Example sentences of "it was [verb] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somewhere in the corridor , the basement door slammed and Jimmy watched everything as if it was taking place on a stage , and he was a member of the audience . |
| 2 | Pictured right is a saffron-gatherer whose image , painted on to a wall in Thera ( now Santorini ) in the first century BC , was preserved under ash even as the volcano which produced it was destroying civilisation on the island . |
| 3 | It was to see houses on expensive sites rise constantly higher , the consequent birth of the ‘ lift ’ or ‘ elevator ’ , and in the 1880s the construction of the first ‘ skyscrapers ’ in the United States . |
| 4 | The textile company , Ingham , confirmed it was having talks on a possible acquisition , but stressed that , if they were successful , it might have to launch a share issue . |
| 5 | It was to launch Pople on a brilliant international career . |
| 6 | France had announced on Dec. 1 that it was to start research on a new generation of high-speed trains capable of 350 kmph , compared with the existing speed of 300 kmph on some routes . |
| 7 | On April 8 Brazil re-opened coffee exports for registration , after announcing on March 21 that it was suspending sales on international coffee markets until it had determined its position with regard to a new International Coffee Agreement . |
| 8 | It was putting pressure on the plaintiffs by persuading people not to enter their employment . |
| 9 | If life was a battle and Charlie Hatton a soldier of fortune he , Wexford , stood in the position of United Nations patrol whose job it was to prevent incursions on the territory of the defenceless . |