Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heather and I were on friendly terms by then . |
| 2 | Now Derek and I were on one side of the hedge , stuffing the ferrets down , and Brian was positioned on the other , with the bird , waiting for the evicted rabbits . |
| 3 | Although Margaret knew I would not support her , I was on reasonable terms with her-so much so that during the battle for the Leadership I attended her constituency annual dinner and dance as guest of honour . |
| 4 | I was on two bags a day when I went to see me GP and I was on between a quarter and half a gram when I got to the hospital . |
| 5 | Suddenly I was on first names terms . |
| 6 | I was on borrowed time . |
| 7 | I had a paper to say and they said there was too much money coming in here a week , because you were working that I could n't get anything and I , it said , I wrote , it , it all come when I wrote to say could I have relief off of prescriptions cos I was on that H I V at the time |
| 8 | Yes that 's how that 's how it was , yes all I was on that gate , I 'd been on that gate myself dozens of times . |
| 9 | And it 's frightening , but I , I mean , I know from my days at British Telecom , I 'd say I was on that phone , really |
| 10 | And they thought I was on that plane blown up . |
| 11 | I was on that plane . |
| 12 | I was on all day and I , it did n't come off until about four o'clock |
| 13 | I was on thin ice , and I knew it . |
| 14 | The money may not be brilliant , but it is not very different to what I was on last year . |
| 15 | ‘ Because I was on last night . |
| 16 | I was on 1,000 grams of that a day , now I 'm on 187 , so although I 'm still on medication it 's a very minute amount of medication to what I was on before , and I 'm existing on that , so for me it 's worked . |
| 17 | Before the op I was on 1,000 milligrams of the Dopramine drug a day , which is what the brain is lacking , which is substitute the drug for , which is . |
| 18 | My son was brought up at Court , where she remained while I was on active service . ’ |
| 19 | Well they can physically do it to you with use of fists , use of hands and whatever else they 've got and they can mentally do it to you like put you in jail that or all sorts of things like when I was on sick leave , they came and lifted me . |
| 20 | My mam moved away but the landlord would n't let me stay on because I was on social security . |
| 21 | ‘ It was fine while I was on weekly wages . |
| 22 | Strenuous laybacking for 40 feet or so brings better holds , allowing exhilaratingly steep bridging , and the whole rope will have run out by the time you pull onto the platform at the top , all too soon for the fit , but thankfully for the tired or those leading at their limit , as I was on this occasion . |
| 23 | I was on this side of consciousness , just , feeling very sick , with a huge head . |
| 24 | I was on this planet . |
| 25 | Last time I was on this programme I think we had the same conversation , did n't we ? |
| 26 | then I was on this roller and then we got er started up at the power station with the |
| 27 | Hooks were tied onto substitute gut and we used ’ Lincoln ’ brand silk lines which were on 25 yard cards . |
| 28 | The need for this clause was abrogated , however , with the passing of the SC Neronianum in AD 56 , for it provided that a legacy which was on technical grounds ( such as the one suggested ) invalid should be treated according to the interpretation applying to the most favourable kind of legacy , namely that per damnationem . |
| 29 | This tendency reached a quite ludicrous result in the course of the Spycatcher litigation , when the House of Lords at one point narrowly upheld an interim injunction on newspapers publishing details from a book which was on open sale throughout the rest of the world , and numerous copies of which were circulating in Britain . |
| 30 | Abruptly she felt as if she were on some kind of mental treadmill , returning to the same overworked grievance . |