Example sentences of "[noun sg] he [was/were] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AT 9 PM he was on the operating table . |
| 2 | As he pedalled slowly towards the farmhouse , logic told the village constable he was on a fool 's errand . |
| 3 | Because I could n't er i mean Chris was one minute he was on the phone , the next minute you could n't get hold of him . |
| 4 | This week he was on a beach in Malta ‘ he still gets all over the place , ’ says his agent dreaming of the Premier League . |
| 5 | In a 13-year career he was on the books of Crystal Palace , QPR , Southampton , and Birmingham City . |
| 6 | By the end of that first tour he was on the cover of Rolling Stone . |
| 7 | It is likely , therefore , that on a major route to the north he was on a duty connected with road-works or perhaps travel arrangements for the governor . |
| 8 | Most of the time he was on the ramp the crowd was screamin' ! |
| 9 | The necessary papers were provided for him , the travelling arranged , and by noon he was on an Aeroflot plane to Geneva . |