Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | England 's management have not supported the view of New Zealand captain Martin Crowe , who earlier this winter raised the issue when his side were on tour in Sri Lanka . |
| 2 | The two security men Dexter had interviewed immediately after the murder were on duty when the sergeant loped into the headquarters of TV London late that same afternoon . |
| 3 | The PSOE government at first tried to break the pattern by appointing a ‘ professional ’ businessman to the chairmanship in 1983 , and by purging those who had come to RENFE as a result of their political connections with earlier governments ( see Diario 16 , 4 , 5 February 1983 ) ; about twenty people who had held senior posts in the previous UCD administration were on RENFE 's pay roll when the PSOE came to power ( Cinco Días , 2 November 1983 ) . |
| 4 | and your instrument panel started showing that the wheels had fallen off and one wheel was on fire first thing we had to think was are the reading correct ! |
| 5 | Wilson , whose rejection of religion was on account of its encouragement of so much evil . |
| 6 | Integrating Evode 's chemicals and plastics businesses with its own activities without dilution was on schedule , Laporte said yesterday as it unveiled its 1992 results . |
| 7 | Marco was on top of her . |
| 8 | The Euro Horse Trophy was on time from the start and Rozier just held off Austrian Hugo Simon , who won the first World Cup final in this arena in 1979 , on Amaretto . |
| 9 | Until the regionalisation of local government in 1975 , the papingo trophy was on display in Kilwinning Town Chambers but when the local council ceased to exist , the piece of historic silverware was placed in safe-keeping to await the selection of a new home . |
| 10 | Waking Glastonbury had on this occasion required him to bellow his nanny impersonation four times , causing old Mauleverer to come staggering out of his nearby bedroom asking if the club was on fire . |
| 11 | She could hardly tell Florrie that , most of all , her mind was on Dick . |
| 12 | It was a pity , she thought , that her mind was on Shine On 's big test tomorrow afternoon . |
| 13 | But now his mind was on Harry Mack . |
| 14 | Casimir Oye Mba was on May 3 formally installed as Prime Minister of a transitional government , membership of which had been announced on April 29 . |
| 15 | And er Granddad was on maintenance , of course , and I used to have to take his meals , so I used to go past the er picket , along with many other people who were busy coal out of the pit tip . |
| 16 | The in-fighting was considerable and not all the fault was on Auer 's side . |
| 17 | Gharr was on Vadinamia , and a Gharrgoyle had tailed me . |
| 18 | far back in my life so I can recall my first piece of actual writing , I have a scrapbook at home and I look at it regularly , it had my first pieces of work in it , I usually drew pictures and then wrote things , my first piece was on A four and I have drawn a table , my mum and myself , I was holding a , I wrote one sentence and it was surprisingly literate this is what I wrote , it is my party and I wait for my friends to come , I did many pieces of work |
| 19 | The lead car was on fire . |
| 20 | The car was on fire , but they 'd almost put it out when their fire extinguisher ran out . |
| 21 | ‘ I knew I had to get out as the whole car was on fire . |
| 22 | According to the RUC , a police car was on routine patrol in the town 's High Street when it spotted the suspicious van around 10.35 am parked outside the Halifax building society . |
| 23 | The huer 's job , after announcing the sighting of the shoal , was to guide his own boat to the fish , signalling East or West by removing his coat and waving it from side to side and , when the boat was on top of the shoal , by placing his coat on his telescope and holding it aloft . |
| 24 | You may have seen the press photographs of Rebecca Ridgeway after her paddle round Cape Horn but did you know that her boat was on stands in a London street at the time the shots were taken ? |
| 25 | The worst thing was that the tape was on metal spools and the resulting damage was not a complete wipe : there were still tantalising fragments of the recording left where the tape had been under the metal ‘ spokes ’ of the reel , I would be interested to know if this legend is true . |
| 26 | THE largest ever new product offering was on show at the ‘ Wedgwood 1993 ’ annual trade fair at Barlaston . |
| 27 | Even knitting wool was on ration , but for a time a keen knitter could go into a shop and buy up hanks of thin darning wool ( un-rationed ) and use that to knit with , until some spoilsport in the Government ruined that idea by decreeing that all darning wool should be cut into approximately twenty inch lengths before it was put into the shops . |
| 28 | WITH TWO days of campaigning left in the closest election for 20 years , the biggest opinion poll of the campaign indicated last night that Labour was on course to become the largest single party in a hung parliament . |
| 29 | Mr Kinnock , reaffirming his confidence that Labour was on course for an overall majority , dismissed reports that Mr Ashdown was seeking four Cabinet places in a coalition with Labour . |
| 30 | As for the May local elections , their verdict matched precisely today 's opinion polls : despite a lacklustre performance , Labour was on course to become the largest party in a hung parliament . |