Example sentences of "she [was/were] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her voice had a lilt to it as if she were on the verge of laughter . |
| 2 | She was on the cabin deck with Finnan , Bicker and Ratagan , a smile lighting her face . |
| 3 | She told Newley she was on the loo . |
| 4 | She then went onto Yale Law School where she was on the board of the law review and met her husband . |
| 5 | She was on the whole a very satisfactory wife . |
| 6 | As soon as she was on the road she began to run . |
| 7 | ABC television memorably noted that " Sarah Brightman could n't act scared if she was on the New York subway at four o'clock in the morning " ; while Frank Rich of the New York Times — the feared " butcher of Broadway " — remarked that she " simulates fear and affection alike by screwing her face into bug-eyed , chipmunk-like poses " , and that Lloyd Webber 's score was " long on pop professionalism , and impoverished of artistic personality and passion " . |
| 8 | It was Theo and their father in unholy alliance who had talked him into abandoning Sien when she was on the mend , he now alleged . |
| 9 | Even in the worst hours she never gave any public impression that she was on the ropes . |
| 10 | She was on the edge of some nasty secret . |
| 11 | She knew she was on the edge of tears . |
| 12 | She had n't told Alice , that she was on the hook . |
| 13 | They knew she was on the Union Committee and they were afraid of her . |
| 14 | The best he could hope for was to see Helen a bit while she was on the rebound … but maybe … |
| 15 | She was on the sofa , sitting as he 'd left her , arms wrapped round her knees . |
| 16 | Yeah , she was on the titles , was n't she ? |
| 17 | teapot while she was on the toilet . |
| 18 | Her hearers found it difficult to believe that this screaming was involuntary ; some thought she was drunk , or ill , or possessed by an evil spirit , but most of them just wanted her out of the way : ‘ some wished she was on the sea in a bottomless boat ’ . |
| 19 | During the war they both worked in the local Heathcoat factory making parts for aeroplanes — he was Chairman ; she was on the factory floor — then in 1946 they began to plant the garden in earnest . |
| 20 | As Martha tried on each garment in turn , Elizabeth could see that she was on the verge of tears . |
| 21 | As the news of Diana 's snubs emerged , Royal author Andrew Morton claimed she was on the verge of leaving the Royal Family . |
| 22 | The odd thing was his first thought was her husband , Ed , must be told — Ed whom she was on the verge of divorcing . |
| 23 | Often she was on the verge of tears for no reason , like a baby . |
| 24 | The grim knowledge that she was on the verge of suffocation appalled me and when she stumbled and almost fell the hand in my pocket gripped more tightly on the scalpel which I had taken from my car along with the adrenalin . |
| 25 | She was on the verge of tears , relieved yet unbelievably desolate . |
| 26 | Then , realising she was on the verge of helpless tears , she made a valiant effort to pull herself together . |
| 27 | From the way her mouth twitched , it was plain she was on the verge of breaking down . |
| 28 | Without warning , Lou began beating her forehead and moaning ; plainly she was on the verge of hysteria . |
| 29 | She was on the verge of ignoring the summons , on the reasonable assumption that the visitor had pressed the wrong buzzer , when it sounded several more times . |
| 30 | She was on the verge of complaining to the barmaid , but decided that she was not all that hungry after all , and at least the chips were hot . |