Example sentences of "i was [verb] on the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When Boro played Peterborough United in the Rumbelows League Cup I was cheering on the lads . |
| 2 | If you were n't have said ooh I was listening on the phones and just a leave it on , you know the phones . |
| 3 | This was also the first of many operations at Poole in which I was involved on the cutters . |
| 4 | I was kept on the rails . |
| 5 | But I was sitting on the sands of Ke Iki at midnight with a fairy-tale princess , a Botticelli Venus whose long blonde tresses reflected golden glints from the fire . |
| 6 | I was working on the gardens and we had to sweep all the grounds . |
| 7 | But overhead — I was standing on the steps down to the gravel — the stars were out . |
| 8 | J. Marshall , Tanners Hill Cottage , Crook : I was standing on the steps of Durham Crown Court waiting to go in the public gallery , the assizes were on . |