Example sentences of "was [adv] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We got back home and everything was still hanging on the walls , but there was more missing from the store . |
| 2 | In the twenties , Mr. Cripps , described by A.G. Street as the ‘ prince of grocers ’ , was still carrying on the old established business . |
| 3 | A vote was then taken on the resolution with 's addition and as amended by QC with the following result : in favour 29 ; against 50 . |
| 4 | Another vote was then taken on the resolution , with 's addition , but otherwise retaining the original wording ie. not as amended by QC with the following result : in favour 65 ; against 17 . |
| 5 | In Maymyo I was at first rather at a loose end , for most of the civilian families had left , and the Establishment chaplain was there to carry on the church services and to look after the few people left . |