Example sentences of "[vb past] [was/were] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The price proposed was on the open market and Stuttgart was happy to offer it . |
| 2 | The first Americans she observed were on the boat and she wrote , ‘ they laughed at the poor immigrants lying on the deck in their wretched clothes … without the least sign of sympathy . ’ |
| 3 | The dental surgery where his Mum worked was on the outskirts of Thirkett . |
| 4 | You say that the footprints you saw were on the path and not on the grass ? ’ |
| 5 | The artists we met were on the whole very unmotivated and their lack of enthusiasm ( not to mention talent ) rubbed off on us . |
| 6 | ‘ For what I did was on the King 's instructions . ’ |
| 7 | The worst thing they ever did was on the leader page , the last one they got rid of the Extended Titling on . |
| 8 | The drivers were Ch'kassians : small olive-skinned men from an island country which Hodai said was on the other side of the Inner Sea . |
| 9 | The only dangerous time we had was on the way back when we were trying to get away from the coast of Iceland and a whole series of fronts were driving us back into the coast . |
| 10 | We were all working flat out and the only break we had was on the second Sunday when Isvik was on the slip and the Yard closed . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ The only recognition Adrian got was on the day he died . |