Example sentences of "[verb] she [be] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , realising she was on the verge of helpless tears , she made a valiant effort to pull herself together . |
| 2 | I could see she was on the point of leaving . |
| 3 | As the news of Diana 's snubs emerged , Royal author Andrew Morton claimed she was on the verge of leaving the Royal Family . |
| 4 | Grandma used to always say , Oh I know she 's on the bus because I can see her here . |
| 5 | But when the time comes to leave , she ca n't help going in a showbiz way , negotiating the steps of the Ritz in her towering leopard-skin stilettos like she 's on the set of a Busby Berkeley musical . |
| 6 | She feels she is on the verge of some interesting illumination here , but has to abandon it in order to search for Brian , to ask him to fasten the back of her dress : if she does not leave soon , she will be late for her early arrival , and moreover she has promised to meet Esther Breuer at eight thirty precisely on the corner of Harley Street and Weymouth Street . |
| 7 | They knew she was on the Union Committee and they were afraid of her . |
| 8 | She knew she was on the edge of tears . |
| 9 | She standing right there and that means , that means she 's on the way . . |
| 10 | I think she 's on the point of kicking up another fuss , when one of the Hospitality team slips in with cakes and glasses of lemon tea . |
| 11 | Mr Anderson replied : ‘ No , she said she was on the pill . ’ |
| 12 | It said she was on the verge of marriage . |
| 13 | Her hearers found it difficult to believe that this screaming was involuntary ; some thought she was drunk , or ill , or possessed by an evil spirit , but most of them just wanted her out of the way : ‘ some wished she was on the sea in a bottomless boat ’ . |
| 14 | For a moment she wished she were on the top floor of a very , very high skyscraper . |
| 15 | Margaret befriends some of the workers and shows compassion for their sufferings , but when the crunch comes she is on the side of the master . |