Example sentences of "was [adv prt] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time she had fetched her second cup of tea , Mrs. Mounce was on to their relations with their bank manager , and Tessa kicked off her shoes and tucked her legs up beneath her to be companionable . |
| 2 | She was aware that her mother had already had her first drink , and was on to her second , if not third glass of wine , if the bottle was anything to go by . |
| 3 | Soon it was on to our second garden of the day ; Hodges Barn at Shipton Moyne . |
| 4 | Then it was on to my bike and off to spend the rest of my day banged up with a bunch of sullen , spoilt brats in order to make Clive Phillips even richer than he already was . |
| 5 | They had appeared together , Ken and he , in an early BBC TV show hosted by Gilbert Harding , but the first time they really worked together was on Beyond Our Ken , a show that he remembers somewhat less affectionately than the later Round The Horne . |
| 6 | Sue was on about her daughter living with that bloke like , I do n't know if it was the same bloke , I just du n no , yes it is , yes it is , it 's got ta be the one , when she broke her shoulder , it 's got ta be , anyway he got no job and Sarah got this good job apparently wherever it is , I ca n't remember where it was |
| 7 | What I was on about me ringing is , she were talking in town , I says , oh , you know we 're Bi I says if ever , I were talking about you first off |
| 8 | When I was on about my dad being at |
| 9 | Of course that nice Mr Hoskins at the Express was in on our secret . ’ |
| 10 | And er I said to her , you know , you must realise that when we 're in here we can hear , no , you 'd of thought they was in around our feet ! |
| 11 | She was down to its level now , her finger jabbing at the zip of his trousers . |
| 12 | His father would now and again telephone me saying that David was down to his last few pounds and that he worried about money . |
| 13 | He contemplated a few drags until he realized he was down to his last three matches , and reluctantly put the cigarette back in his pocket . |
| 14 | When he looked for his money , he found that he was down to his last few shillings . |
| 15 | His wealth is a matter of awestruck tabloid speculation ; his parsimony a thing of show-business legend : " Andrew was almost broke when he was down to his last £3 million , " one friend remembers . |
| 16 | In other words , it was n't very deep , it did n't have a filter , and any informality was down to my indifferent building skills , rather than intentional . |
| 17 | One irate caller promised : ‘ If I was down to my last spoonful of petrol , with a hundred miles still to go , I 'd drive past an Elf station . ’ |
| 18 | after that we sort of passed it on to the one next you know what to expect , but if it was down to my mother she 'd never tell you . |
| 19 | She was pleading , she was down on her knees . |
| 20 | She was down on her knees , finishing off the doorstep ; an apron made from some coarse sacking was protecting her plain black dress , her legs were clad in thick black wool stockings and her feet were shod in heavy , much mended shoes — second-hand into the bargain , as was most of her servant 's clothing . |
| 21 | He was down on his haunches , looking comfortable and wearing a slight smile , the gun held loosely in his right hand . |
| 22 | He was down on his luck and not a happy hedgehog . |
| 23 | So that I had two homes really , because as often as not I was down at her house , as in my own home . ’ |
| 24 | To be honest I was n't there , I was down at my sister 's wedding . |
| 25 | His eyes never left Lamarr Dean , but his right hand closed on the Spencer and it was down at his side as he walked over the few steps to the bar . |
| 26 | Bob was down with his secretary at |
| 27 | Agnes 's head was down over her cigarette ; it was Maxim who caught the moment of stillness in Magill 's big restless body . |
| 28 | Pears said : ‘ I was down after my injury , so I was pleased to get a call from Taylor . |
| 29 | This was along with their miscarried philosophy of private sector good , public sector bad . |
| 30 | His bike was over on its side . |