Example sentences of "was [adj] on [noun sg] of the " in BNC.

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1 Hosanna was asleep on top of the duvet .
2 I was asleep on top of the bed .
3 Turning to indirect discrimination under section l(l) ( b ) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 the Industrial Tribunal had applied the defence that the condition was justifiable on account of the reasonable needs of the employer 's business using the test formulated by Eveleigh LJ in Ojutiku and Obuzuni v Manpower Services Commission [ 1982 ] ICR 661 .
4 So the man was happy enough and even at the time , he realized that er it was n't this lad 's ch er mm fault entirely , because the reason he tripped was cos the carpet was loose on top of the stairs .
5 It was lovely on top of the cart .
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