Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] on [prep] [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This suggests that both groups of children were adding on to the larger digit a number of steps equal in value to the smaller digit . |
| 2 | James began construction of the large residential gatehouse or forework , called le dungeon , that was added on to the earlier gatehouse to provide a more fitting apartment for the Keeper — and also for the King , whenever he should visit . |
| 3 | This south façade of Manor Farm was built on to an earlier house in 1725 . |
| 4 | I was able to meet some of the leading Indian academic figures in English and Linguistics , and at the same time to find out what was going on at the lower levels of teaching in Universities and affiliated Colleges . |
| 5 | The importance of this discovery can not be over-estimated , for through it I was led on to the further discovery of the Primary Control of the workings of all the mechanisms of the human organisms , and this marked the first important stage of my investigation . |