Example sentences of "[noun sg] were [vb pp] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wounded who seemed to have a chance of recovery were left on the jeeps and were sped off down through the village to the dressing stations on the other side of the River Orne . |
| 2 | Those paying income tax were excluded on the grounds that their income was already adjusted to family size . |
| 3 | These new arrangements of the non jury courts and the Detention Appeal Tribunal were based on the recommendations of an inquiry chaired by Lord Diplock and are known by his name . |
| 4 | Attempts to restrict military advance were ignored on the grounds of operational necessity , and the government in Tokyo , incapable of stemming the advance , found itself forced to act as an apologist for the military 's faits accomplis . |
| 5 | Considerable amounts of beer were consumed on the factories in these pre 1914 days , and boys were employed as beer runners operating from their chosen pubs . |
| 6 | The kung fu styles developed at the Shaolin temple were based on the movements of animals . |
| 7 | It was vaulted and this vault was carried on columns which in turn were supported on the backs of animals — lions or oxen . |
| 8 | Horses for sale were tethered at the sides of them and tack , leather and ironwork were displayed on the tail-gates which were turned into makeshift stalls . |