Example sentences of "was put [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It identified the components of the bomb — not who made it or how it was put aboard Flight 103 .
2 A motorist who was five times over the drink-drive limit , twice within 24 hours , was put on probation for two years , and banned from driving for three years by magistrates at Exeter .
3 Jeremy Smith , 26 , unemployed , of Leicester , was put on probation yesterday and banned from driving for 30 years after being convicted of his eighth drink-driving offence ..
4 Of the three cases investigated by the deacons , one was put on probation and two , ‘ after confession and promises for better attendance … were left upon the Church books ’ .
5 He was put on probation for two years .
6 Instead , she was put on probation for a year after admitting indecently assaulting four 15-year-old boys .
7 Stevenson , 18 , of Scunthorpe , South Humberside , was put on probation for two years at Lincoln Crown Court .
8 He was put on probation and ordered to pay £360 in compensation and costs .
9 The centre manager later resigned after failing to stop the case going to court where Ben was put on probation .
10 After three weeks , I went to court and was put on probation .
11 He forgot to hand in such little money as he collected from sales of the Morning Star ; they prosecuted and he was put on probation for two years .
12 After they had gone through the ordeal of giving evidence , their father , who was found guilty of eight serious charges with nine being left on the file , was put on probation and allocated to a hostel not two miles from where his last victim lives and where he can be seen by the family as they pass through the town centre .
13 On Nov. 15 former Assistant Secretary of State Elliott Abrams was put on probation for two years , ordered to devote up to 100 hours to community service and fined a token $50 for unlawfully witholding information from Congress in the Iran-contra scandal [ see p. 38521 ] .
14 In Rostock where 32 arrests had been made in connexion with the August violence , one man was sentenced on Sept.10 to nine months ' imprisonment , while on Sept.15 one youth was put on probation for a year and another was sentenced to two weeks ' juvenile detention .
15 He was put on probation and ordered to do community service after a solicitor said he 'd been upset by the death of his mother .
16 One of the two teenagers was put on probation for a year , the other received a supervision order .
17 One of the two teenagers was put on probation for a year , the other received a supervision order .
18 She sobbed ‘ thank-you ’ as she was put on probation for three years after admitting the infanticide .
19 Dalziell , of Springvale Avenue , Middlesbrough , was put on probation for 12 months and ordered to pay £120 costs .
20 STEWART McCutcheon , 23 , of Oxford Terrace , Bishop Auckland , was put on probation for two years yesterday after he admitted assaulting a 21-month-old baby in his care , causing actual bodily harm .
21 Wrightson , of Oakdale Avenue , Harrogate , admitted handling the stolen cheque book , deception and shoplifting and was put on probation for six months .
22 There remain doubts about Mason 's stamina but encouraged by greater attention since Bruno 's career was put on hold , he is fitter than at any other time in his career and is undoubtably the heavier puncher .
23 He said that he had n't , and he was put on hold again — and again the phone went dead .
24 All that was put on hold on March 20 , 1990 .
25 Debate on Southcom 's future , which has dragged on for years , was put on hold when American relations with General Noriega reached rock-bottom .
26 But the international outcry provoked by the public exposure of the scheme led to its collapse , and in 1989 , the road was put on hold .
27 The British plan to over throw Mossadeq was put on hold until after General Eisenhowers inauguration in January 1953 .
28 ‘ For me , being single-minded meant that for the eight months of the racing season every other aspect of my life was put on hold , ’ Vitor began , ‘ apart from the construction company .
29 Young Stuart Duncan is back in action after his career was put on hold following a serious knee injury last Christmas and Malone are still hoping that former Irish Schools ' star Scott Kirkpatrick remains at home rather than taking up an option to return to the States .
30 But then Captain Warner had a very quick passage and it was put on board in the right month …
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