Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Commander 's Total Flying Experience : 366 hours ( of which 319 were on type ) |
| 32 | It dramatically dwindled so that fewer than 500 were on hand to see the final drama unfold on the fifth morning . |
| 33 | Stations at Darlington , Newton Aycliffe , Fishburn and Chester-le Street were also operating with one vehicle and each were on call some in each other 's areas . |
| 34 | It was kinda nice to see the Norweigan results when frank was on loan to Start , but now we got Halverd ( sp ? … sorry mate ) for that . |
| 35 | As an example , Thesis number 9 was on mine waste contamination in Scotland and Wales . |
| 36 | As an example , Thesis number 9 was on mine waste contamination in Scotland and Wales . |
| 37 | ‘ The nine of us were put out to jobs like this : two were on the shoeing — two more were brought in if there was a rush ; the guv'nor would be making mill-bills — a tool for trimming a millstone ; two were on farm-work , sharpening the tines of harrows , mending ploughs and so on ; the last four were normally on outside jobs , on pumps for wells — outside work of all kinds . |
| 38 | Aged 18 in 1932 , Alf Jnr was on Sunderland 's books when a motor accident put an early end to his career . |
| 39 | The whole emphasis of the first Act in 1889 was on espionage and treason . |
| 40 | And staying alive was on top of the list . |
| 41 | The last time Jim Eggleton was seen alive was on Boxing Day . |
| 42 | Mm , Mm You might like to , when you come around to it Lilly , say that was on T V , that T V and benefits the er , our campaign . |
| 43 | ‘ That was on Sunday . |
| 44 | Yes that was on Skerrymor on Skerrymor. that was a swing . |
| 45 | No , that was on B B C Two but I ha only saw the beginning of that and then I turned over to watch the one |
| 46 | Oh well done ! if that was on Friday afternoon |
| 47 | That was on Saturday , 25th April . |
| 48 | tha , tha , that , that was on Saturday when Jo was round |
| 49 | That was on Saturday was n't it ? |
| 50 | The best that was on offer from the National Refugee Service in New York was cooperation to ‘ get in touch with American relatives and affiants and attempting to secure the steamship fare , or as much of it as possible , from them ’ . |
| 51 | ‘ Anyway , I 'm not claiming every penny that was on offer . |
| 52 | It was for this reason that the halls were never radical or seditious and that the songs , like everything else that was on offer , were , as Colin MacInnes suggested , ‘ too inhibited emotionally , too limited intellectually , too commercial in their intentions ’ . |
| 53 | Well that was on offer this week actually , that plus a great big bag of Minstrels I think was two , two fifty five |
| 54 | Apparently that was on television last week , they were , did a programme about tigers do n't know whether anyone saw it . |
| 55 | That 's , oh that was on telly were n't it ? |
| 56 | That was on telly yesterday . |
| 57 | Well he 's videoed it cos that was on telly the other night were n't it ? |
| 58 | That was on Tuesday ? |
| 59 | Oliver I was a tad mogadonic , but that was on account of being poo-scared . |
| 60 | " Only twenty-five quid , and that was on account of knowing Frank who used to work there . " |