Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some were on cartridge paper , some on pages torn from what looked like school exercise books , and some on folded , green-lined computer print-out . |
| 2 | This was on top of much bigger write-downs of creditors ' claims under chapter 11 deals — on average 47% of pre-deal face value , compared with 23% in workouts . |
| 3 | This was on top of the mathematical work generated . |
| 4 | However , this was on PKB 's Amex card , the pasta had been delicious , the Frascati had flowed , the zabaglione was on its way and all was right with the world . |
| 5 | He added that this was on condition that he would withdraw claims for defamation of character made against the IJF if the IJF would agree not to take any legal action against him in the future . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Do you know this was on Food and Drink last week on er , on the television . |
| 8 | This was on account of the fact that not long after the big switch-on of the water power there arose a scare which threatened to ruffle the smooth surface of the millpond . |
| 9 | This was on , this was on tape , it was n't a live thing . |
| 10 | The St Petersburg mayor , Anatoly Sobchak , made an individual request for food aid from the EC on Sept. 16 , and Ivan Silayev , chair of the Interim Economic Council , had asked for between ECU5,000 million and 6,000 million in aid from the EC on Sept. 9 , although it was unclear whether this was on behalf of all the republics or only the Russian Federation . |
| 11 | All this was on pain of a £20 fine and , in respect of the contracts , dismissal from office ; the directors were made to take an oath on assuming office ( but Quakers were allowed to affirm ) . |
| 12 | Convena did all his work and they asked him to go to London you know , there 's some was on years ago so he goes to the headquarters and he said he just could n't believe it , he turned on him and said you 're a shallow bloody hypocrite he said ! |
| 13 | In eastern Sussex most sub-£2 assessments were on earnings , but in central districts goods were the rule ; in the vale , in common with most of West Sussex , almost all were on wages , and , with much land under the plough , probably those of farm workers . |
| 14 | Lastly the worst of all was on p 456 calling the former British colony ‘ Vanuata ’ instead of ‘ Vanuatu ’ . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | In the belt extending from Hoxne to the Orwell estuary the percentage of assessments below £2 hardly exceeded twenty , save in a few places , and overall more were on goods than on earnings . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ That was on Sunday . |
| 20 | Yes that was on Skerrymor on Skerrymor. that was a swing . |
| 21 | 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 |
| 22 | Oh well done ! if that was on Friday afternoon |
| 23 | That was on Saturday , 25th April . |
| 24 | tha , tha , that , that was on Saturday when Jo was round |
| 25 | That was on Saturday was n't it ? |
| 26 | 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 ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ Anyway , I 'm not claiming every penny that was on offer . |
| 28 | 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 ’ . |
| 29 | Well that was on offer this week actually , that plus a great big bag of Minstrels I think was two , two fifty five |
| 30 | Apparently that was on television last week , they were , did a programme about tigers do n't know whether anyone saw it . |