Example sentences of "i was on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd taken a box of medication I was on at the time — drops I needed for my eyes , my asthma inhalant and things like that . |
| 2 | I was on at the time , I had my period . |
| 3 | As today I was on at Skullshill , |
| 4 | ‘ Manchester United offered me a contract that was only just better than the one I was on at Ayresome Park . |
| 5 | I was on to the exchange for your name and number as soon as the news came through , but it took me an hour and a half to bully someone into looking up where the phone-box was . |
| 6 | So I went to a designer , Denise Vaughan of Deni Vee , and she made me a couple of suits which really pleased me and I believed that I was on to something . |
| 7 | Mrs Williams was at the time the most popular women in the world , after Mother Teresa , and it occurred to me , rather too late , that I was on to a loser here . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ That 's what I was on about , Boyo , ’ Taff answered , pointing to the spot a few yards away where the mortar team had been this morning . |
| 10 | By the look on his face he obviously understood what I was on about . |
| 11 | Steve used to sing backing vocals on it , but he was singing completely different words because he could n't understand what I was on about . ’ |
| 12 | He sat me down roughly on the sofa and Mum said she was going to find out what I was on about . |
| 13 | This is , er , this is the same face as you , yesterday I was on about , we 've tried everything , it 's getting down to that now . |
| 14 | No , we 're gon na have breakfast there and I was on about going get some whatever for lunch but I 'm not particularly bothered . |
| 15 | When I was on about my dad being at |
| 16 | If you want to call an issue but I was on about setting up these committees to assess the standard of care . |
| 17 | That 's right yeah , for a little bit , I was on about the reference to er Embassy Service though |
| 18 | land up , up there , it took , it took put the bill in , it 's next , it 's next , we need this next two or three bloody month and I was on about this and I was on about that ev it 's possible this is what a lot of them going and getting , you do n't want it |
| 19 | land up , up there , it took , it took put the bill in , it 's next , it 's next , we need this next two or three bloody month and I was on about this and I was on about that ev it 's possible this is what a lot of them going and getting , you do n't want it |
| 20 | I was on about the necklace and you said it was a bit pricey |
| 21 | 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 |
| 22 | Oh I was on about sewing cos I said I 'd let them , you know , they were all doing a bit of sewing the other weekend , they all had a go like erm ooh , you know , I was saying he that Scott can cook and that , you know , we 've had a note he 's having one on , supposed to be all all of them to be independent , you know ? |
| 23 | When I first went in , I was on like an assessment unit . |
| 24 | Yeah , I know th th th there 's three floors of it and I was , I was on like the bottom floor so |