Example sentences of "[was/were] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Yeah , and that wa , she said well it 's an insurance job she said well it do n't matter , you stand the first hundred pound and then erm then the VAT so she said I dread to think what the price of the job were on the insurance ! |
| 3 | It was lunchtime and they were on the river . |
| 4 | He would never forget how Samuel Reichmann and his partner , Emmanuel Hollander , had been fined for trading with the Germans by the Jewish Court of Tangier , and how one or both of them were on the blacklist of the British Consulate . |
| 5 | But erm you know when we were on the strike if these lads would n't have gone back , there was couple of scabs went back into the quarry . |
| 6 | We were on the green for five shots , and Mr Lu was on the side of the green for two . |
| 7 | were on the jury when was hanged at for murder . |
| 8 | They were on the ramparts with you during the battle . |
| 9 | Within minutes of the crash rescue services were on the scene . |
| 10 | No , we did n't see it , but we were on the scene soon afterwards . |
| 11 | ‘ Police were on the scene very quickly , but he had already cycled away . |
| 12 | ‘ Police were on the scene very quickly , but he had already cycled away . |
| 13 | PCs Bill Cotton and Ken McDonnell were on the scene just minutes after a woman hurled the toddler into the river . |
| 14 | It was not long before two sloops from Portsmouth dockyard were on the scene . |
| 15 | Pilot David Moore from Gloucestershire was at the controls of the forty seven year old Spitfire as it took part in an air display near Manchester on Saturday.The fighter plane looped the loop but as it neared the ground it plummeted down , bursting into flames.Firefighters were on the scene immediately , and confirmed that the pilot was dead.David Moore , who was 47 , flew with the Royal Navy for ten years before joining Rolls Royce as a pilot in the mid 1970s.He flew the company 's executives around Europe … but in his spare time he enjoyed piloting vintage planes like the Spitfire , which was owned by Rolls Royce.Today at the family 's home near Stroud , David Moore 's widow was coming to terms with the tragedy : |
| 16 | Fire-fighters were on the scene for more than three hours after the call at 12.47pm . |
| 17 | Crews were on the scene for almost two hours . |
| 18 | Two hundred tonnes of straw was ablaze and firemen were on the scene throughout the evening . |
| 19 | Scores of people were on the scene within seconds of the collision the engine of the badly damaged car still running . |
| 20 | You know if you have the telly on number eight so you were on the video channel ? |
| 21 | Uli Stielike , Alex Ferguson and Graeme Souness were on the short-list . |
| 22 | That 's a those were the little erm things that were on the tables . |
| 23 | We were on the coach until about one pm the next day . |
| 24 | And if they did n't get up when the Night Sister switched the lights on , they were on the Matron 's mat , and they lost that hour . |
| 25 | His eyes were on the casket . |
| 26 | They were on the till when I was up there this morning and I said you are you were working there |
| 27 | Graham Bowstead , Bob Hodgson and Ray Cargill , all Englishmen , had been working for William Lee in London but were on the look out for opportunities to branch out on their own . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm not very good , I 'm afraid , ’ he said when they were on the floor waiting for the band to strike up . |
| 29 | Once they were on the floor their feet were bound and somebody was left on guard beside them . |
| 30 | The blankets were on the floor and his feet were freezing . |