Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] was on " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , according to a recent report by Oxfam , a British charity with much African experience , most of this was on loans that were not being repaid anyway , so barely dented the servicing problem . |
| 2 | At the end of this terrace was a brick wall some ten feet in height behind which were the gardens of the Milford Hill houses , the first of these was on the corner of the streets . |
| 3 | The most scary task of all was on nights of thick , low cloud when we had to use the cloud searchlight , located on the far side of the airfield , to work out the cloud height . |
| 4 | Lastly the worst of all was on p 456 calling the former British colony ‘ Vanuata ’ instead of ‘ Vanuatu ’ . |
| 5 | Last time she had slipped out in the dark like this was on the night the Doyles had come , the night that had ended with a mystery and a death . |
| 6 | Jim Magilton who 's never missed a penalty for United was on target again and there was more to come … that man Allen on the left won the ball … fought his way through and Alex Dyer claimed his first goal for the club |
| 7 | Mansell , whose usual spot in Formula One in 1992 was on pole , said qualifying for the Indy was much harder . |
| 8 | At the same time the council in England believed that the king 's familiares were exercising undue influence over him : the unity which Edward had been at such pains to build up in 1337 was on the point of fracturing . |
| 9 | The whole emphasis of the first Act in 1889 was on espionage and treason . |
| 10 | Anyone failing to pay the total amount shown on that account when they received it ( the end of the ‘ free credit ’ period ) would have to pay what he owed plus interest , which in 1990 was on average 2.2 per cent monthly or 29.8 Annual Percentage Rate ( risen from 23.1 per cent in 1988 ) . |
| 11 | Yeah , that was on that was on |
| 12 | She grabbed the copy of Racing Post that was on the table . |
| 13 | After the concert , Branson explained how difficult it was to sell Oldfield 's music in America ; indeed , the only way Virgin had been able to find an American distributor for his records at all was on the back of a deal made for a new group on the label , XTC — precisely the kind of music Oldfield abhorred . |
| 14 | No one at all was on the beach . |
| 15 | He was employed by King Henry III on diplomatic missions , was given an important command in the Welsh marches , and by 1257 was on the royal council . |