Example sentences of "[art] [noun] was on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And this afternoon literally everything connected with the base was on the move . |
| 2 | The tide was on the turn now . |
| 3 | The main emphasis of the notes was on the role of the Chief Officer and the Council in developing academic standards and institutional freedom . |
| 4 | The chairman was on the Prince 's left , with Angelina opposite him and Lord Beddington next to him . |
| 5 | By this time , the starter was on the table , and the next course was in the oven . |
| 6 | At a lecture in Nairobi given by Dr Esmond Bradley Martin , the world 's foremost authority on the rhino-horn trade , she heard him spell out in the starkest of terms why the rhino was on the slide . |
| 7 | The blood was on the pavement . |
| 8 | And unfortunately , since she could actually hear the machine from the bedroom , it meant that the air-conditioning was on the blink once more ! |
| 9 | At the 9th tee Lee insisted on playing his driver because the Bear was on the run . |
| 10 | The enemy was on the alert . |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't forget , Roger , the key was on the inside of his chamber . |
| 12 | The snow was on the turn after a mild spell and the chalet in Moléson , which must look picturesque under a blanket of neige , looking decidedly Pontins decked in half-grass and half-ice . |
| 13 | And after the course of years perhaps I should respond , ‘ It was nice when the primroses were out … ’ or ‘ the leaves had turned golden … ’ or ‘ the snow was on the ground … ’ |
| 14 | I quote from the graphic account of the wife of a teacher who suffered a false accusation of this kind : ’ An article about the allegation appeared in heavy type on the front page of the local newspaper and the headline was on the hoardings outside the newsagents . |
| 15 | In five of the six cases the main focus of the headline was on the woman 's marital status : Church wife 's boy lover ; Young wife 's sexy games ; Sex in Jacuzzi for wife and lover , aged 12 ; A ‘ sex mad ’ wife 's schoolboy lovers ; A wife 's ten boy lovers . |
| 16 | As he 'd told Alison , spitting and scratching were nothing new but that was mainly when the car was on the road . |
| 17 | Although SSAP 2 was said to have been applicable , the important caveat was added that in accounting to the Government for the purpose of producing the appropriation accounts , the accounting was on the cash basis . |
| 18 | Everybody knew the tram drivers and used to hop on the front of the car up to the nearest point of the station and then jump off , and the superintendent was on the car and saw him getting on . |
| 19 | At last , after almost fifty years of problems , the Club was on the verge of a breakthrough , although at the time did not know it . |
| 20 | Although born in the city , she enjoyed from earliest childhood the spring and summer excursions when the yellow was on the broom , and she could accompany her mother on hawking expeditions ‘ up the Dee and doon the Don . ’ |
| 21 | The telephone was on the cash-desk , next to the register , behind which stood Mr Patel . |
| 22 | The dish was on the edge of the table . |
| 23 | I was surprised how well behaved the cat was on the bank for it hardly moved , out with the camera , click and back she went none the worse for her mistake . |
| 24 | I got my first into the sea close off Sliema and the second was on the way out some miles further out and he went in without a top wing . |
| 25 | Maybe the boy was on the run and they had planes out searching for him . |
| 26 | So : the bread-soda the bread-soda was on the list for Hanlon 's — Hanlon 's pony cart delivered in the morning , bringing the groceries . |
| 27 | There was even a chapter in one book entitled ‘ The Home ’ in which the focus was on the man , portrayed relaxing after some ‘ Do-it-Yourself work . |
| 28 | The focus was on the child as listener , since a classificatory scheme was available for this purpose — the system of clarification requests developed by Garvey ( 1979 ) . |
| 29 | The focus was on the victim and not the assailant . |
| 30 | The focus was on the parole decision ; the early parole date simply brought forward a situation which would not have been averted . |