Example sentences of "[conj] [det] [was/were] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Aye that was Well that that was on the platform when I got me face burnt and me left hand , which I think was burnt trying to protect me me head or face at the time .
2 Like so much else in these cantos , the last line is midleading , since it suggests it was by an edict of Henry III that the Magna Charta was sent to all cathedrals and read four times a year , whereas Coke 's Institutes make it clear that this was on the contrary an enactment of Edward I. ‘ Selinunte ’ and ‘ Akragas ’ ( the old name of Agrigento ) are ancient Greek cities in Sicily .
3 And that was on a Bank Holiday !
4 In the campaign itself there was one awkward moment and that was on the issue of private health .
5 And that was on the corner of er er Road and Street at .
6 Butchers and er then there was the butchers and that was on the corner of and er and and then cross over there towards Street you 've got the stores , then you come the , the er drapers , then er Tommy the butcher who was my first wife 's uncle and then you come to a shop which was owned by one or two people , which was a sort of er general store and then my mother-in-law 's shop a cook 's which was
7 And that was on the house ?
8 But I ca n't Oh ooh ! through Can you imagine if this was on the superstore sites .
9 Oxford students succeeded , in Fox v Stirk [ 1970 ] 3 All ER 7 , in establishing that they could be resident in their university constituency and thus entitled to qualify to vote notwithstanding that they were also resident in their home constituencies and could qualify to vote there alternatively but this was on the basis that they had a ‘ residence ’ in Oxford where they spent a substantial part of the year .
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