Example sentences of "was [verb] they on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Tommy , who was accompanying them on the mouth-organ , noticed that Charlie could n't take his eyes off Rose the barmaid who , although on the wrong side of thirty , never stopped flirting with the young recruits . |
2 | The aim was to put them on the spot — or at least to impress the Inspector with your knowledge and concern . |
3 | He was putting them on the game , women and young girls who would otherwise never have dreamt of doing it . |
4 | I suppose what I did there was put them on the spot so how could I word that so that it does n't put people on the defensive so much ? |
5 | Or maybe , the other ends got hot while I was a-tapping them on the anvil . ’ |
6 | I was hitting them on the head and they were all falling on the floor . |