Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | I do n't want to turn round cos the lights are on at the moment . |
2 | Lights were on on the Kingston road bridge soaring over the murky river . |
3 | The day was faintly foggy ; lights were on on the tall hazy meccano sculptures of oil rigs moored in the Firth . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | The lights were on inside the hut . |
6 | Lights were on in the primary school . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | When I parked the car at Woodside , I noticed the lights were on in the apartment next to mine . |
9 | Lights were on in the shops and houses as Rain and Oliver approached the Bar de la Marine . |
10 | The lights were on in the Incident Room . |
11 | No the li the lights was on in the tunnel . |
12 | Street lamps were on in the distance , greenish or blobs of orange light . |
13 | When you rang up that Saturday and checked the registration of the Rolls , I thought the police were on to the Theale murder . ’ |