Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [was/were] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Official attempts in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to reform and strengthen the police duties of headmen were carried out at a time when the overall influence of headmen was on the wane . |
| 2 | From Mars it must have looked as if opposing armies of ants were on the move . |
| 3 | When 5 Corps had first been informed by Gen Schmidt-Richberg of the approach of 600,000 Germans and Croats to the southern edge of the Corps area on the evening of 13 May , it had been assumed that this huge mass of fugitives was on the verge of entering Austria and that it would be difficult to prevent all of them from doing so . |
| 4 | As soon as one set of questions were on the way to being answered , others seemed to take their place . |
| 5 | Even the , what few bits of lorries were on the road , they had a special mask on with er a shield over the top , so that the light was n't visible up above . |
| 6 | The basket of flowers was on the shelf behind them . |
| 7 | But the suspension of negotiations was on the cards even before the Americans ' decision . |
| 8 | ‘ The terms for refunds were on the back of our tickets which meant we did not see them until after we had made the purchase . ’ |
| 9 | A TEARAWAY 14-year-old dubbed ‘ the boy we ca n't lock up ’ by police was on the run again last night . |