Example sentences of "[coord] was [verb] on [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Men down the hole steadied it as it became horizontal and was heaved on to the shoulders of the men , about 150 in all . |
| 2 | Because of his knowledge of languages Blake was recommended for a commission and was sent on to an officers ' training course at HMS King Alfred which in the spring of 1944 he passed and was appointed a sub-lieutenant in the RNVR . |
| 3 | I sang in the choir at chapel and was called on as a boy soprano for various local concerts or for a solo or two at Bude parish church . |
| 4 | She wrote to three or four firms she had had contact with and was taken on by a small partnership in Orpington . |
| 5 | James offered his services to the Chester Beatty in 1969 and was taken on in the Islamic section . |
| 6 | I climbed into my paper nightie and was helped on to a narrow trolley by a second Farrah Fawcett blow-up doll ( but punctured ) , then gazed adoringly up the nose of a Greek god as he wheeled me into an open lift and down to the basement operating theatre to a waiting : ‘ Hi , I 'm Andy , your anaesthesiologist . ’ |
| 7 | Hopeful Bid looked as if he would win easily but was taken on by the Clive Brittain-trained Braveboy inside the final furlong . |
| 8 | He swerved and avoided the worst of the impact , but was catapulted on to the bonnet of the car and then on to the pavement . |