Example sentences of "[was/were] [pers pn] on the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | ‘ Were you on the Crusade ? ’ |
| 2 | Why were you on the Moor alone ? |
| 3 | ‘ Were you on the ice ? ’ |
| 4 | Were we on the right track at all ? |
| 5 | Donna chewed her lip contemplatively as she read , forced to run her index finger beneath the words , so jumbled and irregularly formed were they on the faded page . |
| 6 | Where were they on the Sunday , that 'd be what … ? ’ |
| 7 | Mm , were they on the dock ? |
| 8 | ‘ Were they on the same side of the path as the moor gate ? ’ 'Yes . |
| 9 | The back comprises two pieces of flame-patterned maple veneer that would have collectors going wild were it on the front of a similarly-aged Les Paul Standard . |
| 10 | Two more golden eagle sightings were ours on the way . |
| 11 | They think they have seen her somewhere before — was she on the television last night ? |
| 12 | Or , on the other hand , was she on the level ? |
| 13 | Was she on the verge of falling into the same trap again ? |
| 14 | I thought that was him on the photo , was it ? |
| 15 | That was him on the door . |
| 16 | So keen was he on the results — secured into place with a handful of mousse ( a completely new and highly intriguing concept to Yurk ! ) that he agreed to let Tony & Guy 's team work on the colour , later in the week . |
| 17 | That was pretty stupid , because not only was he on the list of residents , but he 'd been seen at mealtimes by several of the other members . |
| 18 | Was he on the motorway ? |
| 19 | Was he on the panel , on the board ? |
| 20 | how long was he on the life support ? |
| 21 | Why was it on the wrong side of the road ? |
| 22 | if that was it on the agenda that I miss because of being so early bit in the wrong place |
| 23 | was it on the day of publication ? |
| 24 | I 'm always sitting thinking if I had n't got them , I 'd be thinking now was it on the card I have n't got you know |
| 25 | And was it on the main road that the one who was killed |
| 26 | Well , you know , it 's , it 's not a very , was it on the road ? |
| 27 | I du n no I might of thrown it out actually , when did I , was it on the table last night ? |
| 28 | I know it was was it on the bottom of the A to Z thing ? |