Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [adv] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Florence was full of Christmas shoppers and half the police force was already on holiday . |
| 2 | Marco was still on top of her . |
| 3 | As she spoke , her mind was still on Janice . |
| 4 | My mind was still on Mr Billings 's problem during the afternoon calls and when we sat down to supper I was only mildly surprised to find another offering of sausage and mash . |
| 5 | Her mind was still on Petula . |
| 6 | His weight was suddenly on Hullabaloo 's flank . |
| 7 | This present mayor was away on holiday at the time , he said perhaps that I should of seen that erm it would go to committee |
| 8 | The yellow monster was almost on top of him , two great lights like enormous eyes now switched on . |
| 9 | And the third : ‘ Her car was there on Sunday . ’ |
| 10 | Dealers on the foreign exchange markets were also hedging their bets and the pound was also on ice . |
| 11 | His flight engineer WO W. G. Higgs wrote : On the night of 10/20 September 1942 we were attacked by a Bf110 from below ; he hit us in the port mainplane and set fire to numbers five and six fuel tanks , " the ailerons were jammed and the fuselage was also on fire . |
| 12 | Denis Law was reportedly on board the train but kept a careful distance from the fight . |
| 13 | However , the UN commander for Bosnia , General Philippe Morillon , insisted the peace plan was still on track . |
| 14 | The machine was only on sale between nineteen thirty-six and nineteen forty . |
| 15 | The focus was originally on prison subjects : a code of standards , justice in prisons , and the treatment and control of dangerous prisoners . |
| 16 | The Marquis was away on holiday at the time . |
| 17 | Though , ever a man to confuse her , he greeted her pleasantly , ‘ Good morning , darling , ’ and , in case she had n't got the message that the endearment was only on account of their audience , ‘ I 've just been telling my uncle that we 'll be leaving after breakfast . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I would have said , however , that the ill-feeling was all on Alain Gebrec 's part . |
| 19 | But I hardly noticed , for my attention was entirely on Mala . |
| 20 | The reduction in borrowings , however , meant that interest charges were down from £240,000 to £86,000 , and that the group was well on course to becoming cash positive by the end of the current year . |
| 21 | Anyone outside looking up would think the room was all on fire . |
| 22 | Strangely , though , as a smile lit her face , she could n't in all honesty have said that her smile was totally on account of having secured an interview with that most elusive man ! |
| 23 | The salary paid to the collector by the county for his efforts to extract the cess from the taxpayers , moreover , was sufficient to stimulate competition for the post , and the attraction was enough on occasion to cause severe embarrassment to county politicians , who feared that support for one candidate would lead to the permanent alienation of his rivals and their friends . |
| 24 | Although the Portadown backs threatened constantly , an Armagh boot was always on hand to relieve the pressure . |
| 25 | ‘ No , ’ she denied with a wry little smile , ‘ the ferry was perfectly on time ; it was your wretched Dublin streets that were the problem ! |
| 26 | They were strictly controlled by the instruction ( nakaz ) which they were given when they set out , whose emphasis was heavily on ceremonial , particularly on the use by foreigners of the tsar 's full title . |
| 27 | With Norman Lamont notably absent , those that gathered witnessed a smoothly conducted auction where the sales emphasis was decidedly on medals and aeronautica . |
| 28 | By 1987 the group 's emphasis was squarely on dwelling conversions at market rates . |
| 29 | Having few nationalized industries , the US emphasis was immediately on deregulation , which began with airlines in 1978 . |
| 30 | The modern environmental movement began to emerge during the post-war period , although its initial emphasis was still on protection rather than conservation , and most of the effort was directed towards preserving large animals and their habitats in the Third World . |