Sentence examples for were on the block from inspiring English sources

By the 1920's, many lodging houses were on the block.

Items from Elvis Presley and the Beatles were on the block, but Michael Jackson was the star of a New York auction on Saturday.

Time Warner and Tribune might have sold their print divisions – both were on the block – and shed their responsibilities and recovered their interests that way.

The company said that most of its United States and Canadian community newspapers were on the block and it indicated that it was considering mergers or affiliations for many of its other assets.

Red's chance finally arrived in 1996, when he heard the Vikings were on the block.

Communism was dead, and Russia's best companies were on the block.

Thus, the phase while feet were on the blocks was excluded.

Now, the last one is on the block.

I'm on the block.

Now, the folio is on the block.

"Nobody is on the block," Grunfeld said.