Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [was/were] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 6–9 Mrs Holliday , Bowmore , applied for the baptism of her daughter in the absence of her husband who was on a voyage to Africa and not expected to return for a year , and as they were " satisfied with Mrs Holliday 's knowledge as to the ordinance and the obligation " they agreed . |
| 2 | The congregation was told that Paul , who was on a weekend visit home from Newcastle , where he was studying industrial and architectural design , was a young man mature beyond his years . |
| 3 | Dr Ormerod , who was on a working holiday in the Carpathians , is to be tried on charges of attempting to smuggle a Romanian citizen out of the country . |
| 4 | It was called Are We Nearly There ? and it was about a little boy who was on a journey with his father . |
| 5 | While producing a series of vocal recitals at CBC I had the pleasure of working with Mrs John Christie ( Audrey Mildmay ) , who was on a visit to Vancouver , and who had a remarkably fine singing voice . |
| 6 | Because his wife had made dishes of it as first-night presents for the cast , apart from Titania , who was on a diet and would have to be dealt with in some other way . |