Example sentences of "and [noun] [was/were] on a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Less than a year later Rust and Sabrina were on a routine stakeout at the Marseilles docks when they had come under heavy fire from a gang of drug smugglers and Rust was hit in the spine , leaving him paralysed from the waist down .
2 The most likely interpretation of bank could well be different if A and B were on a boat in the middle of a river . )
3 RUSSIA and Ukraine were on a collision course last night as President Yeltsin signed a decree that would put the Black Sea fleet into Russian hands , directly contradicting an earlier order from President Leonid Kravchuk .
4 RUSSIA and Ukraine were on a collision course last night as President Yeltsin signed a decree that would put the Black Sea fleet under Russian control .
5 RUSSIA and Ukraine were on a collision course last night as President Yeltsin signed a decree that would put the Black Sea fleet into Russian hands , directly contradicting an earlier order from President Leonid Kravchuk .
6 And Darren was on a day off and he 's been .
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