Example sentences of "[was/were] on [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually , the management decided they were on to a loser , and the matter was allowed to sink into history . |
| 2 | Sir Nicholas Fairbairn , a former Solicitor-General for Scotland , said some lawyers were deliberately spinning out cases and were on to a meal ticket . |
| 3 | We were on to the pudding course by now and I was attacking a delicious crème brûlée with great gusto , while Sally sensibly preferred the fresh fruit salad . |
| 4 | When you rang up that Saturday and checked the registration of the Rolls , I thought the police were on to the Theale murder . ’ |
| 5 | Lights were on on the Kingston road bridge soaring over the murky river . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I know he w she were on about a room were n't she ? |
| 8 | Yeah Craigy were on about a bus , a bus and erm little'un said bus . |
| 9 | Chorlton , mhm , he examined me , erm , he , he said now they were on about a slide on my heart . |
| 10 | I thought I thought you were on about a book that |
| 11 | oh well whatever , no it was n't , they were on about the B B C |
| 12 | you know the other night you were on about the fish that you had for your tea |
| 13 | The lights were on in a second and the usherette was at the screamer 's side . |
| 14 | The lights were on in the Incident Room . |
| 15 | Street lamps were on in the distance , greenish or blobs of orange light . |
| 16 | When I parked the car at Woodside , I noticed the lights were on in the apartment next to mine . |
| 17 | They were on in the funfairs on the prom |
| 18 | Lights were on in the shops and houses as Rain and Oliver approached the Bar de la Marine . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The lights were on inside the hut . |
| 21 | Mrs Williams was at the time the most popular women in the world , after Mother Teresa , and it occurred to me , rather too late , that I was on to a loser here . |
| 22 | The Old Stager was on to a theme which he had clearly been bottling up all season . |
| 23 | Within a short while he was on to the subject of Libya 's exports . |
| 24 | Another Methuselah of Lutomer Riesling later , it was on to the Safeway own-brand cod fish fingers served on a bed of baked beans , accompanied by large dishes of McCain 's oven chips and Findus frozen peas , with a choice of HP sauce or plain ketchup . |
| 25 | After that it was on to the theatre for the evening show , then back to the Theatre Girls ' Club for , if they are to be believed , another meal of egg and chips . |
| 26 | Then he was on to the cabin top and releasing the main halyard . |
| 27 | I was on to the exchange for your name and number as soon as the news came through , but it took me an hour and a half to bully someone into looking up where the phone-box was . |
| 28 | Then it was on to the chapel , where work from other faculties and departments was on show . |
| 29 | If these did n't work it was on to the funerals — huge fantasy ones . |
| 30 | Then it was on to the Salvation Army old people 's home where one resident remarked : ‘ How beautiful you are . |