Example sentences of "was [pron] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would crouch by the steps , ignored , till there was no-one on the narrow spiral stair , glide like a slim shadow up to the hall , and when the next stair was free , on up to the bower , where Catriona , wife of the Maclean 's piper , had a baby . |
| 2 | There was no-one on Dewer Street to hear her cry . |
| 3 | When they returned to reception there was no-one on duty . |
| 4 | After a week Harry returned to Maurice , once again when there was no-one on the boat , took away his consignment of hairdryers , and threw the lantern and the paving-stones overboard . |
| 5 | And because there was nothing on costs there could be nothing on cost-effectiveness , no appraisal of different ways of achieving similar goals . |
| 6 | All the studio guys used hopped-up Fenders , and all the rock players used Marshalls , but ultimately there was nothing on the front of the amp that said my name . |
| 7 | ‘ But there was nothing on the horizon . |
| 8 | There was nothing on any of the screens except the blue flaring signal beacon and a big untidy pile of bags and boxes by the door of the lift . |
| 9 | It was crowded , and there was nothing on display that she thought appropriate . |
| 10 | There was nothing on show to lift the roof — but in this remarkable renaissance , it 's early days yet . |
| 11 | There was nothing on contraception in the Masterpiece but new information from the radical proponents of birth control was available to the working class from the 1820s onwards , much of it aimed at dissuading women from having abortions . |
| 12 | But there was nothing on the bed . |
| 13 | My conviction on this count was based on the fact that I had researched this area very well and knew that there was nothing on record . |
| 14 | There was nothing on him but an extraordinary collection of live ammunition — rifle bullets . " |
| 15 | I wondered about their lives ; but there was nothing on which to speculate . |
| 16 | I mean there was nothing on a , on a formal level or anything |
| 17 | But , of course , there was nothing on which she could strike the flint . |
| 18 | There was nothing on that scale in the Labour days . |
| 19 | There was nothing on the seven o'clock news ; she listened again at eight and nine but still there was no mention of the hunt for Rick Lawrence . |
| 20 | Sometimes he 'd look across at me , when my mum was deep in a copy of Psychic News and there was nothing on the television , any time from May to October . |
| 21 | There was nothing on primary care , few related to quality or outcome , none related to patient satisfaction or ease of public access . |
| 22 | Silence for a bit , so there was nothing on them , as there would not be in the normal way of life since Ephraim Humphreys had been a friend of Steve Hilaire 's and they , presumably , had not . |
| 23 | Well cos there was nothing on Saturday ! |
| 24 | Now what was I on ? |
| 25 | And now here was someone on the phone saying , Is Boy there ? |
| 26 | The operator , surly in her attitude , did n't inform Duncan that they had answered , and it was a moment before he realized that there was someone on the line . |
| 27 | It became the armoury then and er we used to do guard duty on the armoury every night there was someone on guard duty . |
| 28 | ‘ And suddenly , one night , after Jacqui had gone to bed , Marius suddenly said he was going to make a new will , and there was someone on holiday down there who was a solicitor — ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You think it was someone on Charlie 's client list ? ’ |
| 30 | And whilst the advice was aimed at women , the few men who attended found there was plenty on offer for them . |