Example sentences of "on [noun prp] [conj] was [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I too , was listening to radio 5 on Saturday and was utterly devastated to hear that we 'd gone 1–0 down with a couple of minutes to go , but at 2.7 million Deano saved the day . |
| 2 | Corcoran went over on his ankle on Saturday and was quite lame on Sunday but he has improved a lot overnight . ’ |
| 3 | It was the morning after the THREE nights before — a bank holiday weekend rave party that started on saturday and was still going strong last night . |
| 4 | The fire was discovered at about 2.30 am on Saturday and was quickly brought under control by three fire crews from Manningtree and Colchester . |
| 5 | There was no Honey Bee or Gas Guzzler to replicate the sea route for me , so buses and hitches and foot slog gave me more time on Mull than was strictly accurate . |
| 6 | The President conceded defeat late on Tuesday and was yesterday on his way back to the White House to finish a four-year term marked by a stunning Gulf War victory and a damaging recession at home . |
| 7 | Both teams were applauded for the way they kept going forward , and there was only one distasteful moment when Goodman went in far too late on Chivers and was deservedly booked . |
| 8 | Then came another political bust-up and the catastrophe of 1921–22 , when a Greek army tried to march on Ankara and was roundly beaten by the new Turkey of Kemal Ataturk . |
| 9 | Chatam , tremendously impressive when beating subsequent Grand National hero Party Politics by four lengths in the Newbury showpiece last year , was on offer at 14–1 on Monday but was yesterday cut to 8–1 third favourite by William Hill . |
| 10 | The former England midfielder underwent surgery to remove a blood clot on Monday and was promptly ruled out for ten days . |
| 11 | One of those in the escape , Barry Morton , 24 , was recaptured in Liverpool on Wednesday and was yesterday remanded for a week by magistrates in Manchester charged with escaping from custody and being at large . |
| 12 | Furthermore , the Russian right wing had recently been reinforced by a new army , the Ninth , which had been raised for a drive on Berlin but was instead deployed against Austria . |