Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] on [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was on a stand by itself . |
| 2 | For instance the chronological grouping of particular watermarks has revealed that a small portrait of Petrus Sylvius , Saskia 's cousin , was printed twice : once in 1637 , which is the date below Rembrandt 's signature this was on the occasion of Sylvius 's move from Amsterdam to Friesland after he had been received as a minister of the church and again , in an unaltered state still carrying the date of 1637 much later , in 1653 . |
| 3 | ‘ This was on the agenda for the meeting and had been discussed previously , ’ said Mr Paterson . |
| 4 | This was on the isle of Anglesey and Bullock , using the ancient Welsh name as a clever marketing ploy , began to sell his ‘ Mona marble ’ . |
| 5 | This was on the basis of continued strong earnings growth throughout the recession , with Wolters Kluwer achieving a first half jump of 39% in after-tax earnings and forecasting a 20% rise for the whole of 1992 , and Elsevier predicting a rise of 16% for the full year . |
| 6 | Some of the finest of these were on the walls of Puang Sangalla 's house , where Ranteallo took us the following morning to meet his dead father , and barely alive eighty-seven-year-old mother . |
| 7 | At the end of this terrace was a brick wall some ten feet in height behind which were the gardens of the Milford Hill houses , the first of these was on the corner of the streets . |
| 8 | After the concert , Branson explained how difficult it was to sell Oldfield 's music in America ; indeed , the only way Virgin had been able to find an American distributor for his records at all was on the back of a deal made for a new group on the label , XTC — precisely the kind of music Oldfield abhorred . |
| 9 | Taylor opposed the ECOMOG intervention , apparently regarding its arrival as intervention on the side of Doe just when the latter was on the brink of defeat , and threatened reprisals against nationals of the countries providing troops for ECOMOG . |
| 10 | In the campaign itself there was one awkward moment and that was on the issue of private health . |
| 11 | And that was on the corner of er er Road and Street at . |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | After we left Paris , that was on the train through to Italy , then down to Turin and then on the Italian boat |
| 14 | Yeah , and the others , the last hundred metres was under Lancashire 's domain , and Lancashire would n't hear of it , even though , I mean , that was on an approach to a roundabout |
| 15 | Most were on the brink of their longest voyage ever , and many , by their own admission , embarking on one of their most significant adventures . |