Example sentences of "[art] [noun prp] [was/were] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Time and again , sons or hired hands were sent vaulting over the dry stone walls to Low Birk Hatt when it became obvious that the Hauxwells were on the point of dropping with exhaustion as they struggled to finish their haymaking or sheep shearing . |
| 2 | Yet the kind of premises favoured by small-time craftsmen look as if they were not so suitable for a spot of Miscellaneous Repos ; by the October of 1856 the Titfords were on the move yet again , this time to 15 Penton Street , Clerkenwell . |
| 3 | Clearly , the Williams-Renault was on the pace even though gearbox trouble would eventually account for both drivers , Patrese 's departure being the more dramatic of the two . |
| 4 | Rutherford 's earliest research at the Cavendish was on a detector for electromagnetic waves , an essential feature of which was a small coil containing a tiny bundle of magnetised iron wire . |
| 5 | The Power 's played for Caroline and Co while the McConnells were on the Frazers Select team . |
| 6 | The BAAS was on the surface a democratic and provincial body , run in fact by a small group of professionals , a Cambridge network of gentlemen of science . |