Example sentences of "i [was/were] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was about then I felt as if I were on a small boat on stormy seas . |
| 2 | ‘ I would n't ask him for help if I were on a sinking ship and he was the only one with a lifebelt ! ’ |
| 3 | I was on a real holiday buzz , had a big , erm … party , y'know , and got totally fuckin' kettled . |
| 4 | On the day of the first ballot , February 4 , 1 975 , I was on a political tour of the East Midlands . |
| 5 | I was on a tricky bend , the road falling away sharply and badly in need of a grader . |
| 6 | This morning I was on a new one . |
| 7 | Clear as day — I was on a winning streak , I 'd hit a seam . |
| 8 | All my dreams of playing for United to the end of my career — and I was on a seven- year contract — vanished when Ferguson called me into his office and offered me a cash pay-off to clear out and go and do something else with my life . |
| 9 | I was on a local council for some years that thought it was well run , but we still found it possible to get rid of a tier of management . |
| 10 | It was the day I had taken my last exam in my finals so I was on a high anyway . |
| 11 | D. A. I was on a school-crossing duty for disabled children and I held up my hand for a motor cyclist to stop and he rode right past me . |