Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] [conj] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The curtains were drawn still and on this winter day it was almost as dark as night in here . |
| 2 | There were few strikes and in Parliament Labour 's opposition was usually focused more on the ‘ giveaway ’ price at which shares were sold rather than on the principle of privatization . |
| 3 | brought the downfall of the Asante nation and for this reason they had to bury their money underground so that more money was hidden underground than on the earth . |
| 4 | A porthole was opened amidships and on a plank lay the small body . |
| 5 | In Rome he was housed comfortably and on 13 April attended the first hearing , when some Dominicans produced the unsigned document . |
| 6 | Really , what we needed to do was to read through make sure that it was covered adequately but on the other hand , if they 've come across something twice and not if i , if it was in brackets I did n't count it , did you do |