Example sentences of "be [vb pp] on by a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could be argued that such a system is valuable in all high risk operations : it provides reassurance not only for the surgical teams but also for patients who are operated on by a surgeon in whom seroconversion subsequently occurs . |
| 2 | Neither party is likely to want to wait until the matter has been decided on by a court . |
| 3 | Hannah Dooley knew a bloke in Birmingham who had been set on by a group of small ‘ pod-like ’ creatures while out walking his dog . |
| 4 | And medical experts say the horrific condition may have been brought on by a paracetamol tablet . |
| 5 | Now , when you find management — the representatives of enterprise and risk capital — standing up in public and saying that they have a responsibility to keep prices stable , or lower them , that individual prices ought to be reported on by a commission , and that profits ought to attract special tax penalties if they exceed a certain level , then it is a sign that either the millennium has arrived or else something is going very seriously wrong indeed . |
| 6 | Highlights include ‘ Allergy plight of nice-girl Nicky — ‘ one sip of vodka turns me into a sex maniac ’ ’ ( News of the World magazine ) and ‘ Women could be turned on by a chunk of cheddar ’ ( People ) . |
| 7 | Only one player a year from List One , and just two in any five-year period , can be signed on by a county making it unlikely that Athey would be able to move . |
| 8 | It is not everyone who can boast of being pissed on by a lion . |
| 9 | ‘ The trouble , ’ said Fred , ‘ is that your tournament is being put on by a bunch of aircraft public relations people . ’ |
| 10 | As they headed for the first aircraft they were fired on by a sentry . |
| 11 | During its maturation it is subject to conditions not exactly like those the mother matured in ; and at fertilization it is acted on by a mate with a constitution unlike its own and unlike its mother 's . |
| 12 | A Provisional IRA ‘ get-away ’ car was fired on by a soldier and the driver injured . |