Example sentences of "he [was/were] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He were on the shed roof ? |
| 2 | No , stuck it over David 's head , he were on the phone to a client , we took a photo , somebody took a photo of it , we knocked on the door we said David have you got a minute ? |
| 3 | Marek 's tremble quickened , as though he were on the verge of taking a decision . |
| 4 | The drunken miller 's incoherency , " " as he were on the quakke " " ( 4152 ) recalls how Nicholas puts the equivalent of an ass 's head on John the carpenter by portraying him , absurdly , as a duck swimming above the Second Flood ( 3575 – 6 ) . |
| 5 | When in the course of my explanation I mentioned the word pagan , he jerked as if he were on the end of a wire . |
| 6 | He was a thin , brown man with a brass stud at the neck of his striped shirt and a sad expression as if he were on the point of tears . |
| 7 | He was here , and the hardest part was over ; he was on the soil where Alina walked , he breathed the same air again . |
| 8 | He said he was on the Prince of Orange 's staff . |
| 9 | There were rumours after he had a stroke last March that he was on the brink of retirement and that he wished to go . |
| 10 | She knew he was on the brink of orgasm , and was aware of a gathering in her own loins . |
| 11 | And he was on the brink , she sensed , of surprising her with a confidence . |
| 12 | I was at the wardrobe , I 'd just took me trousers off and the bloody door flew open and I turned round , he was on the bed ! |
| 13 | He was on the water when I made the speech and the Liberals did not know what to say . |
| 14 | R.W. Davidson , a 14-year old boy employed at Lee 's works had a particularly horrifying death , he was on the night shift and during a meal break was skylarking with a friend when he fell into a pile of dust which quickly enveloped and suffocated him . |
| 15 | Now he was on the edge of the pine forest at the bottom of the meadow . |
| 16 | He was on the edge of weeping , but did not want Murray to realise it . |
| 17 | He still had enough of his wits to take great care not to let his hands touch her or anything else , but she sensed he was on the edge of collapse . |
| 18 | Then , when he could take it no more , when he was on the edge of the precipice , but knew he was ready before her , he pulled back . |
| 19 | He was on the edge of a table , covered with festive fayre : plates of beef and suntanned turkey , roast something scaled like an armadillo and studded with cloves ; bowls of nuts , fruit and cream . |
| 20 | Most of those who saw the General in the weeks after his resignation did not come away with the impression that he was on the edge of his seat waiting to be asked back . |
| 21 | He took it a few feet out , so now he was on the edge of the 18 yard box … near the corner ( so approx 25 yards from goal ) , he pulled it back the other way , turned and curled the ball into the top left corner with his left foot . |
| 22 | Equally , his brace against Manchester United in our last match of 1990–91 ( co-incidentally also his own 150th Palace appearance ) demonstrated that he was on the verge of international recognition , with the second one , struck from fully 30 yards , bringing the big crowd to its feet in salute . |
| 23 | JH : Moving on to another great love of yours , Franz Schubert ; I have always felt that he was in many ways cut short in his prime , almost as thought he was on the verge of finding himself creatively . |
| 24 | He was on the verge of tears and did not wish to appear unmanly . |
| 25 | He felt wet grass under his cuffed hands , knew he was on the verge of a road somewhere . |
| 26 | That summer Lewis thought perhaps he was on the verge of a nervous breakdown . |
| 27 | TONY MYLER is back in a Widnes jersey tomorrow — a month after he was on the verge of quitting the game . |
| 28 | Yet Atkinson revealed he was on the verge of quitting during a never-ending battle against injury last season . |
| 29 | She knew he was on the verge of losing his job . |
| 30 | He developed quite a severe migraine headache and felt very sick by Day 3 and he was on the verge of giving up . |