Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was on a souvenir mug bought in Hokkaido . |
| 2 | This was on a stand by itself . |
| 3 | This was on a Saturday you know . |
| 4 | United were on a diet of scraps — Gary Pallister 's low driven free kick deflected wide , a free header for Steve Bruce not fully exploited , Mark Hughes denied by David Seaman 's reflexes and then shooting wide . |
| 5 | Common 's first game for the Boro on February 25 was on a ground he had graced earlier in his career : Bramall Lane , the home of Sheffield United . |
| 6 | 1914 and 1953 were aeons apart ; 1914 was on a planet circling one of those furthest faintest stars . |
| 7 | The latter two were on a nine-man organising committee along with Philip Tomalin , who , as cricket chairman of the French Sports Federation and captain of the SAC , had a major role in setting up the game . |
| 8 | ‘ I am not really me , ’ he had confided to Robert a few months ago , as the two were on a bus , on their way to the Megabowl in Kingston . |
| 9 | That was on a video camera . |
| 10 | Otherwise it 'd er fill right up down to the side the , the top of the boat , that was on a Sunday . |
| 11 | Well that was on a Tuesday I believe the letter 's on the desk there . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | That was on a Monday . |
| 14 | And that was on a Bank Holiday ! |
| 15 | If I remember , that was on a Saturday night when the gents came down for their pickings . |
| 16 | The change-over day from one occupancy to the next was on a Saturday , when our admirable Jane Jones arrived to clean and prepare it for the next lot . |