Example sentences of "i [was/were] on [art] point " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Dear Thomas and I were on the point of announcing our engagement . |
| 2 | After a delicious Chinese dinner , tea and brandy , I was on the point of leaving , but stopped to admire a small framed painting on the wall . |
| 3 | But just as I was on the point of giving up , the honking bus swerved past me . |
| 4 | I was on the point of asking the Minister the same question . |
| 5 | They 're here and she 's there , after all I was on the point of signing off when Selina started telling me , in accents of alarmingly genuine arousal , about this rich new boyfriend of hers , this transatlantic moneyman , how he took her to hotels and dressed her up and fucked her on the floor like a dog . |
| 6 | I was on the point of surrendering when I thought that it would be more dangerous to resume the subject on another occasion ; I also did n't trust my nerve . |
| 7 | Not until I arrived on the 18th tee 1-down did it suddenly occur to me that I was on the point of losing . |
| 8 | I was on the point of destroying any chance the Monsters had of breaking into this universe . ’ |
| 9 | So anyway I said , oh well get some change and I was on the point of sa I said to Margaret shall we jump in the ruddy car and we 'll get back . |