Example sentences of "[was/were] on the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Around 200 white wines were on the US tariffs blacklist , but a White House trade official would not deny they were taking special aim at France , which has persistently tried to block an agreement on farm subsidies and the prices of cereal substitutes . |
| 3 | Number One , would you tell McKenzie to warn the four seamen who were with us tonight that they are on no account to mention the fact that we were on the Delos . |
| 4 | The Nuclear Test Veterans Association has been fighting for 10 years to get compensation for British servicemen who were on the Pacific islands when the tests took place in the 1950s . |
| 5 | Most docks were around the Midlands ; over a hundred of these were on the Birmingham Canals . |
| 6 | Jenking said he thought they were on the Dean and that they would soon beat over it into deeper water . |
| 7 | ‘ You looked out of the window when we were on the Concorde . |
| 8 | 27 language teachers from 10 different countries were on the London coach . |
| 9 | All eyes were on the T'ang . |
| 10 | We were on the King 's Road . |
| 11 | Merseybus AC were on the River Weaver at Winsford where Dave Hunter won with a level 5lbs . |
| 12 | Even so , most eyes were on the Kilmarnock defence which had proved unexpectedly resilient in their opening three games . |
| 13 | Even so , most eyes were on the Kilmarnock defence which had proved unexpectedly resilient in their opening three games . |
| 14 | Soon we were on the Via Emilia , the great , straight Roman road that runs diagonally through the pianura from Milan to Rimini . |
| 15 | Both times were on the Great North Road and no one was ever done for it . |
| 16 | Our two trips on the Central Wales Line have been very well supported and we have had a reasonable number on the two July ones ( last year 's was on the Severn Valley Railway ) . |
| 17 | Only a return to US price stability would allow a once-and-for-all rise in the gold price to work , and there was nothing in the act of raising the price of gold which would make that more likely ( indeed , the improved gold backing for the dollar would relax such pressure as there was on the US government to maintain price stability in order to defend the dollar ) . |
| 18 | When he was at Croisset , he dreamed of the hot sand and the shimmering Nile ; when he was on the Nile , he dreamed of damp fogs and shimmering Croisset . |
| 19 | Had the set been finished there , we might have got an album of more intensity but without commercial success — ‘ Exodus ’ was on the UK album charts for over a year . |
| 20 | The company said the major impact was on the UK brick company ‘ where a number of less effective manufacturing facilities are to be closed and production concentrated on the low-cost , high-quality plants ’ . |
| 21 | Modigliani 's studio was on the Boulevard Raspail where Nina lived . |
| 22 | ABC television memorably noted that " Sarah Brightman could n't act scared if she was on the New York subway at four o'clock in the morning " ; while Frank Rich of the New York Times — the feared " butcher of Broadway " — remarked that she " simulates fear and affection alike by screwing her face into bug-eyed , chipmunk-like poses " , and that Lloyd Webber 's score was " long on pop professionalism , and impoverished of artistic personality and passion " . |
| 23 | And on the er , general book front , the erm , Iron John was on the New York Times best sellers list for fifty one weeks and twelve of those at number one . |
| 24 | The library reference room was on the Fludyer Street side of the building and although it housed some to the 5,000 volumes in the manuscript library , some had to be distributed throughout the passages of the building . |
| 25 | Cos when I was on the Hertfordshire Environmental of the group which has folded |
| 26 | What was on the Sunday before the Christmas ? |
| 27 | Moldan , whose name was on the StB register although he had not been an agent , admitted to meeting with StB agents but declared that " in the conditions in Czechoslovakia at that time it never crossed by mind that I could refuse " . |
| 28 | The chosen location was on the Shepton Mallet side of the tunnel , where he intended to record trains approaching the climb . |
| 29 | ‘ I thought you was on the InterSpace payroll back then ? ’ |
| 30 | Our favourite place as a family was on the Church Hill , a pleasant area at the edge of The Heath . |