Example sentences of "[was/were] on [art] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We were on a beach in Greece , ’ Susan said . |
| 2 | The most likely interpretation of bank could well be different if A and B were on a boat in the middle of a river . ) |
| 3 | That gag was consciously played for laughs , of course , but the really funny thing is that the pioneering Australian brands which were on the shelves in the ‘ 70s were actually called the much more comical names of Kanga Rouge and Wallaby wine . |
| 4 | Olympia provoked such a reaction because it ‘ altered and played with identities the culture wanted to keep still ’ and ‘ because such identities were on the surface in such a brutal and unmediated fashion ’ . |
| 5 | A report presented to the US Congress 's General Accounting Office in late July indicated that drug trafficking and money laundering were on the increase in the country since the removal of the regime of Gen. Manuel Noriega Moreno in December 1989 [ see pp. 37112-13 ] . |
| 6 | The RAF ground crews , the unsung heroes of this time , continued to work round the clock , the air crews seemed never to be out of their aeroplanes , and the rest of us waltzed through our duties with the exhilarating feeling that at last things were on the move in the right direction . |
| 7 | They were on the mantelpiece in the garden even in the bathroom . |
| 8 | We were on the loose in France for a couple of months . |
| 9 | People say they become imperceptive ; they spend hours looking for the car keys that were on the table in front of them all the time ; they become preoccupied and inattentive to what other people are saying to them ( ‘ But I told you the Smiths were coming over yesterday . |
| 10 | ‘ It was good when they were on the bridge in the rain , and bicycles kept criss-crossing behind them . ’ |
| 11 | A team from 621 Company at Ashford were on the ground in the area of the clubhouse . |
| 12 | Members of Leuchars mountain rescue team , who were on an exercise in the area , went to his aid and moved him to an area accessible for the helicopter . |
| 13 | It was on a Sunday in July , 1849 , that Charley first introduced his pal Ben to his loved one . |
| 14 | This week he was on a beach in Malta ‘ he still gets all over the place , ’ says his agent dreaming of the Premier League . |
| 15 | You want to be able at any time to get into the box , perhaps to change the battery , and you want to be able to flip the lid ( the field ) back as though it was on a hinge in order to do this . |
| 16 | Although it was difficult to pretend that a former member of the Rhodesian Special Air Service was on a par in purely military terms with a goat-herd from Bolivia , the fact that both were starting afresh made administration that much easier . |
| 17 | Turnover was on a par in existing shops , but about 8% up in newer shops . |
| 18 | Through the glass she saw that she was on a shelf in the potion laboratory and the tall figure of her form-mistress was swirling out of the door . |
| 19 | It was on an operation in Libya that his family was kidnapped by Arab terrorists to try and force him to countermand the order to attack . |
| 20 | Mike Bell , support services divisional officer with Durham Ambulance Service , said that when the call was made at 7.26pm on Sunday , the Bishop Auckland duty ambulance was on an emergency in Newton Aycliffe . |
| 21 | Their camp was on an island in the ice , and the sea ice moved sometimes . |
| 22 | And the only way of boiling the water at that time was on the stove in the house . |
| 23 | I was on the dole in Sheffield once and I swore I 'd sweep streets rather than going back . ’ |
| 24 | Her hearers found it difficult to believe that this screaming was involuntary ; some thought she was drunk , or ill , or possessed by an evil spirit , but most of them just wanted her out of the way : ‘ some wished she was on the sea in a bottomless boat ’ . |
| 25 | Hastings was on the mark in the 10th , 17th , 35th , 49th , 53rd and 71st minutes . |
| 26 | Hastings was on the mark in the 10th , 17th , 35th , 49th , 53rd and 71st minutes . |
| 27 | One of the girls was on the telephone in the outer office : ‘ I 'm afraid Mr Riddle is n't available at the moment … |
| 28 | PC David Waters was on the scene in minutes . |
| 29 | Within a few minutes Elisa was on the settee in the sitting room where , at last , she regained consciousness . |
| 30 | And it was on the balcony in a in a porch on the balcony to prevent fire so it would n't go on fire . |