Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bandwagon of economic optimism was back on the road . |
| 2 | When she got there , she remembered that the little gold key was back on the glass table . |
| 3 | Saulieu was back on the map . |
| 4 | Lunch was over on the ward when he returned . |
| 5 | A cowboy was out on the range when he came across an Indian with his ear pressed down hard against the trail . |
| 6 | That famous stain was back on the front steps . |
| 7 | The edition was out on the |
| 8 | She hopped clear and opened her wings and in one sudden jump was up on the bare branch . |
| 9 | First past the post was the Cotswold Press whose sample was back on the doormat on the 16th . |
| 10 | he said , she said I thought that was his name , cos his name was up on the board I said oh yeah |
| 11 | The curtains were still pulled and the do-not-disturb sign was up on the door . |
| 12 | It did not seem to people that , to use de Gaulle 's expression , " the train was back on the tracks " . |
| 13 | She had n't planned for a witness , but it seemed that she had one ; the woman was over on the iron steps , watching her across the restaurant deck . |
| 14 | Ace was out on the track , testing . |
| 15 | Er , once the , the man was down on the floor er he placed his hands into the small of his back . |
| 16 | Darcy was out on the links in Jersey yesterday and unable to come to the phone , but a member of the team of architects working on the project dismisses fears that the site will be ruined . |
| 17 | As Roquelaure was involved , they think the French Government was in on the business , perhaps with revenge as their motive . |
| 18 | Stieber was back on the line in five minutes . |
| 19 | The portrait of Melusina hung above the fireplace and this year 's cat calendar was up on the left-hand wall . |
| 20 | Alina was over on the far side of the room , sitting at her table with the lamp angled to spill across the pages of the scrapbook that lay open in front of her . |
| 21 | If the Co was up on the Tuesday you had to have it paid for the Saturday , at least . |
| 22 | If you If you paid it The Co was up on the Tuesday , you had to have it paid Most people tried to pay it for the Thursday and that was the turn of the leaf , on the Thursday and if you paid that then you could go straight away that day and get your new quarter stuff , for the next quarter . |
| 23 | The Government may believe that once the Kincardine and Deeside election was out on the road — somewhat unsuccessfully for the Government — those promises might be out of sight and out of mind , but they are still in the mind of the Opposition . |
| 24 | Sebastian 's hat was back on the coat fixture when Leith left for her office the next morning . |
| 25 | ‘ Socialism was back on the agenda ’ , he points out . |