Example sentences of "[was/were] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Then his feet were on the stairs and he was walking down the narrow , dark steps , which twisted sharply to the right . |
| 32 | The studio door slammed behind us when we were on the stairs . |
| 33 | They were on the stairs again before Lizzie spoke , when she said , ‘ He 'll ruin her if you 're not careful . |
| 34 | All the old Heathites , save for Peter Walker ( a highly individualist and most effective leftish Secretary of State for Wales ) were on the back-benches . |
| 35 | Some of the finest of these were on the walls of Puang Sangalla 's house , where Ranteallo took us the following morning to meet his dead father , and barely alive eighty-seven-year-old mother . |
| 36 | Managers have been chosen by the old boy network , recommendations from people who were on the boards of charities . |
| 37 | A mass-circulation paper was more risky , but it was much more exciting , and with the bigger sales that were on the cards , it could be very profitable . |
| 38 | Staff who 'd long feared redundancies were on the cards hear the news at meetings today . |
| 39 | So i more often than not we were on the rates and of course the public say , oh I 'm paying your salaries . |
| 40 | ‘ I do n't like to seem stuffy friend , but if Bonanza and Mahoney were on the outs I would know it . |
| 41 | Water and electricity shares were on the skids . |
| 42 | SHARES were on the skids again yesterday and dealers reckon the rollercoaster ride could last right up to Christmas . |
| 43 | The Power 's played for Caroline and Co while the McConnells were on the Frazers Select team . |
| 44 | No I do n't think so , I think there 's a difference because the other excesses were on the peasants ' part now it 's okay whatever the peasants did , you know , it 's not terrible it 's , it 's fine to let the peasants do that , and also erm into the war period the peasants are gon na but must n't do it , this time it 's like okay , now we 're the party that 's saying let's go as far as we can . |
| 45 | Ignoring the whole question of invisibility , which is particularly oppressive to working-class lesbians and gays , she nonetheless raised matters which were on the minds of many other heterosexual politicians . |
| 46 | The appellants , suppliers of petrol to garage owners , entered into two agreements with the respondents in relation to two garages , M and C. The agreements were on the appellants ' standard forms . |
| 47 | Williams team management said they were on the protestors ' side . |
| 48 | Yousefi was caught when he tried to cash a cheque at a London bank but the name of Garawand was on a defaulters list . |
| 49 | " He 'd know what was on the bills of lading . |
| 50 | He 'd explained that his sister was on the pumps at the Smiling Service Filling Station , even though it was Good Friday . |
| 51 | The institutional context provided by the OEEC and NATO was largely taken for granted ; the primary focus for study — and political debate — was on the structures and policies of the evolving European Communities . |
| 52 | Dismissing the appeals , Mr Justice Mummery said that the onus of proving that the penalty was excessive was on the taxpayers . |
| 53 | It was on the greens that Lyle continues to suffer . |
| 54 | But it was on the greens that Willie came into his own . |
| 55 | Actually , the only war I was involved in was on the tramcars on the way to the old Victoria Railway Station in Sheffield . |
| 56 | The referee was on the Lions ' side in the first half , before finding that their style did not suit him . |
| 57 | Bertha Johnson was on the committees that organized a series of lectures for ladies from 1874 , set up the more ambitious Association for Promoting the Higher Education of Women in Oxford ( AEW ) in 1878 , and founded the Anglican hostel , Lady Margaret Hall , which opened , together with the undenominational Somerville Hall , in 1879 . |
| 58 | I was on the terraces until five years ago . |
| 59 | But the most important result for Edwards was on the terraces where 5,769 fans braved the damp , dismal weather and paid around £15,000 . |
| 60 | In 1840 we find in the title deeds when William Holding took over the tenancy of the farm that an oast was on the deeds ; after this date , between 1838–47 , the name was changed to Court Farm . |