Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [was/were] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 45 maintenance and support personnel were on the flight from Saudi Arabia . |
| 2 | Ruane 's giant stockinged feet were on the desk . |
| 3 | Kurt Hager , the 77-year-old chief party ideologue who first indicated changes were on the way , insisted in Moscow yesterday : ‘ The leadership is united and will remain so , even though people keep on trying to invent disputes . ’ |
| 4 | Staff who 'd long feared redundancies were on the cards hear the news at meetings today . |
| 5 | Campaigning groups were on the whole sceptical of the extent of the summit 's achievements . |
| 6 | Talking Heads were on the radio . |