Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The readings were taken on the right arm of the seated subject after a minimum of 10 minutes ' rest . |
| 2 | MAJOR-GENERAL Michael Skinner , who has died aged 60 , was Director General , Weapons , from 1986 to 1988 , when many important decisions were taken on the future equipment of the Army . |
| 3 | as if a finger were put on the naked soul ! |
| 4 | He was taken on the indispensable visit to Holford Glen , and it was there , seated by the side of the brook , that the brief exchange took place which Coleridge was still repeating in his old age : ‘ Citizen John , ’ Coleridge remarked , ‘ this is a fine place to talk treason in ! ’ |
| 5 | Erm I then , erm sent a memo to the t erm County er Clerk of the Council and erm applied for upgrading and erm so I was then taken , I was put on the permanent staff . |
| 6 | but you 're saying in , in , in short , are you , that erm , that in the present instance erm the obligation was put on the United Kingdom government which has sort , it may have succeeded or not as the case maybe , discharge the obligation by in effect erm subject to the subsidiary provisions which you 've both make reference and leaving it to er regulate these matters |
| 7 | At the end of 1986 I was put on the waiting list and stopped work . |
| 8 | He was put on the waiting list for insertion of grommets . |
| 9 | Doctors tried out different medications to ease Glenn 's condition but tests showed his heart muscle was damaged and he was put on the waiting list for a transplant . |
| 10 | Not surprisingly , considerable pressure was put on the Conservative government to take some action to cope with the problem , though it was neither clear nor agreed what the basic problem was . |