Example sentences of "[noun] were on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gabriel noticed how grey the hairs were on the back of Woolley 's neck . |
| 2 | The old craft trades were on the whole the first to organize trade societies , giving the labour movement in Scotland a particular character and ( some have argued ) a particular ideology in which the influence of thrift , temperance and respectability was very marked . |
| 3 | Some of the chateau guards were on the curtain walls , forcing back the scaling ladders placed there . |
| 4 | Cups of half-finished tea were on the floor beside their chairs . |
| 5 | He come flying round that bend near mums and nearly his kids were on the side of the road and he come through there |
| 6 | It should be noted , however , that heads were on the whole reluctant to ascribe much more than moderate success to their coordinators in respect of any of these aims . |
| 7 | Talking Heads were on the radio . |
| 8 | Anxiety , weakness , oppression and constriction in the chest ; sensation as if a great weight were on the chest . |
| 9 | Winds of 110mph were on the way . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't like to seem stuffy friend , but if Bonanza and Mahoney were on the outs I would know it . |
| 11 | Tights were on the boiler , I 'd forgotten and run all the way ups down again |
| 12 | Pilot David Moore from Gloucestershire was at the controls of the forty seven year old Spitfire as it took part in an air display near Manchester on Saturday.The fighter plane looped the loop but as it neared the ground it plummeted down , bursting into flames.Firefighters were on the scene immediately , and confirmed that the pilot was dead.David Moore , who was 47 , flew with the Royal Navy for ten years before joining Rolls Royce as a pilot in the mid 1970s.He flew the company 's executives around Europe … but in his spare time he enjoyed piloting vintage planes like the Spitfire , which was owned by Rolls Royce.Today at the family 's home near Stroud , David Moore 's widow was coming to terms with the tragedy : |
| 13 | So that , when young gentlemen were on the rampage , the past — instead of being used as a stick with which to beat the deteriorated present — became the justification for taking a lenient view . |
| 14 | FIVE prisoners being tried in connection with the Strangeways riot were on the run last night after escaping from a court . |
| 15 | His eyes were on the casket . |
| 16 | Their eyes were on the Miracle-Worker , the Angel Gabriel , perched in motionless splendour on a silver-gilded cloud , his hair awash with sunlight and his magical face worn like a mask that concealed some greater magic . |
| 17 | All eyes were on the clock as the hands dragged themselves , with agonising slowness towards noon and time to leave for the airfield . |
| 18 | All eyes were on the T'ang . |
| 19 | Theda could not but feel sorry for her , but Benedict 's eyes were on the lawyer , who had paused . |
| 20 | All eyes were on the catwalk and no one appeared to notice her , apart from a tall , grey-haired woman in the uniform of an atelier who moved towards her accusingly . |
| 21 | Even so , most eyes were on the Kilmarnock defence which had proved unexpectedly resilient in their opening three games . |
| 22 | Even so , most eyes were on the Kilmarnock defence which had proved unexpectedly resilient in their opening three games . |
| 23 | His eyes were on the string . |
| 24 | His eyes were on the street , scanning the few passers-by . |
| 25 | She glanced around with an innocent expression on her face , but all eyes were on the Doctor 's antics . |
| 26 | Is there any joint and seems light , if the light were on the light catches them and you can see all the |
| 27 | Because the clergy were on the whole ministering to the poor , many of them could not avoid being caught up in the unrest , violence and fear . |
| 28 | None of the speakers suggested by the DUC were on the programme ; all the speakers , while ‘ allegedly neutral ’ , were considered pro-mining by the DUC . |
| 29 | It seems that in some areas schools lost interest in the DCSL visits once the books were on the shelves . |
| 30 | ( 2 ) improved staff interest in and promotion of the library , and greater awareness by colleagues of which books were on the shelves : |