Example sentences of "[noun pl] were on [art] " in BNC.

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1 As he came along the deck his legs were on a level with her eyes .
2 Not all memorable sightings were on the seaward side of the wall .
3 Gabriel noticed how grey the hairs were on the back of Woolley 's neck .
4 The old craft trades were on the whole the first to organize trade societies , giving the labour movement in Scotland a particular character and ( some have argued ) a particular ideology in which the influence of thrift , temperance and respectability was very marked .
5 Some of the chateau guards were on the curtain walls , forcing back the scaling ladders placed there .
6 He come flying round that bend near mums and nearly his kids were on the side of the road and he come through there
7 Talking Heads were on the radio .
8 It should be noted , however , that heads were on the whole reluctant to ascribe much more than moderate success to their coordinators in respect of any of these aims .
9 Tights were on the boiler , I 'd forgotten and run all the way ups down again
10 The ‘ Heshang ’ authors were on a collision course with the conservatives by taking this stance .
11 Born with a silver spoon in his mouth , as they say , his worries were on a much higher financial plane than those of us who worried about making the pay packet last to the end of the month .
12 So that , when young gentlemen were on the rampage , the past — instead of being used as a stick with which to beat the deteriorated present — became the justification for taking a lenient view .
13 His eyes were on a level with Alexei 's and he smiled unpleasantly .
14 Her eyes were on a level with his chest , where his tie hung crookedly from a casually loosened knot .
15 Her eyes were on a level with his nose and they were brown and full of life .
16 All eyes were on the catwalk and no one appeared to notice her , apart from a tall , grey-haired woman in the uniform of an atelier who moved towards her accusingly .
17 All eyes were on the clock as the hands dragged themselves , with agonising slowness towards noon and time to leave for the airfield .
18 His eyes were on the street , scanning the few passers-by .
19 His eyes were on the numerous doors lining the corridor , and he could n't help wondering what went on behind those doors .
20 All eyes were on the T'ang .
21 His eyes were on the string .
22 Burun 's eyes were on the nearing dust cloud .
23 She glanced around with an innocent expression on her face , but all eyes were on the Doctor 's antics .
24 All eyes were on the old T'ang , noting his sudden frailty , the way his shoulders hunched forward at this latest calamity .
25 My eyes were on the far side of the valley where the track was clear and unbroken to the next turn above the main gorge .
26 Theda could not but feel sorry for her , but Benedict 's eyes were on the lawyer , who had paused .
27 His eyes were on the casket .
28 While all eyes were on the majestic bird above them , Tallis had seen the fluttering movement of a more sinister flock , in the high trees around the river .
29 Their eyes were on the Miracle-Worker , the Angel Gabriel , perched in motionless splendour on a silver-gilded cloud , his hair awash with sunlight and his magical face worn like a mask that concealed some greater magic .
30 He had his finger up to his lips as a warning to Colley , but his eyes were on the stranger standing in the doorway .
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