Example sentences of "her [noun pl] [was/were] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her toes were on the beam , her arms above her head , holding on to the top of the gates . |
| 2 | down all these Coronation Street type houses , and erm one of her friends was on the telephone the other night and er this chap draws up in the car and she says I , I wo n't be a minute , and he comes straight out of his car , he said I 'll give you one minute he said , I 'll drive my car and come back down that ro up back to the telephone box and he said if you ai n't gone by then he said I 'll smash your fucking face in , that 's exactly what he said to her . |
| 3 | Her hands were on the belt , almost as if to deny him . |
| 4 | Her breasts were on the point of turning into roses . |
| 5 | Her thoughts were on the fact that it would be three months before she could move into her new abode , as she drove up the avenue . |