Example sentences of "and [was/were] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er they get rather sulky and offended to say the least , they get er , often they recruit academics and lawyers to say that the memories of abuse are fabricated , the memories of abuse they could n't really have happened because the people concerned were out of the country at the time and were on holiday anyway and er did n't even meet the family until the kid was eleven years old after it was sup and so on and so forth . |
| 2 | ‘ Six years ago , Graham Carlin from MMD had a phone call from a friend of his who is a lecturer at the college and was on holiday in Scotland with a group of his colleagues , ’ said Hunterston goalie Gibbie Kerr . |
| 3 | John Vento became the third white to be sentenced in connection with the Bensonhurst attack , having been convicted of unlawful imprisonment and menacing behaviour , on July 3 , and was on Aug. 14 imprisoned for between 2@2/3 and 8 years . |
| 4 | Mick Redmond had finished a tour of operations and was on leave when John came on leave so the brothers were able to spend some time together for the first time for years . |
| 5 | James P. Wilkerson , president of the Star Stations of Indiana Inc — a chain of five radio stations in the mid-West — had no idea of his daughter 's political leanings , and was on vacation with his wife in the Caribbean . |
| 6 | He had had to go out on exercise one night , and was on duty another , poor thing . |
| 7 | The following song was broadcast on the radio and was on sale in the record shops , yet the wearing of miniskirts a few years later was denounced as improper and an example of western sexual decadence and permissiveness ! |
| 8 | Biggins , who scored 22 goals last season and was on target again on Saturday , has been after a wage rise for some time and is currently on a weekly contract . |
| 9 | Went to see Dr and was on Gym for 1st time this term . |
| 10 | The Prosecutor-General , Günter Wendland , had resigned on Dec. 5 after criticism of his role in the case of Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski [ see below ] , and was on Jan. 11 replaced by Hans-Jürgen Joseph . |
| 11 | It started moving and was on fire . |
| 12 | The sexual act , it seemed , was low on the list of priorities and was on offer at bargain prices ; then , as you toured the body 's locations , the cost increased . |