Example sentences of "it was on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | In October Bassingbourn had become the home of 231 ( Mosquito ) OCU and 237 ( Meteor ) OCU and it was on the Meteors that the initial staff work-up was done , the first Canberras did not arrive until the following February . |
2 | It was on the greens that Lyle continues to suffer . |
3 | But it was on the greens that Willie came into his own . |
4 | ‘ It was on the moors , ’ said Mrs Monro , laying down her spoon with a decisive air . |
5 | No , it was on the titles . |
6 | It was on the outskirts of the village and belonged to an elderly , childless couple . |
7 | God knows how they had conjured up the planning permission for such a venture , situated as it was on the borders of Essex in a green-belt area . |
8 | He wrote and told me it was on the cards . ’ |
9 | ‘ It was on the cards for ages , so it was really only a question of making it official , ’ he explained . |
10 | It was on the cards that he should be drawn into the circle of dissent . |
11 | I say it was on the cards because throughout the match the Scousers used the tactic of playing the long ball towards Rush and it was then quite simply a one-on-one race with either Fairclough or Newsome . |
12 | I thought it was on the cards ( Barnsley possibly ? ) during close season ? |
13 | The actual information you quote my Lord was n't known to me erm it was on the cards certainly and all this information was passed to Superintendent . |
14 | Finally , as regards the poll tax , it was on the grounds that disabled people should be treated as ‘ normal ’ citizens that the government rejected the Allen amendment in the House of Lords , which would have offered extra rebates to poor disabled people to cover the full cost of poll-tax payments wherever they may live . |
15 | She did n't want to be caught up here or to have to pass whoever it was on the stairs . |