Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] on a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ms Baez was on a tour of Germany and had planned to go dancing with her band after a concert . |
| 2 | Rutherford 's earliest research at the Cavendish was on a detector for electromagnetic waves , an essential feature of which was a small coil containing a tiny bundle of magnetised iron wire . |
| 3 | But if the rumour that Lord Elton was on a shortlist of one is true , that replacement may be hard to find . |
| 4 | Producer , Lyn Goleby was on a visit to the school to answer questions on the film , which ranged from how much say the author had in shooting the film , to whether ’ The Bridge ’ might have had to have a happier ending if it had been made with American money . |
| 5 | The following year , while Howard was on a tour of prisons in Europe which was to last 14 months , his son became psychotic . |