Example sentences of "i was [verb] on [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a relief when I was moved on to the Sports Desk ; these were gains and losses of a different kind and they did n't involve people getting killed . |
| 2 | I was sent on with a minute to go and never touched the ball . |
| 3 | The importance of this discovery can not be over-estimated , for through it I was led on to the further discovery of the Primary Control of the workings of all the mechanisms of the human organisms , and this marked the first important stage of my investigation . |
| 4 | One afternoon I was bundled on to an open lorry where about 40 others were already shivering in the late autumn frost . |
| 5 | I had been asked to teach a course of lectures at the Teachers ’ College , which is the only place in NZ to run a speech therapy course ( run jointly with the university ) ; so I was staying on for an extra 4 weeks , while the others ( except Ned , who was also staying in Christchurch with his job ) headed for Auckland to fly home . |
| 6 | But then , having exhausted his recollections of the circumstances of his writing the paper , he switched to more personal matters and enquired carefully how I was getting on in a way that made me reel that my mission had been worthwhile and that I had by no means wasted his morning . |
| 7 | I was operated on for the first time when I was two or three weeks old . |
| 8 | At the beginning , although I felt that I wanted to get better , I was hanging on to the secure feeling that being ill brought . |
| 9 | I was hanging on to the ledge at the deep end , arms out in the crucifix position when I saw her come out of the ladies ’ changing rooms wearing a yellow and white striped one-piece . |
| 10 | ‘ I was bumped on to the rail six or seven times and I think I would have been in the first four but for that , ’ he said . |
| 11 | I was taken on as a staff programme researcher for " Here Today " , Salary : £1,100 . |
| 12 | I was to keep on with the Radio Column , some reviews , and any special features I could dream up . |
| 13 | I was whipped on against every natural instinct . |
| 14 | ‘ I was going on about the relative merits of casseroling and roasting . |
| 15 | The first lecture I gave I was going on about the different approaches to psychology . |
| 16 | It happened when I was forced on to a very low fat diet for health reasons ( I had a gall bladder that grumbled very painfully when I ate fatty food ) . |