Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] on [art] line " in BNC.

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1 Well he had a , Newport was on the line , er Cambridge line so it was n't too bad
2 Madame Delon was on the line .
3 In a letter to season-ticket holders this week , chairman Bates warned that everyone 's job at Stamford Bridge was on the line .
4 And if Jude was on the line , who the fuck was he fucking ?
5 The telephone rang ; Jack was on the line .
6 Peter was on the line .
7 Around lunchtime Mr Jones was on the line .
8 Once again , Lustgarten was on the line to him .
9 In less than three years after his demob from the self-indulgent pastures of the peacetime RAF , Richard Burton turned himself into a great young classical actor — the heir and very apparent to Gielgud and Olivier ; and Hollywood was on the line , fishing for a new star .
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