Example sentences of "i [was/were] [vb pp] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , at least she knew I was born on a Wednesday … |
| 2 | In the afternoon , I was conducted on a shopping expedition by from Alligarh , an ex-student of ours from Lancaster . |
| 3 | ‘ I was raised on a farm , ’ she said , and she took the duck from Angelica and efficiently flipped it upside down and twisted its neck . |
| 4 | I was based on a big estate where there were extensive herds of grazing cattle . |
| 5 | I was seated on a hard sort of sofa covered with worn black velvet , and tea ( as in More Women than Men ) went ‘ through all its stages ’ . |
| 6 | Well , I was bailed on a charge of fraud but I feel they 've got something else up their sleeve . |
| 7 | I was weaned on a regular diet of Hollywood fantasy at my local cinema , The Grand , in a remote , windswept North-east village during the war years and my passion for Snow White , Grumpy , Happy and Mickey has not dimmed with the passage of time . |
| 8 | ‘ They knew I was a sniffer but I was put on a YTS placement to learn to be a carpet fitter . |
| 9 | ‘ However , I went for a second opinion , and I was put on a scan . |
| 10 | I was put on a slab and all my clothes cut off me . |
| 11 | In December I was interviewed on a dark evening at Trinity by a group of Fellows , one of whom wore enormous boots and all of them seemed amused by my belief that there were no good books on eighteenth-century English history . |
| 12 | I was arrested on a Wednesday and kept overnight at the police station and questioned . |
| 13 | Saturday , 27th : In the morning , I was accompanied on a shopping expedition by ( Lecturer , CIEFL , ex-Lancaster student ) . |
| 14 | He 's making it sound as if I was stretched on a couch , locked in a room with a ‘ Do not disturb ’ sign on the door while Sir Matt , the doc and a priest I have certainly never met , got to work straightening me out , socially , medically and religiously . |
| 15 | I was left on a piece of ice that was becoming smaller all the time . |
| 16 | A telegram arrived saying I was booked on a flight the next day , to be filmed at Pinewood Studios for the title sequences of the James Bond film ‘ A View to a Kill ’ . |