Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] were [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was n't watched closely ; I had opted out of the ( sexual ) competition with my sisters ; and some of my eccentricities were tolerated on the grounds that my presence in the house was only temporary and , in the long run , of little relevance to its essential life . |
| 2 | A month later my parents were met on the open plain outside Addis Ababa by Lord Herbert Hervey and a deputation of Abyssinian notables who escorted them to the Legation , at some distance to the east of the town , in an extensive compound at the foot of the Entoto hills . |
| 3 | One person stated that the government was unwilling to evaluate itself about how its policies were working on the ground . |
| 4 | Party leaders should consider taking the major drug companies into public ownership so that their products were developed on the basis of need rather than profit . |
| 5 | Beyond the windows , tropical trees and shrubs that bore guava , papaw , mangosteen and pomegranate sprouted in profusion from the moist earth of a walled garden , and heaped bowls of fruits picked from their branches were clustered on the altar , along with tiny dishes of spiced meats , fish , lotus seeds , vegetables and porcelain beakers of tea and rice alcohol . |
| 6 | Twelve of their heads were impaled on the Charles Bridge pour encourager les autres and remained there for more than a decade . |
| 7 | All through the night her eyes were fixed on the lights of Casterbridge , the end of her journey . |
| 8 | Their applications were refused on the grounds that they did not meet the admission criteria . |
| 9 | In later years , for example , attempts were made in 1930 , 1932 , 1936 , 1938 , 1944 , 1948 , 1952 , 1962 and since then , to establish it but the frequency with which resolutions were passed on the subject reveals the intractable nature of the problem . ) |
| 10 | Here , let me' As I put it down on the table I saw that her initials were etched on the flap in black . |
| 11 | Their bodies were broken on the rocks below . |
| 12 | Their arguments were based on the twin beliefs that : |
| 13 | Their claims were supported on the same day by UK Foreign Office sources who said that Iraqi forces were pursuing a policy of " tremendous inhumanity " . |
| 14 | Its conclusions were based on the Fulton Report ( 1968 ) . |
| 15 | Their remains were dumped on the site at Penhall Road , near Charlton , which London Transport had leased as a graveyard for its tram fleet . |
| 16 | His talents were wasted on the tabloid for which he worked . |
| 17 | His eyes were fixed on the forms which he was signing and stamping as fast as he could go . |
| 18 | ’ His eyes were fixed on the hint of plumpness under the girl 's armpit . |
| 19 | His eyes were fixed on the place where the path disappeared into the fog . |
| 20 | Roylott was sitting on a chair , and his eyes were fixed on the air-vent . |
| 21 | She expected some fury but none was forthcoming and she glanced across at him to find his eyes were fixed on the mountains , his face sombre . |
| 22 | He was n't looking at me as he spoke , his eyes were fixed on the tatty door of the Mimosa . |
| 23 | Behind his Oakley sunglasses his eyes were focused on the inner drama of his own existence . |
| 24 | He and his ideas were portrayed on the London stage by G. B. Shaw in his play , The Doctor 's Dilemma . |
| 25 | His forearms were lying on the desk and his skinny torso was framed by a proscenium arch of ring binders , set on shelves that marched up and over his head . |
| 26 | Of course somebody , Who Shall Be Nameless , would bring up the subject of Burns-And-You-Know-What , and how many of his children were born on The Wrong Side Of The Blanket , What Right Had We to look down on Brown Owl for her shotgun wedding when we were all supposed to look up to Rabbie Burns as Our Big Hero ? |
| 27 | His clothes were draped on the back of a chair in front of the fire . |
| 28 | Elkington denies that his recommendations were based on the BATNEEC principle ( Best Available Techniques Not Entailing Excessive Cost ) , at the expense of full environmental accountability . |
| 29 | It was his original idea ; his recommendations were used on the ‘ look ’ , and he even recorded some special ‘ whoops ’ for it . |
| 30 | His ashes were scattered on the course and his bonds given to the Club . |