Example sentences of "were on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The talks which Lewis gave to the RAF were on such basic issues as ‘ Why we think there is a Right and Wrong ’ , and from such simple beginnings he framed , in language which was meant to be arresting to ordinary men in the ranks , an exposition first of the theist position , then of the Christian religion . |
| 2 | This is true , for we know some travellers who were on such a ship . |
| 3 | Most of these businesses were on such a small scale that over a half of them built no more than six houses during these three years and nearly three-quarters built no more than twelve ; the bankruptcy rate was high . |
| 4 | There were on each circuit panels of barristers prepared to advise and act on behalf of any barrister threatened with a wasted costs order . |
| 5 | With how many were on each board ? |
| 6 | But erm the women were so involved , they were on all these committees , they were , you know , harassing committees and they er really working they were . |
| 7 | Because they were on all play . |
| 8 | and the writing and reading , but I mean before they were on all the time |
| 9 | It seemed to her that she had never seen so many people as there were on that platform , waiting for the Rome express to arrive . |
| 10 | Thus , one large contract caterer in a northern city with a high unemployment rate , whose casuals consisted almost entirely of otherwise unemployed people , estimated that as many as four times the number of people passed through its list of those available for casual work in the course of a year than were on that list at any one point in time . |
| 11 | It was a real shock to the boys who were on that night . ’ |
| 12 | You were on that were you . |
| 13 | But how many part two people were on that course ? |
| 14 | And the other thing of course was that one movement , which took about one second , right and you would n't have a loom , one movement of this machine where the needles go up , take the yarn , knitted a hundred stitches , two hundred stitches , what whatever number of stitches were on that particular piece of fabric , the width . |
| 15 | And er we were on that for about an hour or so and then they got rid of the the badly injured were taken off then and put on the Therris it 's support vessel that was Just happened to be there at the time . |
| 16 | They were on that gate with us very often , in the mornings and that . |
| 17 | It was well received , and we plan to run some more and invite people who were on that session if they wanted to play a similar role . |
| 18 | , that contract is now completed , the infrastructure contract on site itself has been let , and er , we have now resolved all the , the issues that were on that site , and effectively we 've already sold two of the plots off that site before . |
| 19 | Fraction of a second And a few weeks earlier there was a similar incident with a child in a bed er and er all our minds were on that as well . |
| 20 | Because the machine was so busy , just after the time he introduced it , the line was never available to do all the checks that were on that and it and Roland 's got them in a file there |
| 21 | How did you know we were on that train ? ’ |
| 22 | I think you could 've , you could 've apacked that a bit , a bit more , to put in the er words of the day , to find out you know what was worrying him and , and what his problems were on that . |
| 23 | You were on that one . |
| 24 | No , you were on that . |
| 25 | Yeah Bob Geldof and the Boom Town Rats they were on that and |
| 26 | subsistence land and the Communist Party was taxing them , they were on that below subsistence income . |
| 27 | They were on that ? |
| 28 | Other large windows , with cushioned seats beneath , were on either side of the cleverly carved fireplace above which hung a canvas painting of Adam and Eve being tempted by the serpent . |
| 29 | While many of these libraries were on this small scale there were giants also . |
| 30 | I mean , they were on this trip . |