Example sentences of "i [was/were] on an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Towards noon , the mirage drew nearer , to about half a mile , as if I were on an island trapped by the in-coming tide . |
| 2 | ‘ I wish I were on an island with you and nobody else , with no trouble or danger or terrible memories to make me suffer . ’ |
| 3 | on er er , er and had erm I was on an antibiotic for a , week or so . |
| 4 | : I was on an administration course at Bircham Newton RAF unit , about five miles from Sandringham where George VI breathed his last . |
| 5 | I was very unhappy , because I saw then that I was on an island . |