Example sentences of "[coord] [was/were] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | was receiving inpatient treatment or was on a waiting list for inpatient treatment |
| 2 | It was widely believed that North Korea had the capacity — or was on the verge of achieving it — to produce a nuclear weapon . |
| 3 | The first defendant learnt of this but also became aware that no copy of his report had been sent to the tribunal or was on the plaintiff 's file at the hospital . |
| 4 | We worked a wee half a week and were on the dole , Monday , Tuesday and Wednesday we 'd be on the dole , then work Thursday , Friday and Saturday morning . |
| 5 | Hypocrisy is a key element in this plot , too , with the difference that while they started near the top of society and were on the verge of receiving power at the very beginning , he — as a bastard son who is only just back from having spent nine years abroad ( the typical occupation for one who has no prospect of inheritance in his own country ) and is due to go again — starts very much lower down in society , virtually at the bottom . |
| 6 | There was evidence that passers-by were annoyed , and were on the verge of resorting to violence when the police intervened . |
| 7 | George I and George II were Germans by birth and upbringing , and were on the throne simply because all the heirs with better hereditary claims were disqualified by being Roman Catholics . |
| 8 | By now they had walked some distance along the Haymarket , and were on the edge of Piccadilly Circus where Dr Neil was relieved to see that Stair 's party had disappeared and the crowds there had grown less . |
| 9 | Finally we climbed a bank and were on the road again , the smoothness of it lulling me into such a deep sleep that I never saw the barrier at the railway crossing , did not even hear them telling Ward the Jequetepeque had broken its banks a little further on . |
| 10 | At last they decided to withdraw from the square and were on the point of departure when they were suddenly surrounded by a group of tough-looking soldiers , helmeted and armed . |
| 11 | They lived in Gordon Square , and were on the fringe of the Bloomsbury set . |
| 12 | A core staff of assistant manager , guest services director , food and beverages manager , head chef and housekeeper had already been appointed and were on the payroll , helping with preparations for the hotel 's opening . |
| 13 | She lapsed into a coma and was on a life support machine . |
| 14 | Col Phailes , a payload specialist , is attached to the USA Industrial College of the armed forces and was on a UK fact-finding tour with colleagues . |
| 15 | His elder daughter , heir to the throne , was just twenty-five years of age and was on a trip , with her husband , Prince Philip , to Kenya , so they hurried back to London . |
| 16 | Certainly , it surpassed in bulk and cost anything yet seen in Romania and was on a scale approaching Imelda Marcos 's spendthrift acquisitions . |
| 17 | ‘ I have been working for 19 months and was on the dole for five years before that , ’ he said . |
| 18 | George had very few faults and was on the surface , a simple , good man . |
| 19 | Gerald Smith said the visa restrictions would be lifted and was on the phone to a woman in the United States to tell her how her $500 gift would be spent . |
| 20 | He was an early enthusiast for British membership of the European Monetary System and was on the council of the Howard League for Penal Reform from 1977 to 1983 . |
| 21 | She participated in the founding of the League of Nations and was on the Council , though she failed to get a racial equality clause inserted in the League 's charter . |
| 22 | If someone was making a confession about an unfaithful lover , and was on the edge of tears , people would often say , listen , darling , this woman knows what she is singing about . |
| 23 | The Belfast company had huge debts and was on the brink of collapse . |
| 24 | It was not long before she had left home and was on the road . |
| 25 | He was a regular attendant at services for the deaf held at St. Saviour 's Church , and was on the committee of the Royal Association for the Deaf and Dumb . |
| 26 | When he broke his neck and doctors said he might not race again , he discharged himself and was on the circuit again within seven weeks . |
| 27 | Students ' reactions to the pattern of the original version were interesting : they argued that it felt too " top-heavy " , too 'symmetrical " and was on the whole rather unsubtle . |
| 28 | No , this could n't really be the case , and he shuddered , in spasms , uncontrollably , and was on the verge of dismissing these thoughts from his mind . |
| 29 | In 1839 he published A Treatise on the Nature of Club-Foot and Analogous Distortions , in which he recognized the association between fever and club foot , and was on the verge of describing foot deformity secondary to poliomyelitis . |
| 30 | She took a BSc honours degree in Sociology at London University , worked as a community counsellor for one-parent families in Camden and was on the literature panel of the Arts Council until their decision to return to the Government some money designated for writers ' bursaries led her to resign in disgust . |