Example sentences of "was on [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Magdalen , which had been Oscar Wilde 's college , always attracted a fair number of rarefied and aesthetic young men , and it was on to the path of this tradition that one of Lewis 's first pupils , John Betjeman , happily placed his bedroom-slippered toe . |
2 | If these did n't work it was on to the funerals — huge fantasy ones . |
3 | I was on to the exchange for your name and number as soon as the news came through , but it took me an hour and a half to bully someone into looking up where the phone-box was . |
4 | Then he was on to the cabin top and releasing the main halyard . |
5 | Another Methuselah of Lutomer Riesling later , it was on to the Safeway own-brand cod fish fingers served on a bed of baked beans , accompanied by large dishes of McCain 's oven chips and Findus frozen peas , with a choice of HP sauce or plain ketchup . |
6 | After that it was on to the theatre for the evening show , then back to the Theatre Girls ' Club for , if they are to be believed , another meal of egg and chips . |
7 | Then it was on to the Salvation Army old people 's home where one resident remarked : ‘ How beautiful you are . |
8 | Within a short while he was on to the subject of Libya 's exports . |
9 | Then it was on to the chapel , where work from other faculties and departments was on show . |
10 | The Admirable Crichton was on at the Royalty , the Three Ragtime Boys at the Alhambra , and at A. E. Pickard Unlimited 's Panopticon ( Doors open at six during the Spring holiday ) , there was ‘ Fancy Fair and the Laughter Mirrors ’ . |
11 | What he had was a pampered , spoilt brat whose only interest in life was lipstick and what was on at the pictures . |
12 | I 'd taken a box of medication I was on at the time — drops I needed for my eyes , my asthma inhalant and things like that . |
13 | I was on at the time , I had my period . |
14 | Oh well Morse was on at the same time . |
15 | Cos she 'd been wanting to do Aladdin for a couple of years but it was on at The Playhouse |
16 | And then it was on at the Theatre Royal . |
17 | The father was on for the whole of the second act of The Hooded Owl , and never had that part of the play passed as slowly as it did that evening . |
18 | For the next picture , it was on with the stage makeup and into something a little more outrageous — Betty 's turn , in other words . |
19 | But the , you see if you look in the , I have information off the Birmingham secretary , er Secretary 's secretary , she was involved , she even was imprisoned in Switzerland erm when the peace movement was on between the two wars , and that was when they were , I believe it was a German woman that er that was on , you know in the committee , but I 'll have to refer to the Caring and Sharing book . |
20 | ‘ She was on about the end o' the world was nigh . |
21 | Hankies , me mam was on about the bogeys that they pull on the , back behind their bikes |
22 | That 's right yeah , for a little bit , I was on about the reference to er Embassy Service though |
23 | I was on about the necklace and you said it was a bit pricey |
24 | Oh I thought you was on about the pie . |
25 | I just saw the bit where he was on about the erm short sighted hedgehog . |
26 | The television was on in the living room . |
27 | The radio was on in the living-room , he entered and saw her lying on the floor , When he knelt down and touched her face it was warm , and she moved a little . |
28 | No the li the lights was on in the tunnel . |
29 | And The Boys from Brazil was on in the evening . |
30 | But when tha , when the doctor was on in the morning , the doctor said it 's the same as the carotene in carrot |