Example sentences of "was [verb] on charges [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Former LDP Cabinet Minister Toshiyuki Inamura , who served as Director-General of the Environment Agency in 1986-87 , resigned from the party on Dec. 26 , a day before he was indicted on charges of tax evasion . |
| 2 | On Oct. 11 Bhutto 's husband , Asif Ali Zardari , was arrested on charges of kidnapping , extortion and loan fraud . |
| 3 | Ricondall Wiggins ( 19 ) was arrested on charges of murder and attempted robbery . |
| 4 | After the 1989 Alaskan oil spill , Hazelwood was acquitted on charges of drunkenness and absence from the bridge , but found guilty of " negligent discharge of oil " . |
| 5 | AN AZERI who hijacked a Russian plane so he could go to the United States to work was held on charges of air piracy by a Swedish court yesterday after giving himself up . |
| 6 | PRAGUE ( Reuter ) — Czechoslovak authorities have released a human rights activist , Miroslav Kusy , who was held on charges of subversion . |