Example sentences of "[was/were] on [art] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All computations were on a DEC System 5000 computer running Ultrix Version 4.1 , Research Computing , The Hospital for Sick Children . |
| 2 | And that were on a Wednesday and then on Saturday when I went and asked him come home , got changed , and went down to the club . |
| 3 | Their eyes were on the Miracle-Worker , the Angel Gabriel , perched in motionless splendour on a silver-gilded cloud , his hair awash with sunlight and his magical face worn like a mask that concealed some greater magic . |
| 4 | Around 200 white wines were on the US tariffs blacklist , but a White House trade official would not deny they were taking special aim at France , which has persistently tried to block an agreement on farm subsidies and the prices of cereal substitutes . |
| 5 | Number One , would you tell McKenzie to warn the four seamen who were with us tonight that they are on no account to mention the fact that we were on the Delos . |
| 6 | The Nuclear Test Veterans Association has been fighting for 10 years to get compensation for British servicemen who were on the Pacific islands when the tests took place in the 1950s . |
| 7 | Most docks were around the Midlands ; over a hundred of these were on the Birmingham Canals . |
| 8 | Jenking said he thought they were on the Dean and that they would soon beat over it into deeper water . |
| 9 | ‘ You looked out of the window when we were on the Concorde . |
| 10 | 27 language teachers from 10 different countries were on the London coach . |
| 11 | All eyes were on the T'ang . |
| 12 | We were on the King 's Road . |
| 13 | Merseybus AC were on the River Weaver at Winsford where Dave Hunter won with a level 5lbs . |
| 14 | Even so , most eyes were on the Kilmarnock defence which had proved unexpectedly resilient in their opening three games . |
| 15 | Even so , most eyes were on the Kilmarnock defence which had proved unexpectedly resilient in their opening three games . |
| 16 | Soon we were on the Via Emilia , the great , straight Roman road that runs diagonally through the pianura from Milan to Rimini . |
| 17 | Both times were on the Great North Road and no one was ever done for it . |
| 18 | Col Phailes , a payload specialist , is attached to the USA Industrial College of the armed forces and was on a UK fact-finding tour with colleagues . |
| 19 | It was on a Sunday in July , 1849 , that Charley first introduced his pal Ben to his loved one . |
| 20 | This particular occasion was on a Sunday , and after dinner he had reduced a full bottle of the golden liquid by almost half . |
| 21 | The most convenient time for this routine servicing was on a Sunday and the three men soon became familiar with the sophisticated equipment . |
| 22 | Otherwise it 'd er fill right up down to the side the , the top of the boat , that was on a Sunday . |
| 23 | We came on a , I think it was on a Friday or Saturday morning and I had to go back Sunday night , cos I was on duty on the Monday back in Plymouth , and I did a month in Plymouth , er , a month or five weeks no longer , and I came up each weekend to see them , my wife was left there then . |
| 24 | It was on a Friday night and I had packed my suitcases and taken them around to Rachel 's house so her dad could stack them on top of the car . |
| 25 | So we went , it was on a Friday afternoon I think , in June . |
| 26 | Yeah , erm you know my mate Lorraine , her sister used to work in there part time and it was on a Friday |
| 27 | it was on a Friday , it was her day off , she got called in at about three o'clock and they told her then , it was two weeks ago now |
| 28 | It was on a Thursday evening |
| 29 | Our first midweek fixture was on a Thursday , the second on a Wednesday and the third on a Tuesday . |
| 30 | Anyway they were in contact with APEX and then they came to see us , that was on a Monday , the same day there were mass meetings at Chapter Road and Cobbold Road . |