Example sentences of "[was/were] now on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were now on the terrace proper . |
| 2 | After the summer of 1921 the Anti-Waste threat receded , but this was largely because Unionist candidates were now on the bandwagon with them , demanding cuts as loudly as anyone . |
| 3 | By the end of August Winchelsey resolved to save his church and the kingdom by allying with the laity who were now on the edge of rebellion . |
| 4 | The Doctor had assured them that they were now on the same level as they had started on , but Francis was n't convinced . |
| 5 | We were now on the cold , open moor . |
| 6 | The beautiful green fields with their thick hedges were behind us , and we were now on the cold , open moor . |
| 7 | We were now on the glossy blacktop that led towards the army laundry , Rosa 's old creche . |
| 8 | His eyes were now on the roof . |
| 9 | The boot was now on the other foot in the Middle East where the Americans were the critics and Britain was shouldering the primary responsibility for the stability of the area . |
| 10 | If society had been worried about the juvenile delinquency problem of the Fifties , as portrayed in The Wild One , Blackboard Jungle and Rebel Without a Cause , it was now on the precipice of sheer panic about drug-crazed beatniks and hippies whom the establishment and Time regarded with derision , as did its stablemate Life . |
| 11 | The emphasis was now on the proliferation of high-capacity small-scale computers capable of greater versatility than the older machines , lending themselves to the formation of networks , and many of them deliberately designed for easy access , so that much of the mystique was being dispelled . |
| 12 | Play on that , stress the suggestion in the new report that the improved craft was now on the verge of orbital flight , and it presented a real threat to the past achievements and the future development of all aero-space research . |
| 13 | Mosley , genu-inely puzzled by growing Jewish hostility to the BUF , asked A.K. Chesterton who was now on the Headquarters staff to examine the influence of Jews in British Society . |
| 14 | The focus was now on the South , where despite ever-increasing American aid the West was not ‘ winning the war ’ . |
| 15 | SUPPLYKITS was now on the London Stock Exchange : the share price had risen to thirty-three shillings . |
| 16 | The government of the Peoples National Movement were sworn in on Friday , October 26 , 1956 , its first aim achieved , it was now on the road toward its foremost goal , full internal self-government and the elimination of colonialism . |