Example sentences of "was [prep] [art] [noun pl] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nearest clean water was from the standpipe in the churchyard ; they did not like to wash their finds there , because the water was for the flowers on the graves , but Martha fetched some in a bucket . |
| 2 | The traditional choice , which Gassendi outlines , was between the senses on the one hand , and the mind , understanding , or reason on the other . |
| 3 | The passage outside was unlike the ones on the floor above . |
| 4 | He said he believed the Emperor was with the troops on the Brussels road , but he had not personally seen him . |
| 5 | His dacha was in the woods on the banks of the Moscova river . |
| 6 | Actually , the only war I was involved in was on the tramcars on the way to the old Victoria Railway Station in Sheffield . |
| 7 | The only way of getting to a magician was at the celebrations on Hallowe'en night , but after the broomstick display , which Mildred had ruined the year before , she felt very worried about creating any more havoc in that direction . |