Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ramsay found the Regent Douglas installed in Edinburgh Castle , with a host of lords and chiefs , including no fewer than six earls , a most illustrious company , waiting there while their forces massed and were added to on the adjacent Burgh Muir . |
| 2 | Whereas if we go on the back of something else or somebody else as as you were saying on on the back of a wedding er brochure or something like that , in other words , go down down a specialized avenue rather than a general one , you might achieve something better . |
| 3 | Well I remember being aboard the Brandon , because Uncle John came and stayed with us at the cliff and er , er father was at sea somewhere but he came and stayed with us and then he now went down into er to see his captain cos they were sailing on on the tide the next day . |
| 4 | Well , as Hereford United were battling against on the pitch , behind the scenes West Mercia Police were mounting a major operation to control the crowd and prevent battles off the pitch between rival fans . |
| 5 | No we did n't buy tyres , no they were tyre mileage rates and erm mileage was the , tyres were paid for on the mileage run . |
| 6 | a bit unconcerned as to what was going on on the Christmas Eve . |
| 7 | For justification , and the very baptism which is its outward symbol , means dying with Christ and rising again ; dying to the old sinful ways , and being prepared to see them as characteristics of the unregenerate nature that was dealt with on the cross by Jesus and must be kept there . |
| 8 | ‘ Tell him there 's a slight possibility that the horses ’ drinking water was tampered with on the train , before it got to Thunder Bay . |
| 9 | Matters are complicated by Compeyson , an enemy of Magwitch ( he was the convict Magwitch was fighting with on the marshes many years ago ) , he was also the lover of Miss Havisham . |
| 10 | I was , I was left on on the doorstep |
| 11 | And erm as well as that , we were cutting young trees , what was left like on the plantation , for stakes do you see , for the farm . |
| 12 | The neighbours would be interested in whom that nice Major Maxim was talking to on the doorstep , too . |
| 13 | tickling her while I was talking to on the phone ! |
| 14 | Wayne 's account of his ordeal was published in On the Level , the quarterly journal of the multi-storey freaks . |