Example sentences of "was [adv prt] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course that nice Mr Hoskins at the Express was in on our secret . ’ |
| 2 | She often was in on Saturday . |
| 3 | ‘ And you think Parks was in on the Livesey case too ? ’ |
| 4 | If an easy pound was to be made , then Sam was in on it . |
| 5 | Who else was in on it with him ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ We have a real big production screen , and as Jeff was in on the design of the set , I still feel him with me . |
| 7 | We had many discussion with Trumbo about the script , and Stanley was in on everything . |
| 8 | As Roquelaure was involved , they think the French Government was in on the business , perhaps with revenge as their motive . |
| 9 | The tube I was in on Wednesday had to go slowly through a deserted and evacuated Victoria Station and one 's heart beats a little fast wondering if something will go off . |
| 10 | I 've got a lot of interesting stuff-after all , I was in on the ground floor . |
| 11 | Well there 's no logic to that there because the the lack of cover and er whatever applies the minute the last person leaves , and that erm it lies that the the concern is that if somebody who was in on the building , in the building on their own has an accident , |
| 12 | ‘ You did n't tell her the state I was in on Saturday night ? ’ he queried , obviously alarmed . |
| 13 | I think it might be a good id , I do n't know whether , Lisa would like it better if you would let her know and let her get Kev talking on it , which perhaps be a better idea if she was in on it , but I 'll , I 'll have a word with her |
| 14 | It was n't that money was being stolen or sneaked — everything was down on paper . |
| 15 | She was pleading , she was down on her knees . |
| 16 | Rab was down on the floor gathering his prescription . |
| 17 | Then he was down on the sidewalk , rolling into the shadows for cover and tugging his automatic from its shoulder holster at the same time . |
| 18 | WONDERFUL WOBURN produced a number of surprises this year at the annual gathering of the de Havilland Moth Club in the picturesque grounds of Woburn Abbey over the weekend of August 15/16 although strong winds and generally poor weather in the few days leading up to the event meant that the number of foreign Moths arriving was down on previous years . |
| 19 | Forty-five minutes after agreeing to write this I was down on the bridge at Abingdon watching the sun set across the Thames . |
| 20 | He was down on one knee , the FN FAL semi-automatic rifle resting lightly on the railing . |
| 21 | He was down on the shore , a shadow edged with silver light , combing the tide line . |
| 22 | When I came back here I was down on the ground , looking for gold , I could n't find it . |
| 23 | He was down on his haunches , looking comfortable and wearing a slight smile , the gun held loosely in his right hand . |
| 24 | Ten minutes later I was down on the private beach . |
| 25 | The boy was down on all fours , his face hideously ugly , the features distorted with rage , the chin thrust forward aggressively , his round , dark eyes filled with animal menace . |
| 26 | And this had gone on for some time and he was down on the shore anyway one night and looking out across the the sea and thinking long for Eday and he met this man . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | There were also transport and pipeline problems and overall output of petroleum products was down on 1988 . |
| 29 | There had been Lewis , the guy who was down on cutlery and condiments , and much earlier a bloke called Evans , who maintained that Old Mother Walsh was really a man in drag and that it behoved members of the Church ‘ to wear the clothes of the other kind ’ . |
| 30 | But while levels of so-called special wastes outside chemical sites for 1992 was down on the 1990 total , the 231,800 tonnes figure for 1992 was higher than the 213,700 tonnes figure in 1991 , because company closures had led to high waste disposals . |