Example sentences of "[was/were] on [art] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just posed the question : ‘ When was the last time you were on a donkey and got sucked off ? ' ’ |
| 2 | Finally , sensing that we were on a loser and not keen on the mile-long trek back to the crossing point , I took off boots and socks and walked into the fast-flowing stream . |
| 3 | Tranmere were on a roll and , to be fair , there are not many First Division sides that can stop them at their best . |
| 4 | And that were on a Wednesday and then on Saturday when I went and asked him come home , got changed , and went down to the club . |
| 5 | The pool was large for a private one , lying at the bottom of a vast expanse of immaculate lawn and surrounded by a high yew hedge which effectively hid it from all directions ( unless you were on a horse or a double-decker bus ) . |
| 6 | That 's what , oh no we were on a boat and we took that , but it was a similar boat to what we went on . |
| 7 | The blankets were on the floor and his feet were freezing . |
| 8 | Mrs Burrows called this afternoon while you were on the shore and said that Harry was most anxious you should take part in some theatricals the young people want to perform at Easter . |
| 9 | Although the final decision was with Cabinet , it would be most unlikely that they would overturn the views of a committee which had spent a number of weeks going through the proposals almost line by line — particularly given that half the Cabinet were on the committee and the Prime Minister was in the chair . |
| 10 | He and some other survivors of the hospital staff got straw mats and went outdoors — thousands of patients and hundreds of dead were on the driveway and in the yard — and hurried around behind the hospital and lay down in hiding to snatch some sleep . |
| 11 | They got the feeling that we were on the ropes and I , I mean if |
| 12 | Most of the winners were on the south and south west coasts , from Kent to Cornwall . |
| 13 | Jenking said he thought they were on the Dean and that they would soon beat over it into deeper water . |
| 14 | I was spellbound by the brass bedstead and all the knick-knacks , but what held my attention most were the knitted bedspreads that were on the bed and draped over the chairs . |
| 15 | Oh well there was , the sweets were on the rationing and , and they |
| 16 | However , almost all my political connections were on the Left and my Labour friends , acquired relatively late in life ( apart from George Wigg , most of them after I was forty years of age ) , were a source of delight and novelty to me . |
| 17 | You knew he was there , wherever you were on the pitch and you did n't want him coming in behind you trying to get the ball . ’ |
| 18 | They used to do that : the chief inspector walking down on a Saturday morning in full regalia and one of these fellows would nod and they 'd always walk to the corner , and the Chief would n't say anything about it because they were on the corner and not causing any obstruction . |
| 19 | Then his feet were on the stairs and he was walking down the narrow , dark steps , which twisted sharply to the right . |
| 20 | And I get them er , I thought they were on the seat but they 're not . |
| 21 | Then Colin 's thin feet were on the grass and he was standing , holding Dickon 's arm . |
| 22 | The staff of both periodicals were approached by many artists , some of whom were on the list and many more who were not . |
| 23 | So i more often than not we were on the rates and of course the public say , oh I 'm paying your salaries . |
| 24 | All eyes were on the catwalk and no one appeared to notice her , apart from a tall , grey-haired woman in the uniform of an atelier who moved towards her accusingly . |
| 25 | Well we were on the bus and |
| 26 | You say that the footprints you saw were on the path and not on the grass ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ We do not definitely know they were on the flight but it is very unlikely they were not , ’ said Mr Beswick . |
| 28 | The first Americans she observed were on the boat and she wrote , ‘ they laughed at the poor immigrants lying on the deck in their wretched clothes … without the least sign of sympathy . ’ |
| 29 | These were on the shelf and the bottom of the safe was stacked with pocket files . |
| 30 | Rocky ( and Sharp ) were on the bench but did n't get a run . |