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 .
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