Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | A squadron of British Hussars were on duty in the rue de la Blanchisserie to keep the beggars away from the wealthy . |
| 2 | Many varied styles were on display with most of the paintings available for sale . |
| 3 | When the First World War broke out in 1914 schools were on holiday , which proved to be an advantage to the military authorities who promptly requisitioned the Yorkshire Institution for the Deaf at Doncaster and the Dundee School for the Deaf . |
| 4 | At the bottom , a trio of guards were on duty , armed with flamers . |
| 5 | Archeologists were on hand . |
| 6 | Archeologists were on hand . |
| 7 | LORD Spencer 's death might have served to remind this country of the dread winter of 1978/1979 when rubbish was uncollected in the streets , the fire brigades were on strike , hospitals were picketed by auxiliary workers who demanded to approve all surgical operations , housewives fought each other over a cauliflower leaf and the dead lay unburied in every churchyard . |
| 8 | LANCASHIRE 'S England candidates were on trial at Old Trafford today in the Championship match against Graham Gooch 's Essex . |
| 9 | Too often the curriculum of the comprehensive school was that of the grammar , high status academic subjects were on offer to the academically able child and the rest suffered a watered down version of ‘ studies ’ : European for those judged not capable of sustaining a foreign language , classical for those not taking Latin and Greek , social for the non-geographers and historians , and rural for those not taking ‘ proper ’ science . |
| 10 | Grant had always prided himself on his fitness and worked out regularly in his health club gym , but by the time he made it to where the stone coping of the sloping gable joined the chimney stack , he felt as though every muscle of his arms and shoulders were on fire . |
| 11 | ‘ It was also fortunate that NII inspectors were on site looking at THORP training arrangements and they were particularly interested in these tests . ’ |
| 12 | The safe was open , and the two books were on father 's desk with the cardboard box , and he was just taking the lid off the box as I came in . ’ |
| 13 | The radio reported that when the back-up unit had arrived the block of shops was on fire . |
| 14 | From the time of Mr Bush 's speech to the UN General Assembly in October to the last-minute pleas of Javier Perez de Cuellar , the UN secretary-general , an array of sweeteners was on offer . |
| 15 | He had been shown which locker in the room was his and told that one of his cell-mates was on work detail , the other in the exercise yard . |
| 16 | Its sites were on variable , disturbed and fertilised soils and mainly included only the less vulnerable trees . |
| 17 | Anthony 's parents were on holiday and his brother was out . |
| 18 | The defendants were on risk that as a result of the bargain they had struck the plaintiff would not or indeed possibly could not comply with his existing obligations without further finance . |
| 19 | Health promoters were on hand at the Albert Dock watering hole to ask people about their drinking habits , give free health checks and advice on healthy drinking levels . |
| 20 | This was a particular problem in the evenings and at weekends when the registrars were on call and not necessarily in the department . |
| 21 | MORE THAN 2,000 rights for sheep quotas were on offer in Lanark Mart . |
| 22 | Prior to the reform of the market in October 1986 ( see below ) all transactions were on behalf of customers but subsequently there has been much trading between market makers as well as transactions with customers as the table shows . |
| 23 | It is often pointed out that higher education was centrally seen in this way in the nineteenth century , but that very different models were on offer . |
| 24 | Three models were on view , the New Mountain , the Snow , and the Technical , aimed at the backpacker , the winter hillgoer and the climber , and priced £189 , £235 and £245 respectively . |
| 25 | The original Retirement Issue of index-linked certificates were on sale and were paying indexation plus 4 p.c. of the original investment if held for five years . |
| 26 | THE CONSERVATIVES were on course to secure an historic fourth consecutive term in power early today after the closest general election for 20 years . |
| 27 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |
| 28 | Somerville College souvenirs were on sale on the stall at this meeting . |
| 29 | hairdryer to dry it out right and he 's drying this switch out with the hairdryer and all and everything turned the switch on and about five hundred volts were on shock so they had to call |
| 30 | Within three years the couple were established in London where Lillie became celebrated , not only as a ‘ professional beauty ’ — a society woman whose photographic likenesses were on sale to the public — but as the mistress of Albert Edward , Prince of Wales . |