Example sentences of "they [was/were] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were on the ramparts with you during the battle . |
| 2 | They were on the dashboard of his getaway van , which he crashed after the £2,000 raid in Leigh-on-Sea , Essex . |
| 3 | Jenking said he thought they were on the Dean and that they would soon beat over it into deeper water . |
| 4 | No she 's only staying tonight and they think , they just phoned me up then and they were on the square , I think she 's going home phorr what 's that smell , it stinks what ? |
| 5 | The concert required considerable stamina from both players , as they were on the platform virtually throughout the concert , with Craig alternating between the organ and harpsichord continuo parts and Paul playing orchestral parts when he was not playing solo . |
| 6 | are old and tired songs a hundred years ago they were on the go . |
| 7 | Thus by the 1770s they were on the threshold of a national discipline-orientated community . |
| 8 | They were on the phone for an hour , not really speaking , a few words scattered among the silence . |
| 9 | Gloucester missed some chances but they were never in with a shout … they were on the retreat for most of the game as Bath piled forward … |
| 10 | Twenty minutes later they were on the Salzgitter Autobahn , heading for Nordhausen , some one hundred and ten kilometres to the south . |
| 11 | And then all the , all the little children , some of them with very serious illnesses , but seeing how brave they were on the wards , it was a very moving six months . |
| 12 | It was lunchtime and they were on the river . |
| 13 | They were on the sofa , all curled up together , kissing , really kissing and her mother was making strange noises . |
| 14 | On the most mundane level , repayment of any debts they owed was postponed until their return ; while they were on the crusade their property was taken under the protection of the church . |
| 15 | They had known they were on the knife edge , and interest rates had been at 8 per cent . |
| 16 | The lady was very talkative , and I gathered that they were on the edge of a big estate . |
| 17 | They were on the inside . |
| 18 | She slept deeply while they were on the motorway , but woke as he came into London and had to stop and start in the heavy evening traffic . |
| 19 | I mean th th th th they were on the way to military security , but were they going , they , they , they recognized they had to carry the population with them . |
| 20 | ‘ Is your sister expecting you at a specific time ? ’ asked Penry when they were on the way to Haverfordwest at last . |
| 21 | Mm , I thought they were on the way here , I saw loads of for sale signs but I did n't see any new ones |
| 22 | They were on the run , and in haste , or we should all be dead men . |
| 23 | Michael sniggered behind Moran as soon as they were on the road together but it drew such a quelling look from Maggie that he went quiet . |
| 24 | Once they were on the road they had their own coach , staying a day or half a day in each town . |
| 25 | A week after they arrived at Kinghorn , they were on the road back to Inverkeithing . |
| 26 | They went all the way by car and she does n't think they were on the road very long . |
| 27 | ‘ If they were on the road we could n't hear them from the house , and I truly doubt that anyone would go home via the graveyard and the woods . |
| 28 | Within an hour he had kissed Maeve adieu and they were on the road south to Westminster . |
| 29 | They were on the road again just before four , when the fierce pin-point sun had lost some of its bite . |
| 30 | They were on the brink of sex ; it was a matter of time , she had known — next week , the one after . |