Example sentences of "were [adj] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Services were due to start on the Bury-Manchester Victoria line at 6am . |
| 2 | In all , 30 companies contributed ; in addition to the 13 questionnaire replies , nine were prepared to speak on the telephone , of a total of 25 called , and eight were visited and interviewed in more detail . |
| 3 | But whereas Futurism had been to a large extent aimed at and against Paris and Parisian painting , the Germans were content to remain on the receiving end of things and their work , in the pre-war years at least , had little or no influence back on French art . |
| 4 | Many dealers were content to stay on the sidelines until the publication of April trade figures later in the day . |
| 5 | MERCHANDISERS were quick to jump on the popularity of Home Alone 2 . |
| 6 | The ten rooms were all situated on the first floor . |
| 7 | They were all situated on the dock and the is now what they call the |
| 8 | Marcus and the woman were all entwined on the settee . |
| 9 | Rachel Rowe ; Emma George ; Mary Titford — who were all baptised on the Sabbath morning , June 10 , and admitted in the afternoon . |
| 10 | and I looked at people , we were all saying why we waiting here , why we waiting and we saw people rushing off so we thought we 've got to rush off after them and we were all put on the train and sent to Charing Cross which was n't where most of us wanted to go or anything like we wanted to go |
| 11 | These repairs were all done on the progressive system , one man and an apprentice seeing the job through , from stripping to the completed repair . |
| 12 | We try to give the publisher new paper , but the drafts of these chapters were all done on the backs of once-used sheets . |
| 13 | And the same when it came to er subtracting , you see , it were all done on the board and you copied it onto your plate On to your slate . |
| 14 | The new states were all organized on the basis of nationality . |
| 15 | A driver died last week and two football fans returning from a Newcastle United game , were all killed on the A66 east of Bowes , in separate incidents . |
| 16 | The allegations were all based on the opinion of another expert surveyor and related to what matters should or should not be taken into consideration . |
| 17 | The surprisingly big houses were all built on the western side of the north-south shank of the anchor that was thick with palm trees and vivid with bright blue swimming pools . |
| 18 | The Chedworth crosses were all cut on the stones which came from the octagonal basin of the nymphaeum . |
| 19 | I did n't know what to say , and they said , well where were you , well er , I said we were all standing on the balcony and we , we did n't hear you , erm , it was ab I mean looking back now , it 's funny , but it was ludicrous at the time . |
| 20 | Foxy was saying how they were all standing on the balcony saying that she really ought n't to wear those shorts cos she 's got such thunder thighs . |
| 21 | They were all sat on the floor of one of the sparsely-furnished bedrooms , the curtains drawn , watching East Enders on a black-and-white telly , and they were eating Greek yoghurt out of a communal family-sized Sainsbury 's tub . |
| 22 | He said ooh , he said there was some American students here last week and they were all swimming in there and the man came along with this thing and they bo they were all sat on the middle lo middle of there with their feet dangling in the water splashing away , he said I was dragging this down and this six footer came out , I said , and then they were he said , you 've never seen anybody run so fast in your life like they go |
| 23 | I was hitting them on the head and they were all falling on the floor . |
| 24 | Among them were men from Dulé 's people — five of this first shipment of slaves ; they were all to work on the new sugar plantation ; to stake out canefields in the rainforest . |
| 25 | They were all sitting on the stone terrace at the back of the house when she opened the garden gate and started up the path . |
| 26 | There was no official photographer , and before tea they were all assembled on the front steps , and she was allowed her moment . |
| 27 | Formerly , the methods of control or influence were all concentrated on the floor of the House . |
| 28 | But even at this early stage they were unable to agree on the primary objectives of a scheme of family allowances ( NUSEC , 1918 ) . |
| 29 | Pandas then took a turn in their penalty box but — despite fierce shots from their captain , Paul Smith — Durham were unable to capitalise on the power play and , with two minutes of the period left , Bert Hille 's slapshot made it 3-0 . |
| 30 | Railway officials , like their political bosses in Moscow , were apt to muse on the brilliant future in order to escape from pressing current problems . |