Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adv prt] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon Jacob and I were out on the lonely , snow-covered hills . |
| 2 | I stammered out a fairly acceptable reason for declining their invitation to make a personal appearance at the songs premiere , and very shortly Mala and I were back on our ship as Posi took us off-planet , with much relief all round . |
| 3 | I was over on the island . |
| 4 | One day , a year later , I was over on the west side of the island . |
| 5 | Oh , no , I was n't down by the river , I was over on the side next to the road . |
| 6 | I was up on the box all the time ! ’ |
| 7 | In fact , as I recall , I was up on the step-ladder dusting the portrait of Viscount Wetherby when my employer had entered carrying a few volumes which he presumably wished returned to the shelves . |
| 8 | Then the American announcer said , ‘ The bronze medal , Linford Christie , Great Britain , ’ and I was up on the plinth , the medal was around my neck and the Union Jacks were waving . |
| 9 | Its reflection on the water surface of the river at Abingdon advanced towards me , in this case not exactly to my feet because I was up on the bridge , but whatever else I managed to achieve in the picture I had to make this plane of the river advance . |
| 10 | However , so erm she asked me if I 'd go up and give her hand to sort things out , so I was up on the Friday morning and I said well you better phone the corporation and tell them that you 're moving out on Saturday morning . |
| 11 | Now a as I say , I was up on there on Friday and erm |
| 12 | I was up on the hill when the woman came . |
| 13 | At last I was up on a level with him . |
| 14 | ‘ Last Saturday night I was up on the stage being congratulated on winning the car . |
| 15 | The tube I was in on Wednesday had to go slowly through a deserted and evacuated Victoria Station and one 's heart beats a little fast wondering if something will go off . |
| 16 | I 've got a lot of interesting stuff-after all , I was in on the ground floor . |
| 17 | ‘ You did n't tell her the state I was in on Saturday night ? ’ he queried , obviously alarmed . |
| 18 | I was out on Shaftesbury Avenue , facing Eros , the heart of Piccadilly , in the guts of Soho , the cunt of London . |
| 19 | Sound of the train getting closer and before I knew it I was out on that street pushing the trolley . |
| 20 | The other day I was out on the hill when I came upon a herd of four stags , and I shot five of them , just as easy as that . ’ |
| 21 | Too soon , I was out on the other side , dazzled , like a man leaving a cinema in the afternoon . |
| 22 | I knew I was out on the motorway |
| 23 | I was out on the gallery just before I went to bed , looking at all the tapestries and statuettes . |
| 24 | This year of 1991 I was out on a boat once ’ . |
| 25 | I was out on my rounds as usual . |
| 26 | It 's lucky for you I was out on the towpath — ’ |
| 27 | Or — and this thought only occurred to me when I was out on the street and running for the hill as fast as I could — as if there was something else behind his eyes , looking out at the world , waiting for the awful moment when it would start to take apart our little corner of the planet , piece by shabby piece . |
| 28 | When I was out on the road I mean before I came into training I was so I laid my cards at the table at this point in time to say yes I need to sell insurance erm and I always remember particular broker who you go in and and he 's saying well so how many of these particular products would you sell over the next year and he said oh twenty five and you go in great , guy 's promised to sell twenty five domestic contents policies over the next year . |
| 29 | So so really you 've got er I was out on the medical practices so I know how successful that can be . |
| 30 | Erm , that may or may not have been deliberate , but it 's very important , particularly within a group , erm of people in negotiation , who were clear about roles , and when I was out on the road , I used to occasionally take the out , and I 'd go and see my broker and erm , I 'd say , oh we love to do fish and chip shops , we love insuring fish and chip shops . |