Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] on [pron] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nicol 's gift of the gab was fortuitous last weekend as both he and Hawick 's Derek Turnbull were upgraded on their flights from London to Sydney via Bangkok . |
| 2 | When the children were between four and seven years old , they were each given a task — a video-type game — and were assessed on their levels of cooperation and concentration . |
| 3 | He thought that headhunters were kept on their toes by the generally-held view — expressed frequently both inside and outside the headhunting industry — that a consultant is only as good as his or her last assignment . |
| 4 | At the same time as working class women were offered a measure of protection , more emphasis was placed on their responsibilities at home . |
| 5 | The fighting chair on her aft deck had thick white leather straps giving it the appearance of a padded electric chair , while the dazzle paint gave the boat an oddly military look that was completed by the number 666 that was painted on her bows in silver-edged black numerals like those warships use to display their commissioning numbers . |
| 6 | The bureau 's reputation in the 1920s and 1930s was based on its exploits during and after prohibition , much advanced by Hoover 's keen nose for public relations . |
| 7 | This first attempt to include the notion that the aim of some instincts seems to be to return to an earlier stage of development , to inanimate matter , was based on his observations of war neuroses and on the compulsion to repeat earlier emotional relationships in the analytic situation . |
| 8 | Paula , wearing tight pedal pushers and a cotton off-the-shoulder jersey , was sprawled on her elbows on the tiled fire-surround , smoking and puffing the smoke up the chimney whilst Louise , stripped to her sexy black lace underwear , was lying on the bed pounding at her thighs with some kind of massager which appeared to consist of a collection of rubber pimples on a brush head . |
| 9 | He had a think , and blew his nose , noticing after a moment that her mind was fixed on his words in a way that made him feel quite light . |
| 10 | Although Macmillan 's diary entries for 12 and 13 May provide the main direct contemporary source for what was discussed on his visits to Eighth Army , 13 Corps and 5 Corps ( there is no military source reflecting the contents of those discussions ) , it should be stated that Macmillan 's account tallies directly with all the contextual evidence for the range of problems which must have been put forward by each side . |