Example sentences of "was [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And you think Parks was in on the Livesey case too ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ We have a real big production screen , and as Jeff was in on the design of the set , I still feel him with me . |
| 3 | As Roquelaure was involved , they think the French Government was in on the business , perhaps with revenge as their motive . |
| 4 | I 've got a lot of interesting stuff-after all , I was in on the ground floor . |
| 5 | Well there 's no logic to that there because the the lack of cover and er whatever applies the minute the last person leaves , and that erm it lies that the the concern is that if somebody who was in on the building , in the building on their own has an accident , |
| 6 | Rab was down on the floor gathering his prescription . |
| 7 | Then he was down on the sidewalk , rolling into the shadows for cover and tugging his automatic from its shoulder holster at the same time . |
| 8 | Forty-five minutes after agreeing to write this I was down on the bridge at Abingdon watching the sun set across the Thames . |
| 9 | He was down on the shore , a shadow edged with silver light , combing the tide line . |
| 10 | When I came back here I was down on the ground , looking for gold , I could n't find it . |
| 11 | Ten minutes later I was down on the private beach . |
| 12 | And this had gone on for some time and he was down on the shore anyway one night and looking out across the the sea and thinking long for Eday and he met this man . |
| 13 | But while levels of so-called special wastes outside chemical sites for 1992 was down on the 1990 total , the 231,800 tonnes figure for 1992 was higher than the 213,700 tonnes figure in 1991 , because company closures had led to high waste disposals . |
| 14 | Er , once the , the man was down on the floor er he placed his hands into the small of his back . |
| 15 | I told him that I was going to come forward er and handcuff him and then , then something along the lines of er not to move er and then once he was down on the floor , erm I holstered the weapon into my own holster . |
| 16 | Just before half-time City came back with a goal from Ian Baird it was well made and well taken … food for thought for the United defence and of course Smith who started off in the directors box but was down on the touchline after this incident in which David Penney charged into Junior Bent … |
| 17 | It 's all a far cry from June 1987 when Margaret Thatcher was returned to power with a handsome majority of 101 seats , although it was down on the 1983 win . |
| 18 | I was over on the island . |
| 19 | One day , a year later , I was over on the west side of the island . |
| 20 | She had n't planned for a witness , but it seemed that she had one ; the woman was over on the iron steps , watching her across the restaurant deck . |
| 21 | Alina was over on the far side of the room , sitting at her table with the lamp angled to spill across the pages of the scrapbook that lay open in front of her . |
| 22 | Oh , no , I was n't down by the river , I was over on the side next to the road . |
| 23 | Lunch was over on the ward when he returned . |
| 24 | I thought I was off on the usual , rather tedious type of assignment ! |
| 25 | I was up on the box all the time ! ’ |
| 26 | In fact , as I recall , I was up on the step-ladder dusting the portrait of Viscount Wetherby when my employer had entered carrying a few volumes which he presumably wished returned to the shelves . |
| 27 | Then the American announcer said , ‘ The bronze medal , Linford Christie , Great Britain , ’ and I was up on the plinth , the medal was around my neck and the Union Jacks were waving . |
| 28 | Everyone was up on the sun deck in the early morning as we approached the magnificent twin peaks of this imposing looking island . |
| 29 | The curtains were still pulled and the do-not-disturb sign was up on the door . |
| 30 | The first time I met her was up on the platform . |