Example sentences of "we [was/were] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difference between the way we saw life as young people — especially the amoral attitude to sex — and the conventional way of portraying it on screen was so great that I knew we were on the verge of a big change . |
| 2 | Times were not good , we had basically clung to outdated ideas and we were on the verge of closing . |
| 3 | We eventually got the repairs done free of charge , despite the fact that we were on the verge of receiving a repair bill totalling £100 . |
| 4 | On one occasion , he told the guests , ‘ you might have believed that we were on the verge of adding 3,500 redundancies to the total of Scottish unemployed . |
| 5 | ‘ We were on the verge of letting him go because we had George Reilly and a couple of other strikers on the books . |
| 6 | We were on the verge of an affair , but the moment he met you everything came to a dead stop . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , just as we were on the verge of starting an affair , he heard that I had other irons in the fire . ’ |
| 8 | They got the feeling that we were on the ropes and I , I mean if |
| 9 | ‘ All I do know is that when we were on the way here he was asking me a great many questions about what went on in the village . |
| 10 | We were on the way back from visiting |
| 11 | We were on the green for five shots , and Mr Lu was on the side of the green for two . |
| 12 | During July we were on the Women 's Heart tour — 28 gigs in 30 nights , packed houses all the way . |
| 13 | We ca n't remember any , but the first time we were on the cover was one of the high points of our short and illustrious career ( pass the sickbag please , stewardess ) |
| 14 | We were on the moors , close to Wuthering Heights , when I caught sight of two men talking to her . |
| 15 | I 've gone to bed many and many a time — and I was only sixteen — I 've gone to bed many a time and laid on the bed and fell off to sleep before I was undressed because we were on the go the whole time . |
| 16 | When we started well we were in trouble in York When we at then we were going on the go slow system you know , we did n't produce much slate we were on the go work to rule . |
| 17 | Heaven forbid I would n't talk to you like this if we were on the air would I ? |
| 18 | ‘ When is Derek coming ? ’ asked Lili , perhaps because we were on the subject of husbands . |
| 19 | When er when we were on the subject of er the the labour turnover er in the insurance industry , what is the turnover in ? |
| 20 | This single action and comment implied a huge transformation in but one simple step , for suddenly we were on the edge of non-projected activity — ‘ some people outside my house ’ places the children in a markedly different relationship to the drama . |
| 21 | We were on the edge of such a pit . |
| 22 | We also went down into the valley , into , we were on the edge of the Rift Valley , and there there were a different sort of people . |
| 23 | This time last year , most of us believed that we were on the threshold of a new era of peace and co-operation in international affairs . |
| 24 | We chose the best of a not too brilliant bunch , made a ludicrous offer which to our astonishment was accepted , and we were on the road . |
| 25 | ‘ We were on the phone for an hour we had some pretty special memories and I just want to thank The Northern ‘ . |
| 26 | Oh I 'm just sitting here having had a long , well erm I I 've just had a , a chat with Gillian who erm rang me up and we were on the phone for about half an hour I suppose , she 's some lucky girl ! |
| 27 | We were on the motorway |
| 28 | ‘ You looked out of the window when we were on the Concorde . |
| 29 | But erm you know when we were on the strike if these lads would n't have gone back , there was couple of scabs went back into the quarry . |
| 30 | ‘ When I became Prime Minister we were on the eve of war to free Kuwait . |