Example sentences of "[was/were] on [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The day was faintly foggy ; lights were on on the tall hazy meccano sculptures of oil rigs moored in the Firth . |
| 2 | Lights were on in the primary school . |
| 3 | Oh well Morse was on at the same time . |
| 4 | But the , you see if you look in the , I have information off the Birmingham secretary , er Secretary 's secretary , she was involved , she even was imprisoned in Switzerland erm when the peace movement was on between the two wars , and that was when they were , I believe it was a German woman that er that was on , you know in the committee , but I 'll have to refer to the Caring and Sharing book . |
| 5 | Yeah , I know th th th there 's three floors of it and I was , I was on like the bottom floor so |
| 6 | Report author Jill Krutick said that in the meantime the race was on among the large hotel chains to achieve a pan-European presence with branded hotel products . |