Example sentences of "i was [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because er because I was invited on to speak about current educational issues |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | And , I was prattling on to your dad , saying when we claimed it back when we claimed it back we 'll bring it early but |
| 4 | In writing the book I was jumping on to something of a bandwagon . |
| 5 | I associated the whole family thing with being older and I was holding on to my youth . |
| 6 | I was so cold today , yeah , I got a , I filled up that kettle and I boiled it and I got , I was holding on to it and I fell backwards on to my bed and I burnt myself |
| 7 | I was sent on with a minute to go and never touched the ball . |
| 8 | In these languages , the passive is traditionally used to report unfortunate events ; ’ for instance , one would say something like ‘ I was rained on ’ in Japanese , rather than ‘ It rained on me ’ or ‘ I got wet in the rain' . |
| 9 | We 'd had a huge rally of 10,000 people for Ronald Reagan at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas and I was flying on to Los Angeles with one of the co-ordinators the next morning . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Whether the ground actually became firmer or whether I was spurred on by fear I do not know , but I began to make better progress . |
| 12 | One afternoon I was bundled on to an open lorry where about 40 others were already shivering in the late autumn frost . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I was staying on I said oh er , yeah cos yo , had Joe saying you were disappointed that I could n't say it to your face ! |
| 15 | The bar-room whose porch I was leaning on , while gazing at the street , was surrounded by cameras , lighting and film crew . |
| 16 | ‘ One day I asked her a question as I was getting on , and she just smacked my face … |
| 17 | The teachers were very helpful and caring , and for the first few days I thought I was getting on quite well with my new classmates . |
| 18 | After asking how I was getting on he told me something of the worries of a Party leader in days when there are no deep political convictions to divide men of good will . |
| 19 | ‘ I managed to tip half a pint of crème brûlée over the manager one evening when he came in to see how I was getting on . |
| 20 | ‘ The man had died and I was getting on with my life . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ I was getting on for thirty years of age , with the retarded emotions of an adolescent , and the only excuse I have is that I 'd spent most of my youth pursuing excellence rather than women . ’ |
| 23 | After numerous attempts I was getting on quite well , managing to get right up onto the bike . |
| 24 | When I helped him into bed he said , with some echo of his old authority , that nothing was to change while he was here ; that I was to go on with my work ; that he would teach me to play chess at last ; that he was absolutely thrilled to be out of hospital , and it would be a positive delight to look after himself . |
| 25 | We were going to travel together as far as Paris , I was to go on to Calais . |
| 26 | I would have to get my clothes cleaned , if I was to go on . |
| 27 | I would have to telephone the grocer , if I was to go on . |
| 28 | I was operated on for the first time when I was two or three weeks old . |
| 29 | At the beginning , although I felt that I wanted to get better , I was hanging on to the secure feeling that being ill brought . |
| 30 | ‘ Later they told me my body just went up in the air and I was hanging on by one hand . ’ |