Example sentences of "was [adv prt] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mary was up on the fells with her flock of sheep and goats , she said , perhaps over Buttermere way or maybe towards Robinson . |
| 2 | But as a model prisoner he was back on the streets within three years after remission for good behaviour . |
| 3 | Yeah , no , he was back on the wards |
| 4 | It did not seem to people that , to use de Gaulle 's expression , " the train was back on the tracks " . |
| 5 | He was back on the rails , and moving again . |
| 6 | As Mrs Pratley , 42 , tried to come to terms with her husband Brian 's death , a court official phoned to tell her she was out on the streets . |
| 7 | Darcy was out on the links in Jersey yesterday and unable to come to the phone , but a member of the team of architects working on the project dismisses fears that the site will be ruined . |