Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [vb pp] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tenants and their staff are not carried on the company payroll . |
| 2 | Tiphook Piggyback System Demonstration — This new innovative system will be actively demonstrated explaining how road vehicles can be successfully carried on the railway . |
| 3 | Fox and Stephen Brown L.JJ. noted , at pp. 1080 and 1089 , that the relevant statements were not taken on the basis that they were merely ‘ to be used for a private investigation to see if the police had acted improperly in any way ’ — one of the two main reasons for Lord Denning M.R. 's decision in Neilson v. Laugharne , the other being that the plaintiff there was merely ‘ fishing . ’ |
| 4 | Early visitors to Madeira and Porto Santo were rowed to the beach when the sea was calm and were then carried on the backs of boatmen who rolled up their trousers and waded ashore . |
| 5 | Some cargo is still carried on the waterways , although mainly on the broad canals and rivers . |
| 6 | It 's very nasty vapours and has got a fairly low flashpoint and is unfortunately carried on the motorways every day of the week . ’ |
| 7 | She may have done : it is surprising , and must have struck contemporaries as highly suspicious , that vengeance was not taken on the murderers . |
| 8 | But as I have said to you , the Banbury School 's decision to opt out was not taken on the grounds of the education offered in this county . |
| 9 | A vote was then taken on the resolution with 's addition and as amended by QC with the following result : in favour 29 ; against 50 . |
| 10 | Another vote was then taken on the resolution , with 's addition , but otherwise retaining the original wording ie. not as amended by QC with the following result : in favour 65 ; against 17 . |