Example sentences of "they [was/were] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were on a promontory which had been built up with blocks of granite . |
| 2 | they were on a night shift too then . |
| 3 | They were on a school trip to Pembroke Dock in West Wales and were setting off on their last visit when the crash happened . |
| 4 | The mix of keening voices , dreamy storylines and unusual , far-off sounds brings to mind The Band when they were on a roll , and David Hidalgo in particular sounds like he 's done his best ever work — conjuring up old ghosts and loser friends and working up a deal of sadness and unique moods from familiar instruments . |
| 5 | I was telling everyone how Annabelle met Steven in Kenya when they were on a safari holiday and |
| 6 | ‘ What angers me is that they were on a government controlled game reserve and planned it carefully . |
| 7 | They were on a course at Donnington . |
| 8 | They were on a course at Donnington , they were living in , they invited me over , I said ooh , up to something |
| 9 | Here , however , Christians could be found — at least in some areas — in greater concentration than in the West ; socially and culturally they were on a level not very different from their non-Christian peers . |
| 10 | That procedure became operative so effectively that I think the management subsequently realized that unless they had shop stewards who were capable of discussing the matter intently you know , and objectively , then they were on a loser , because they then stood to lose more productivity than hitherto . |
| 11 | They were on a roundabout , anyway , or if you preferred the image , a swing . |
| 12 | Switched through to the output monitor , the resulting composite picture shows the Dalek city model as the main picture ( Camera A's shot ) with a small , bottom-right inset , replacing the black area , of the Doctor 's group standing as though they were on a cliff ledge . |
| 13 | They were on a granite slab that had fallen centuries ago and lay by the shore with the water rippling at it . |
| 14 | They were on a slope too . |
| 15 | And I wrote down , that they were on a doing Anthems of the Nations . |
| 16 | In fact they were on a bridge hanging innocently above two feet of pleasant , placid water , that on this balmy summer afternoon looked inviting enough to jump into anyway . |
| 17 | It 's as though they were on a family outing ! |
| 18 | An inquiry was opened to ascertain why the accident had occurred when both ships had apparently been warned by the West German coastguard that they were on a collision course . |
| 19 | They went up and down as if they were on a roller-coaster . |
| 20 | They were on a routine flight from RAF Valley on Anglesey when their helicopter crashed into a lake in North Wales . |
| 21 | They were on the ramparts with you during the battle . |
| 22 | They were on the dashboard of his getaway van , which he crashed after the £2,000 raid in Leigh-on-Sea , Essex . |
| 23 | Jenking said he thought they were on the Dean and that they would soon beat over it into deeper water . |
| 24 | No she 's only staying tonight and they think , they just phoned me up then and they were on the square , I think she 's going home phorr what 's that smell , it stinks what ? |
| 25 | The concert required considerable stamina from both players , as they were on the platform virtually throughout the concert , with Craig alternating between the organ and harpsichord continuo parts and Paul playing orchestral parts when he was not playing solo . |
| 26 | are old and tired songs a hundred years ago they were on the go . |
| 27 | Thus by the 1770s they were on the threshold of a national discipline-orientated community . |
| 28 | They were on the phone for an hour , not really speaking , a few words scattered among the silence . |
| 29 | Gloucester missed some chances but they were never in with a shout … they were on the retreat for most of the game as Bath piled forward … |
| 30 | Twenty minutes later they were on the Salzgitter Autobahn , heading for Nordhausen , some one hundred and ten kilometres to the south . |