Example sentences of "[noun] were on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lights were on on the Kingston road bridge soaring over the murky river . |
| 2 | The day was faintly foggy ; lights were on on the tall hazy meccano sculptures of oil rigs moored in the Firth . |
| 3 | The lights were on over the airfield when we landed and ‘ Deemy ’ showed me to the Russian equivalent of the American B.O.Q. adjoining a very handsome and well-furnished Officers ' Lounge and Recreation Room . |
| 4 | The lights were on inside the hut . |
| 5 | Lights were on in the primary school . |
| 6 | The lights were on in the office from which he commanded the Carabinieri Company covering the section of the city that lay south of the river Arno and a large tract of country going south through the Chianti hills to the borders of the Province of Siena . |
| 7 | When I parked the car at Woodside , I noticed the lights were on in the apartment next to mine . |
| 8 | Lights were on in the shops and houses as Rain and Oliver approached the Bar de la Marine . |
| 9 | The lights were on in the Incident Room . |
| 10 | Street lamps were on in the distance , greenish or blobs of orange light . |
| 11 | When you rang up that Saturday and checked the registration of the Rolls , I thought the police were on to the Theale murder . ’ |