Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun prp] [was/were] on [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Once baby Sally was on solids Jill used a mincer to prepare her meals . |
2 | France was on in a sense France was on probation in eighteen fifteen to eighteen eighteen . |
3 | It carried 2543 men , of whom 2100 were category C aliens , refugees from the RCM and Youth Allyah were on board : Alfred Cooper was among them : |
4 | The rest of the afternoon was tainted with that powerful awareness , and as they drove through the city Rachel was on edge , aware of the predator at her side . |
5 | his dad , played for Lincoln City and once for Darlington on loan ; eldest brother Mark was on Hartlepool 's books and now enjoys Northern League football with Murton . |
6 | On the last Monaghan Day that McQuaid came to the house Moran was on edge as he waited for him as he had been on edge every Monaghan Day , the only day in the year that McQuaid came to Great Meadow . |