Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [verb] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The majority of items required on an everyday basis such as food , clothing , building materials , fuel and water , were either to be found locally or were produced on the farm . |
| 2 | yeah , but he was here the other Sunday and he , he , they were , he , he was reading my paper and he come back and he the following Sunday he said you have n't got last Sunday 's paper mum , I said I do n't know I might , oh I think I threw it out , anyway just happened to find it , it was something he read of some woman that were meddling on the pools and the , the , what she 'd used , you know and the |
| 3 | Thus , Becker , in his historical survey of the numerous monographs published on the subject in the hundred years up to 1950 , notes that the vast majority had reached that conclusion ; though he also comments on the many different interpretations that were placed on the evidence . |
| 4 | The depths they had dived to , that were recorded on the sheets before her , were exceptional . |
| 5 | This picture can either be given as a present for a ninetieth birthday , or made from some flowers that were presented on the day itself . |
| 6 | Reprisals , they say , for those raids that were made on the Kasbah . ’ |
| 7 | However , when Mary stood up and took hold of the reins that were trailing on the ground , she thrashed the horse with her cane . |
| 8 | And May leant forward from her chair and stroked the cat and its kitten that were lying on the rug before the blazing coal fire . |
| 9 | And I assure you it was n't to wipe your nose , it was to bring home any surplus cakes , that were left on the table . |
| 10 | These control subjects did not all undergo all the tests that were performed on the patients with idiopathic DU and , therefore , the number of control subjects for the different tests varies . |
| 11 | Doak also understands body language to be a key to communicating with cetaceans , and he experimented with special wetsuits that were modelled on the dolphin body , black above and white below , with both legs enclosed in a sheath terminating in a tailfin or jetfins . |
| 12 | Our new computer system is intended to monitor course registrations , but more students have registered than were represented on the computer printout . |
| 13 | Aye with used just the grain that was grown on the croft and brought in a lot of the feed . |
| 14 | The attack begins with the attacker taking one full step forward and punching outwards with his ‘ cocked ’ fist , that is , the one that was resting on the hip . |
| 15 | Harvey just nodded and twisted a silk scarf inside out to demonstrate the map that was printed on the silk lining . |
| 16 | To distract Perdita 's attention from a terrified stray dog that was cringing on the right of the road , Luke pointed out three tumbledown houses on the left . |
| 17 | As to the unfair and entirely predictable venom that was poured on the head of my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford ( Mr. Tebbit ) a moment ago , it is increasingly impossible to have a sensible talk about sensitive matters without such abuse . |
| 18 | In its way the town possessed a certain prosperity that was based on the quality of the nearby timber , the richness of the black soil , and the failure of central government 's collectivization policy to reach with any great thoroughness into the self-sufficiency of the few thousands who lived there . |
| 19 | However , on some of the older machines , stocks of major component parts were not kept and had to be ordered from Italy ; hence the instances of four-weeks-plus deliveries of certain components that was highlighted on the television programme . |
| 20 | And it is vital to see that there was a real Unionist case against the government , for this alone explains the popular support that was mobilized and the impression that was made on the army and the King — the only forces left to stop the government . |
| 21 | as a follow up to the statement that was made on the evening , on the Sunday evening when you gave your explanation when made the point about the visit for a weekend away , or a day away , and to involve the parishioners . |
| 22 | Its anxiety and the pressure that was placed on the safety committee representatives speak volumes : they reveal that not everyone is treated equally in the North sea , and that , on some North sea installations , there is still a marked divergence between the recourse available to those working for the operator and that accorded to those working for contracting companies . |
| 23 | I remember two very special expeditions to the top of the Heath — not very far from our house which stood at almost the height of the cross on St Paul 's Cathedral , a fact that was emblazoned on the house above us in the East Heath Road . |
| 24 | ‘ Aye , where else ? ’ she said as she , too , rose from the settle and returned to the couch , from where she watched him go to the box that was standing on the end of the sideboard , and from it take a piece of silver , then button his coat across his broad chest , take his cap from his pocket and , having put it on at an angle , salute her , saying , ‘ Your servant , madam . ’ |
| 25 | As Shirley sped away , Heather seized a branch of a tree that was lying on the ground near and began to beat out the flames with it . |
| 26 | Erm yes he , I believe it th th that stage was when er he said we 'll put y we 'll pus we 'll find some clothes for you mate erm , I I do recollect P C going I think to the foot of the double bed or near to the base of the double bed where he found a pair of erm jeans and I do remember him checking the pockets erm and then helping or trying like put the jeans on on the man that was lying on the ground still handcuffed . |
| 27 | somewhere it says about the am amounts that was spent on the costumes . |
| 28 | It was the only one I knew this morning like , so fifty miles an hour he said to me He said to me , he said to me turn left at the roundabout there was only one that was marked on the floor , only one an actual erm roundabout with concrete and I drove straight over it |
| 29 | It was beer that was forced on the public as a result of expensive advertising . |
| 30 | An example would be the installation of a sprinkler system that was forced on the tenant by the local fire authority . |