1 As we were on the point of giving up hope, a letter arrived.

2 The dancer pivoted on the point of one foot.

3 We were on the point of giving up.

4 She looked on the point of tears.

5 The country's economy is on the point of collapse.

6 The rebels are on the point of surrender.

7 I was on the point of giving up the search when something caught my eye in the bushes.

8 France is on the point of recognizing the independence of the Baltic States.

9 She was so tired that she was on the point of collapse.

10 The climber was at / on the point of death when they found him.

11 He bit his tongue as he found himself on the point of saying 'follow that car'.

12 She had a fish impaled on the point of her spear.

13 I was on the point of going to bed when you rang.

14 He was on the point of saying something when the phone rang.

15 She was on the point of shouting for help.

16 He thought she might be on the point of offering him a nip of whisky but she did not go that far.

17 Now Propane is on the point of pulling out because of insufficient interest.

18 For a second she was on the point of executing Ace for insubordination.

19 He was on the point of saying so when he despaired.

20 On the point of being injected with a Phobian viper venom, moreover.

21 The result was that it seemed to be on the point of running right over the horses, which were standing still.

22 She was on the point of saying something but changed her mind.

23 This was important, for Bonar Law's health was on the point of finally breaking up.

24 The whole question of Total Communication philosophy depends on the point of entry into these stages.

25 What's more, you see, Jed's group is on the point of bringing Satan into corporeal existence.

26 Conditions on the ship were often very bad, and crews were on the point of mutiny.

27 It's rumoured that she's going to resign/She is rumoured to be on the point of resigning.

28 Piquancy was added to the situation because Dr Porter was then on the point of marrying Hugh Miller.

29 In the mix-up the prophet was at one time on the point of being executed.

30 She jumped up and punched him in the kidneys before landing a fist on the point of his chin.

1 As we were on the point of giving up hope, a letter arrived.

2 Conditions on the ship were often very bad, and crews were on the point of mutiny.

31 I am 46, going grey and on the point of total collapse.

32 The Ciskei thus appeared on the point of disappearing as a separate state, amid speculation that other homelands might follow suit.

33 Ruby Tiger had looked on the point of collapse after her thrilling victory but quickly recovered.

34 And I was on the point of telling you about Gwendoline.

35 Here we are focusing attention on the point of contact which will vary from person to person.

36 The crowd was on the point of becoming a lynch mob, but were still linked in a human chain.

37 If only the old man had snuffed it of natural causes, as he had seemed on the point of doing!

38 However, in the winter of 1659 she became desperately ill and on the point of death.

39 Lucy Lane, on the point of speaking, changed her mind.

40 Meirion desperately needed more remunerative work and was on the point of leaving his home town.

41 On the point of retreading enterprises, the paper analysis the unit economic efficiency of automobile tires.

42 On the point of their divorce, she demanded on his returning to her all the lot she has brought as her marriage portion.

43 Have a in-depth discussion on the point of double-within-atomization nozzle and the matter of design, Bituminous fuel use of special fuels in the number of engineering problems.

43 try its best to collect and create good sentences.

44 This text focuses on the point of market's construction and the operating characteristics in spot trading of the European Energy Exchange.

45 If a difference of opinion existed on the point of the two classes of the Roman population , it was extinguished , with many other sources of heartburning , by the great Decemviral compromise .

46 The steamer lay puffing alongside the quay, on the point of starting.

47 Jean Valjean was like a man on the point of fainting.

48 The Idea which is independent or for itself, when viewed on the point of this unity with itself, is Perception or Intuition, and the percipient Idea is Nature.

49 On the point of information analyzing, we presented an information requiring construction in loan decision of SMEs for bank, whose primary component is owner's personal credit information.

50 I would bet personally on the point of HD switchover being some way off.

51 I was on the point of communicating with him by paper.

52 I was on the point of risking Mr. Rochester's displeasure by disobeying his orders.

53 The influence of the system pressure, inlet subcooling of the working medium and the heat input power to the heated section on the point of net vapor generation were investigated in the experiments.