Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he came along the deck his legs were on a level with her eyes . |
| 2 | The ‘ Heshang ’ authors were on a collision course with the conservatives by taking this stance . |
| 3 | His eyes were on a level with Alexei 's and he smiled unpleasantly . |
| 4 | Her eyes were on a level with his chest , where his tie hung crookedly from a casually loosened knot . |
| 5 | Her eyes were on a level with his nose and they were brown and full of life . |
| 6 | Tranmere were on a roll and , to be fair , there are not many First Division sides that can stop them at their best . |
| 7 | Disillusioned with the ministry before he had even entered it , Vincent now said damningly that to trade in religion was on a par with trading in art or tulip bulbs . |
| 8 | In Gladstone Williams the defendant was on a bus when he witnessed what lie believed to be an attack by a large man on another , smaller youth . |
| 9 | One of Modigliani 's stone heads was on a table below the painting of Picasso and the contrast between the true thing and the true-to-life thing nearly split me . |
| 10 | Turnover was on a par in existing shops , but about 8% up in newer shops . |
| 11 | But caught red-handed with a bomb in the glove compartment of the car she was driving , the mother-of-seven was on a mission to kill . |
| 12 | The stripping action was on a par with other smaller models . |
| 13 | The Dalek Killer was on a balcony — a flat , unwalled slab that projected from a wide opening just below the top of the wall . |
| 14 | RUSSIA and Ukraine were on a collision course last night as President Yeltsin signed a decree that would put the Black Sea fleet into Russian hands , directly contradicting an earlier order from President Leonid Kravchuk . |
| 15 | RUSSIA and Ukraine were on a collision course last night as President Yeltsin signed a decree that would put the Black Sea fleet under Russian control . |
| 16 | RUSSIA and Ukraine were on a collision course last night as President Yeltsin signed a decree that would put the Black Sea fleet into Russian hands , directly contradicting an earlier order from President Leonid Kravchuk . |
| 17 | do n't know who 's on this week , the Baron Knights were on a fortnight ago were n't they ? |
| 18 | The Kewishs were on a rail tour over several routes not usually used by passenger trains . |
| 19 | The most likely interpretation of bank could well be different if A and B were on a boat in the middle of a river . ) |
| 20 | 9 year old Michael Roper and his 14 year old step brother , Philip Giles were on a family skiing holiday at Lake Tahoe in California when the tragedy happened . |
| 21 | Ms Baez was on a tour of Germany and had planned to go dancing with her band after a concert . |
| 22 | However Cavalli 's most popular work was on a libretto by Giacinto Cicognini packed with effective situations . |
| 23 | He was struck silent for quite some seconds , as if ignorance of Faye Russell 's work was on a par with believing that the earth was flat . |
| 24 | First , context suggests the sort of thing that might be said ( the crash was on a border , so the question of which side of the border something will happen on is appropriate ) . |
| 25 | The young gunman was on a truck fleeing the scene of a shoot-out with marines in Mogadishu . |
| 26 | Mr Watney was on a yachting holiday abroad yesterday . |
| 27 | All computations were on a DEC System 5000 computer running Ultrix Version 4.1 , Research Computing , The Hospital for Sick Children . |
| 28 | And , and that 's only because her husband were on a promise from her . |
| 29 | CAR dealers were on a collision course over the Chancellor 's drive to keep the motoring industry on the road to recovery . |
| 30 | She had still been half hoping that he might not be going to attend , especially as Family Day was on a Saturday when he was n't officially on duty . |