , but that was later . |
| 21 | Yes and I was on the committee of the lifeboat . |
| 22 | But I was on the race , I was going on the race track . |
| 23 | In this I may be vulnerable , for I was on the lookout for miracles and it was while watching Nancy , listening to her and eventually breaking my own icy shield and talking to her , that I came close to seeing what I was looking for . |
| 24 | So I was on the lookout . |
| 25 | Cos when I was on the Hertfordshire Environmental of the group which has folded |
| 26 | Oh I remember when I was when I was on the Green , there were two ladies , there used to be a pub called the er erm What was that pub called , now ? |
| 27 | and I reckon he broke them but he says he 's no broken but I I I felt the tooth in two side of my mouth so I just stopped the treatment there and I 'm going to another dentist some time but my wife , I do n't want to go there now cos money 's tight , I was on the D H S S , I was due to pay the first forty nine pound . |
| 28 | Apparently I was on the edge of the crater and the main blast had gone over me . |
| 29 | I was on the edge of my seat for most of the time but nobody could deny we deserved this result . ’ |
| 30 | Some years ago when I was on the edge of Christianity , I spoke to a large gathering about the problematic nature of the Godhead for women . |