Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] on [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Snappy , short news sequences certainly helped promote some of the big names but this was on a small scale in comparison with the United States where a few outstanding sportsmen became Hollywood stars . |
| 2 | This was on the last day of an exhausting eleven-month shoot tracking down the healers , mystics and wise men of the islands . |
| 3 | Seven of these were on the British side , where the contractors were fined 50,000 in March 1990 after the fifth death . |
| 4 | The former was on a grand scale , needing an immense effort , but the rewards were immediate and of some wider significance for Roman Britain . |
| 5 | There were four clumps accurately aligned , and each was on a high point on the line , sited for maximum visibility . |
| 6 | But that was on a slower basis than , than he could make it up under the new scheme . |
| 7 | We wat , did you see that film up , that was on a few nights ago , some time last week I think ? |
| 8 | The wheel also supplied the power to the large circular saw that was on the lower floor . |
| 9 | A farmer said he saw a car down his lane on the Sunday night — just a pair of headlights , he thought it was a courting couple ; but that was on the other side of the ridge , away from Miller 's End . ’ |
| 10 | That was on the first day . |
| 11 | Erm that was on the same vein and they got they got a ce er a certain amount of national er erm national er publicity . |
| 12 | Husband leant back , realised how uncomfortable that was on the wooden chair and rather self-consciously unleaned himself . |
| 13 | Nastase held talks with the Hungarian Foreign Minister , Geza Jeszenszky , on Feb. 6 in Spain , where both were on an official visit [ see below ] . |