Example sentences of "be [vb pp] on [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A little mirror had been hung on the wall of the dressing area . |
| 2 | Young may be carried on the snout of the mother if they are in distress ( or stillborn ) , a behaviour that is also sometimes extended to humans in distress . |
| 3 | The crew will be volunteers from the Midlands and a special headboard will be carried on the front of the locomotive , one of the Ffestiniog 's unique double engines . |
| 4 | Pottery materials continued to be carried on the canal until the 1960s . |
| 5 | However , a surge in voltage of this nature , short-lived or not , may be carried on the mains to other equipment in the vicinity . |
| 6 | The latter two allow the tool to be hung on a wall by two screws , which pass through the plastic sheath and convert it into a vertical holder . |
| 7 | The TV is regarded as the next generation of home sets , with a flat screen that can be hung on the wall like a picture . |
| 8 | Even punk , once the rhetoric about dole queues , anarchy and Sten guns in Knightsbridge had been exhausted , had become just one more uniform to be hung on the clothesrail of British pop culture , to be dusted down nostalgically on anniversaries . |
| 9 | We will take your pledge to the Earth Summit where it will be hung on the Tree of Life itself . |
| 10 | On arrival you will be taken on a tour of the city , including Union Square , Golden Gate Park and Fisherman 's Wharf for views across the beautiful bay . |
| 11 | The highlight of the event will be tomorrow , when they will get the chance to drive their cars around the original test-track and be taken on a tour of the factory . |
| 12 | He said decisions were likely to be taken on the treaty in the New Year . |
| 13 | The action to be taken on the discovery of a fire or potential fire situation i.e. call for assistance , use of first aid , fire fighting extinguishers ( if reasonably safe to do so ) . |
| 14 | So the bill had to be taken on the floor of the House and all selected amendments had to be debated and voted on . |
| 15 | Decisions have to be taken on the types of film technique to be used ; locations ; casting ; music ; sets ; and any special requirements . |
| 16 | It 's not clear what notice will be taken on the results of the Enquiry which will be published in the Autumn , but leader of Oxford city council , Barbara Gatehouse , is worried what will happen if the plant is closed . |
| 17 | Danish lager brewing specialists , visitors are taken on a tour of the brewing , bottling and packing processes . |
| 18 | The methods used for controlling debate are the power to apply the closure by a simple majority , though normally the majority must consist of a hundred members ; the power to send bills upstairs for their committee stage to a standing committee and the power , when bills are taken on the floor of the House or in committee , to impose a guillotine . |
| 19 | I think it 's important these matters are taken on the floor of the house because they are very , very serious . |
| 20 | It is perhaps not surprising that when older pupils come to sit their leaving examinations , they generally view the prospect of the examinations without much apprehension ; this may be because most decisions about their future are taken on the recommendation of their teachers rather than directly on the basis of examination results . |
| 21 | Several had been taken on a yacht at sea . |
| 22 | Madam Deputy Speaker I re read in the newspapers today that there has been s some criticism er that the matters such as this have been taken on the floor of the house . |
| 23 | The US authorities claimed that the decision to evacuate Peace Corps workers had been taken on the basis of general intelligence concerning NPA intentions , and that Swanson 's abduction had only become known after the decision had been made . |
| 24 | He said more precise figures would not be available until decisions had been taken on the form of restoration . |
| 25 | Even now , however , no decisions had been taken on the speed of emancipation or the form it should take . |
| 26 | After three centuries of decline , the first steps had been taken on the path to restoration . |
| 27 | Passengers had perforce to ride , and goods were carried on the backs of packhorses or mules . |
| 28 | I cut it out of Cosmopolitan magazine : an article entitled ‘ Think Yourself Thin ’ , illustrated by a blonde woman in a bikini being carried on the arms of two grinning , solid young men . |
| 29 | By nineteen ninety-one sixty-one per cent was being carried on the roads with just seven per cent going by rail — part of the continuing trend of freight away from rail to road . |
| 30 | His jackets were hung on the backs of chairs , his triumphantly acquired groceries were stacked in the sitting-room , his cigar butts filled the ashtrays and his glasses had made rings on the surface of the poolside table . |