Example sentences of "was on [noun pl] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here in the Palais des Papes , as at Long Royston , the audience was on tiers of scaffolding . |
| 2 | Based as it was on principles of race , with the figure of the Jew as the focal point of all hatred , and with the Führer as its ideological and organizational fulcrum , the Nazi Movement needed no regular orders or directions from Hitler to step up the pace of anti Jewish actions and discrimination , pushing the government and the State bureaucracy into action , and always therefore increasing the radicalizing momentum of racial policy . |
| 3 | Batty was on crutches on Sunday but last night said : ‘ Do n't rule me out . ’ |
| 4 | Batty , injured by a tackle from Coventry 's Stewart Robson on Saturday , was on crutches on Sunday and still nursing a badly swollen right ankle on Monday . |
| 5 | Its appropriateness for the Foreign Office area was on grounds of association and sentiment , rather than visual harmony , as on one side there were buildings of ‘ predominating importance ’ , and no local association to conflict with them on the other side . |