Example sentences of "be [vb pp] on an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the big changes that they propose is that should be put on an exact par with within . |
| 2 | And it must be taken on an empty stomach . |
| 3 | Mr Goldring told the jury on the second day of the trial , which is expected to last for three months , that Bradley had been put on an intravenous drip but in the early hours of the next morning he shouted out , complaining of pain around the drip site . |
| 4 | Present day ‘ time travellers ’ step into a specially designed car and are taken on an exciting trip through more than 1,000 years of Carrickfergus history . |
| 5 | At a school in Kent pupils beginning Key Stage 2 were taken on an exploratory tour of a certain street . |
| 6 | Two sovereigns of equal authority in their respective kingdoms were put on an unequal footing because one of those sovereigns held land from the other . |
| 7 | Oblivious to her injuries , Thomas Duke would have carried his daughter back to their cottage in his arms , though it is conceivable that she was carried on an old door or something . |
| 8 | In 1980 the National Heritage Memorial Fund ( NHMF ) was put on an independent footing , with what was then a large sum to spend on Britain 's art and heritage . |
| 9 | She was put on an intravenous drip in a treatment room and left alone with Allitt . |