Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [was/were] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jackie Kerr , Crawford McCrea and Gary Murray were on target for the Crues during their 3– win over Omagh Town Reserves . |
| 2 | Last year branch income was on target at seven point eight million pounds , a massive increase on the plateau of five to five and half million pounds we were on before Skip Lunch . |
| 3 | Even knitting wool was on ration , but for a time a keen knitter could go into a shop and buy up hanks of thin darning wool ( un-rationed ) and use that to knit with , until some spoilsport in the Government ruined that idea by decreeing that all darning wool should be cut into approximately twenty inch lengths before it was put into the shops . |
| 4 | Until the regionalisation of local government in 1975 , the papingo trophy was on display in Kilwinning Town Chambers but when the local council ceased to exist , the piece of historic silverware was placed in safe-keeping to await the selection of a new home . |
| 5 | The PSOE government at first tried to break the pattern by appointing a ‘ professional ’ businessman to the chairmanship in 1983 , and by purging those who had come to RENFE as a result of their political connections with earlier governments ( see Diario 16 , 4 , 5 February 1983 ) ; about twenty people who had held senior posts in the previous UCD administration were on RENFE 's pay roll when the PSOE came to power ( Cinco Días , 2 November 1983 ) . |
| 6 | The court has heard that the couple met in June 1991 , while Miss Warburton was on work experience at the Crown Prosecution Office in Salford , where Green worked . |
| 7 | But , as at Pittodrie a fortnight ago , the Kilmarnock defence held firm , and even on the rare occasions when Rangers did find a route to goal , veteran goalkeeper Bobby Geddes was on hand to snuff out any danger . |
| 8 | to goal , veteran goalkeeper Bobby Geddes was on hand to snuff out any danger . |
| 9 | David O'Leary was on Sky Sports on Saturday saying that he hopes to back for the New Year . |
| 10 | The Euro Horse Trophy was on time from the start and Rozier just held off Austrian Hugo Simon , who won the first World Cup final in this arena in 1979 , on Amaretto . |
| 11 | Armando Durán was on April 30 appointed Foreign Minister , replacing Reinaldo Figueredo Planchart , who resigned to campaign for the leadership of the ruling Acción Democrática ( AD ) ; Durán , was replaced as Secretary-General of the Presidency by Beatrice Rangel . |
| 12 | Somerville College souvenirs were on sale on the stall at this meeting . |
| 13 | Burt Reynolds was on Donahue last night . |
| 14 | Paul McGurnaghan 's shot came back off the base of the post and David Eddis was on hand to hammer the ball into the net . |
| 15 | Richard Burbage was on stage and he suddenly looked up and stopped in the middle of a word . |
| 16 | All the ingredients needed to revivify an ailing research enterprise were on hand : a hefty portion of anxiety over an enigmatic public health problem , seasoned with a dash of desperation over coming cuts in the budgets of NIH 's seven primate research centres . |
| 17 | . All the ingredients needed to revivify an ailing research enterprise were on hand : a hefty portion of anxiety over an enigmatic public health problem , seasoned with a dash of desperation over coming cuts in the budgets of NIH 's seven primate research centres … |
| 18 | Luckily Miss Malley was on leave at the time , otherwise this event might just have been too much for her . |
| 19 | ‘ For the first time , the real Neil Kinnock was on show . |
| 20 | The Palace is one of India 's Jewels ; the Maharaja one of the country 's richest men , his own vintage car collection was on show . |
| 21 | Gavin McDonald and Neil Cook were on target for Warrington . |
| 22 | Although Turkey avoided any direct participation in the war ( and was not officially designated as a member of the coalition — see p. 37935 ) , coalition forces were on Jan. 17 , 1991 , authorized by the Turkish government to use NATO bases in Turkey for bombing raids against Iraq . |
| 23 | The Schlesser/Baldi Mercedes was disqualified but Jochen Mass was on hand . |
| 24 | Miss Fogerty was on playground duty that morning . |
| 25 | Mother Bombie was on guard , hands on hips , the ancient black pipe jutting from her gums . |
| 26 | An isolated section of rail line on the Herefordshire Welsh border was washed out by flash floods and snow ploughs were on standby on main roads in the county in case the snow persisted . |
| 27 | For example , a recent German study , which aimed at controlling blood phenylalanine concentrations between 60 and 300 µmol/l , produced IQ results no better than those in British subjects , in whom the aim was more relaxed control ( 180–600 µmol/l ) , though the blood phenylalanine value was on average 100 µmol/l lower in the German subjects . |
| 28 | The distinguished Scottish artist Emilio Coia was on hand to sketch recipients and produce something very different from the unusual trophy . |
| 29 | THE art of clog dancing was on display in Darlington at the weekend . |
| 30 | The Scholtz act was on stage now , Rose on the saxophone and Bernie at the piano . |