Example sentences of "[adj] [be] on [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Most of the English are on this side of the river , naturally , since they besiege Berwick . |
2 | But there must also be ships , and while France could not provide a sufficient number of them for herself , she was obliged ( as the English were on some occasions ) to seek them elsewhere . |
3 | There is just one window area in the cabin top and this is on each side of the companion : there are no windows lighting the settee area in the saloon . |
4 | We travelled by train , CA to Manchester Piccadilly , and then on to York , on 158 's on both journeys . |
5 | With how many were on each board ? |
6 | Radio One was on all day , absolutely everywhere . |
7 | Record 119 goes into the next block , if that is on this track , or otherwise into overflow . |
8 | And that 's on that sheet that you 've got . |
9 | Keep thinking that 's on that cushion . |
10 | Otherwise how could speaker Lentor tell the King that the speaker on that 's on that occasion could only be instructed by parliament . |
11 | That 's on this Slimming World diet is it ? |
12 | ‘ Er … you have n't seen a blue Honda … er , that was on this corner earlier , have you officer ? ’ we asked levelly . |
13 | This was not to say that organized and structured prayers for the dead had ceased , for the Roman Rite included plenary intercessions for the living and the dead at every mass ; the annual mass for the departed was on All Souls ' Day , a standard event in the Church 's calendar , set apart for the benefit of souls in purgatory . |