Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] on [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | court of appeal decision : unfavourable medical reports obtained confidentially by a plaintiff for the purposes of personal injury litigation which were inadvertently disclosed on discovery to the defendant could be used by them at the trial . |
| 2 | In September 1295 custody of alien priories had been seized by the king and they were only restored on payment of fines . |
| 3 | These were always printed on paper of a lurid colour — a different colour for each song — and illustrated with crude drawings of the events described . |
| 4 | Robert Maxwell 's sons , Kevin and Ian , were yesterday remanded on bail until April 1 by City of London magistrates . |
| 5 | The duchy resources were still used on behalf of the royal retinue and it is striking that most of the best offices and farms went to the king 's household . |
| 6 | The duchy resources were still used on behalf of the royal retinue and it is striking that most of the best offices and farms went to the king 's household . |
| 7 | Winnie Mandela and Xoliswa Falati , who was also imprisoned for six years , were both released on bail pending an application for leave to appeal . |
| 8 | Talks were also held on co-operation over judicial disputes and verification of documents . |
| 9 | These were often built on top of a hill like an acropolis in Ancient Greece . |
| 10 | For extraction of platelet activating factor and platelet activating factor precursors , gastric juice samples were immediately mixed on ice with 100% ethanol ( 1 vol:4 vol ) and kept at -20°C until platelet activating factor assay . |
| 11 | The solutions were then put on ice for 10 min and the RNA was precipitated by the addition of 4 µl of 3 M potassium acetate and 3 volumes of ethanol . |
| 12 | A deal with EMI beckoned , and 15-year-old singer Stinky Turner was soon going on stage in his pyjamas and bawling , ‘ You insult my intelligence but I a not a fool ! ’ to the band 's legion of admirers ( affectionately known as ‘ The Rubber Glove Firm ’ ) . |
| 13 | A deal with EMI beckoned , and 15-year-old singer Stinky Turner was soon going on stage in his pyjamas and bawling , ‘ You insult my intelligence but I a not a fool ! ’ to the band 's legion of admirers ( affectionately known as ‘ The Rubber Glove Firm ’ ) . |
| 14 | In February 1977 Serfaty was finally put on trial in Kenitra , which Amnesty considered grossly unfair . |
| 15 | But the unity of each bloc was largely based on enmity with the other and when talks did occur they tended to accentuate differences within the two blocs , which in turn made further dialogue difficult . |
| 16 | The jobless woman , whose parents have already had supervised access to the baby now with foster parents was further remanded on bail until May 28 . |
| 17 | She was quickly set on fire by the destroyer HMS Somali and the LCAs came alongside the quay . |
| 18 | Jeffrey Anthony Kershaw ( 45 ) , was later released on bail pending an extradition hearing at the Larnaca District Court on Monday . |
| 19 | In the DU trial an endoscopy was also performed on development of symptoms suggestive of ulcer relapse . |
| 20 | Special considerations : the appellant was originally put on probation with a requirement that he should reside at a probation hostel which specialised in providing treatment for young men guilty of indecent assault . |
| 21 | Society was now based on complicity in the common crime ; religion was based on the sense of guilt and the remorse attaching to it ; while morality was based partly on the exigencies of this society and partly on the penance demanded by the sense of guilt . |
| 22 | A conical party hat was now perched on top of the grey stubble , with the elastic stretched under my chin . |
| 23 | When Tuesby & Cooper published their catalogue there was already a considerable variety of ‘ finishes ’ available for coffin furniture : gilt copper , copper , bronze , brass , silver and ‘ white ’ ( tin-dipped stamped iron , though silver leaf was sometimes applied on top of the tin ) ; black ( more expensive than silver , being tin-dipped stamped iron painted with two or more coats of matt black paint ) ; and ‘ coloured ’ for children 's coffins ( tin-dipped stamped iron , painted with two or more coats of matt white with certain details highlighted with water-gilding ) . |
| 24 | In the evenings there was sometimes singing on deck to the accompaniment of a lute , and sorrowful music it was too , because the songs were nearly always about broken hearts , unrequited love , or dear ones lost at sea . |
| 25 | This continued until it was realized that the fairies objected to the site , and the church was then built on top of the hill , which satisfied the fairies . |
| 26 | The airfield was then inspected on foot by the six officers following which all were in agreement that conditions were far from satisfactory and McGuinness advised they should be prepared for accidents and possible aircraft losses . |
| 27 | Kedie was initially arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs when police discovered £2,000 in cash in his house . |
| 28 | Although the Hauptdolomit was primarily located on top of the Z1 Anhydrite platform , it prograded basinwards to some extent and overlays the carbonate mudstones of the Stinkdolomit in some wells ( see Figs. 18 , 19 and 25 ) . |
| 29 | The convention was avowedly made on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Vietnam and for Admiral d'Argenlieu . |
| 30 | None of this evidence was seriously challenged on behalf of the defendants and Mr. Ashworth , for the defendants made two admissions during the course of the hearing . |