Example sentences of "they [was/were] [verb] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We wo n't know till tomorrow what sort of dog 's breakfast they 'll dish up out of it , but they were waffling on about the poor little guinea-pig baby . |
| 2 | They were walking on to the long ridge they had been able to see from the cottage window . |
| 3 | They were put on to the French market one at a time with intervals between the sales . |
| 4 | It is a relief to know that the police , at least , were sufficiently attuned to the realities of contemporary social research to drop charges even if a nagging doubt remains as to how or by whom they were set on to the investigators . |
| 5 | If they were held on to the animal or plant would die . |
| 6 | In the meantime , they were pressing on with the task of handing leaflets to anyone prepared to take one , and taking limited encouragement from the presence of a junior Labour front-bencher , Kate Hoey , at their conference fringe meeting . |