Example sentences of "were on [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Ianthe seemed not to know how to answer Sophia 's remark and soon they were on to another topic — the strangers in the parish and whether it was likely that they would come to church . |
| 2 | When you were on about that love , what pa was saying about , you know , like every night , that our kids , when , they had their pyjamas on , and they 're like , to get hold , I 'm lying watching television , I 'm usually falling asleep , but I put the kids , you know . |
| 3 | God you 'd 've laughed they were on about that as well at same time and he says to Steve what do you reckon to idea , he says it does n't sound bad , he says what do you reckon to idea as I says no . |
| 4 | I were on about that today , I ca n't remember who I talked to . |
| 5 | they were on about that they ship them abroad and th , they were interviewing a lad in London he said oh , he used to get up in the morning and er go down to the phone box and phone this contact they know and he 'd tell you what cars you wanted pinching this day and they pinch them to order ! |
| 6 | I , he asked me the one , you know , we were on about this morning , the only one we looked at , fifty miles an hour and he asked me that one and I knew it . |
| 7 | The lights were on in all the houses up Maple Drive . |
| 8 | Lights were on in all the rooms facing the front and the curtains were drawn . |
| 9 | No lights were on in any of the houses and the only living thing in sight was a brindled cat who froze on the pavement , surveyed the bleak October night , and padded arrogantly across the road . |