Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv] on in " in BNC.
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| 1 | When local government was reorganised in the mid 1970s , significant changes were made late on in the process but the Regional Council has been advised that this was the exception rather than the rule . |
| 2 | Cords , white or beige , were worn early on in small numbers but in mid'71 black/bottle green/navy straight leg Levi cords caught on in a big way . |
| 3 | In Yorkshire , Shipley was one of the centres of Communist activity but most of its members were arrested early on in the dispute . |
| 4 | It is likely that the roles of husband and wife were defined early on in marriage . |
| 5 | The notes were taken early on in the research when I was chiefly concerned with documenting pollution control work , thus they should suggest something of the nature of the job — routine tasks as well as special problems — which an officer can encounter on a summer 's day . |
| 6 | The hand was sewn back on in an 11½-hour operation at Mount Vernon Hospital in Northwood , north London . |
| 7 | Tess was going further on in the carriage . |
| 8 | John Parrot , he was winning , he was winning earlier on in the evening , twelve frames too nine or something like that . |