Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While Leontief , Pigou and Patinkin were speculating on the effects on demand of what might have to be , in principle , quite massive price reductions , the AD-AS framework gives the impression that relatively small price changes would make a powerful impact on aggregate demand . |
| 2 | In 1870 , they would point out , 47 per cent of the population in the United States were employed on the land . |
| 3 | I do n't think the snake had fully wakened up when I caught it , and I was careful not to jar it as I ran back to where my brothers and Blyth were lying on the grass . |
| 4 | He could see that Chopper and Frankie were sold on the idea . |
| 5 | Puffins were seen on the island for the first time in years . |
| 6 | Dominic , Barnabas , Samantha and Georgina were sitting on the kerb poking sticks through the drain cover . |
| 7 | Dr Cunningham was fixated on the potent effect of sex and socialism on Patricia Hewitt 's homophobic pensioners , who were yet still ignorant of their imminent deliverance by Glenys Thornton 's ‘ Plan To Win ’ : Mr Roberts , though extremely mindful of Labour 's Duty To Win , had had close working experience with the Labour Campaign for Lesbian and Gay Rights . |
| 8 | It was claimed that Kylie was placed on a special 1500 calorie a day diet to try to replace the lost weight . |
| 9 | Dr Singh was speaking on the opening day of a three-day international conference in London on antioxidant vitamins and beta-carotene in disease prevention . |
| 10 | She wrote a long and intimate letter to Eleanor describing her state of mind and her new and disturbing sense of isolation , but Eleanor was working on the first draft of her first novel , and replied at length but not to the point . |
| 11 | All this could be accounted for by the fact that Picasso was working on a very large scale and found it necessary to simplify his technique and adopt a bolder approach . |
| 12 | Sergeant Graham Ellery was pictured on a sunlounger at the villa in France where Fergie canoodled with Texan boyfriend John Bryan . |
| 13 | Rosenberg was killed on the western front 1 April 1918 and buried in an unmarked grave . |
| 14 | When Ruth went into the house Hester was sitting on an upright chair by the table , peeling potatoes . |
| 15 | By 1902 Hardy was working on a project which owed its inspiration to boyhood memories of local stories and traditions of Napoleonic times , but had first presented itself as a literary theme in about 1875 . |
| 16 | Richard was waiting on the steps of our converted house , a dim shape by the open door . |
| 17 | Then Richard was sitting on the sofa in our drawing-room . |
| 18 | From then on , Sir Richard was taxied on a regular basis , including a spirited run up the main runway during that year 's Staverton Air Display . |
| 19 | Richard was standing on the afterdeck , wearing a Naval duffle coat , Arctic issue . |
| 20 | At the time , Dr. Zúñiga was working on the case of student Ernesto Castillo Páez , who ‘ disappeared ’ after he was reportedly detained by police on 21 October 1990 in Lima . |
| 21 | When the doctor arrived Woolley was lying on the floor , apparently semi-conscious . |
| 22 | So one day Pat was sent on a training scheme to London , where the people were very different . |
| 23 | Dr Jaffery was prostrated on a prayer carpet , finishing his evening namaaz . |
| 24 | After foolishly drawing attention to his own royal blood , Surrey was arrested on a charge of treason , which was subsequently extended to his father . |
| 25 | They all say it 's time Hawkwood was put on the map against that Greycoats . |
| 26 | Therese was standing on the stage , Madge Grimsilk on her knees crouching and doing something to the bottom of Therese 's costume , which was most certainly not the hired costume . |
| 27 | And Jacko Roberts was talking on the telephone to Dalziel . |
| 28 | NICK FALDO was scotched on the rocks but toasted a scintillating 70 for the halfway lead in the £1.8 million Johnnie Walker World Championship here yesterday . |
| 29 | Edward was born on the third of March , and the advent of spring is a constant theme , and symbol of renewal , in everything he has written . |
| 30 | Fael-Inis was perched on the edge of a chair now , his eyes never leaving the dark-eyed figure of the Lad . |