Example sentences of "['s] [noun pl] [was/were] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Theda could not but feel sorry for her , but Benedict 's eyes were on the lawyer , who had paused . |
| 2 | The main concentration of the Department 's buildings was on the south side of Pall Mall , where the Board of Ordnance was originally established in 1806 . |
| 3 | Four months after the centenary celebrations and they still pour forth P though in truth we have had plenty of warning that Gavrilov 's contributions were on the way . |
| 4 | The Emperor 's apartments were on the ground floor and included as well as his bedroom those rooms set aside for work , for it was from here that Napoleon III governed . |
| 5 | Inevitably Wycliffe 's thoughts were on the basin by the house on stilts . |
| 6 | The touch judges ' flags were on the pitch more often than off it in a game I saw recently here ( in Eastern Province , South Africa ) . |