Example sentences of "was on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you can guarantee , he was on t' phone on Saturday , he phoned me up on Monday , he phoned me on Tuesday and said , now I remember what I wanted . |
| 2 | During the first two months I was on a King 's Kids Outreach Tour . |
| 3 | It had however taken me 40 gallons to fly from Duxford down to Stansted and I felt that somehow I was on a loser here ! |
| 4 | Lee was on a downslope , and it seemed absolutely impossible for him to finish close . |
| 5 | Technically the appeal against the decision of Potts J. is interlocutory because decided on an application by the defendants to strike out the claim as disclosing no reasonable cause of action , while the appeal against the decision of Phillips J. is a final appeal because his decision was on a question directed by consent to be tried as a preliminary issue . |
| 6 | It was on a level with Arnold 's 67 at Troon . |
| 7 | Her face was on a level with his ; she stared at him for some seconds before she said quietly , ‘ You need n't be concerned that you might have started something ; I 've got no ideas that way . |
| 8 | His face was on a level with hers , his pupils were strange , bright . |
| 9 | But although he might not be bright , Balor 's head was on a level with Floy and Snodgrass as they sat astride the two horses and he was twice the size of either of them . |
| 10 | Because of his superior height , his head was on a level with hers and she could feel his breath stirring her hair . |
| 11 | Without breaking his stride Rincewind ducked again , so low that his chin was on a level with his knees , while a fist like a log sizzled through the air by his ear . |
| 12 | He turned from the window , which was on a level with his face , and came to where Harry stood . |
| 13 | Rose perched on a stool so that her face was on a level with Lily and the woman had to look at her . |
| 14 | I was on a kind of … half-throttle , emotionally . |
| 15 | was receiving inpatient treatment or was on a waiting list for inpatient treatment |
| 16 | This was on a souvenir mug bought in Hokkaido . |
| 17 | At this point Jess saw the horse and rider coming towards them , but her attention was on a voice behind her . |
| 18 | Col Phailes , a payload specialist , is attached to the USA Industrial College of the armed forces and was on a UK fact-finding tour with colleagues . |
| 19 | And so he 's the one who started doing this — I do n't know if you remember Rolling Stone during that period he started getting slight , not really new wave , but we used some of the constructivist thing of breaking pages somewhat and pushing things on angles or erm My favourite was his Bob Dylan spread which actually I did , but it was based on what he was trying to get me to do , where everything read left to right and everything was , you know , point sizes lined up and everything was on a column grid , but it was , when you looked at it you had to , you know , like focus on it . |
| 20 | Certainly , it surpassed in bulk and cost anything yet seen in Romania and was on a scale approaching Imelda Marcos 's spendthrift acquisitions . |
| 21 | Part of the trouble was that the information which colleges needed for their own purpose was on a scale different from that which was called for by local authorities and by the DES . |
| 22 | . If it was on a P D P Eleven then the addressing would only be a matter of si sixteen bit as well . |
| 23 | The news was a body blow and for several months the company was on a knife edge . |
| 24 | I want to end by saying that we need now to f go over this hurdle of liberation make sure that the vast majority of black South Africans who are deeply angry and I saw this anger because I was in South Africa when Chris was assassinated and this anger was turning into rage and the country was on a knife edge it could have blown up , the country would have burned had it not been for the diplomatic achievement of , of enormous stature by Nelson Mandela when he addressed the whole nation and in a sense seized power informally from white and black and the country managed to survive that but if that anger turns into rage again then the country could burn and I do n't say this to be dramatic but just to warn that in those moments when the media and so on do n't explain the situation well do n't forget our people because they have had to cope with this situation . |
| 25 | There was a catch in his voice ; he was on a knife edge and for a moment Melissa feared he would break down . |
| 26 | I do n't know whether he was on a call out , going towards the crashed his car , he 'd got |
| 27 | Ah , how touching ! thought Anna : it reminds me of Dmitri , when I was on a field trip in the Urals , that summer — oh , was it ‘ 66 or ‘ 67 ? |
| 28 | It was on a sigh that Aggie replied , ‘ No , love , I 'm not afraid of getting splinters . |
| 29 | Carson 's bathrobe was on a hook behind the door . |
| 30 | Lee kept on the attack despite this and the fact that Nicklaus was on a roll . |