Example sentences of "was [adv] on [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , it was only on Liz 's engagement and marriage to Owen Wyndham , a young lecturer in philosophy at London University , that they 'd become close friends once more . |
| 2 | His weight was suddenly on Hullabaloo 's flank . |
| 3 | The possibility of nuclear war through madness was much on people 's minds in the Fifties , together with the spectre of war by error . |
| 4 | Neath 's outside-half Paul Williams , who scored 268 points last season , is out for a fortnight with a rib injury and replaced by Jason Ball , who is the son of the club coach , Glen , and was once on Arsenal 's books . |
| 5 | erm But he seems to have played things rather cool later on , he disappears at the beginning of the war but comes back into Oxford , and then later , actually sits in the Royalist Parliament , 1644 , which he certainly would n't have done if he was still on parliament 's side . |
| 6 | A few days later Gorbachev was back on Lenin 's tomb watching the Soviet tanks and legions saluting the 45th anniversary of victory in the second world war . |
| 7 | The smile was back on Vi 's lips again . |