Example sentences of "and was [verb] [adv prt] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You see , Lewis , ’ began Morse , as the two strolled back to the front of the property , ‘ Kemp had grown tired of Sheila Williams and was starting out on a new conquest — the delectable Lucy Downes . |
| 2 | The drays and bullocks Stephen had sent from Yarrundi eventually arrived on 27 September , the ‘ tent was struck ’ where Gould 's men had encamped outside town with all the provisions , and was loaded up on the carts for the long , slow haul back to the reaches of the Upper Hunter . |
| 3 | McIlvanney was born in 1934 , and was brought up on a public housing estate in Kilmarnock , Ayrshire , in what he himself calls ‘ a left-wing family ’ . |
| 4 | She was lying full length and was helped back on the platform and she was able to sit up and talk . ’ |
| 5 | Brian began to complain of muscle pains and was put back on a low dose papaveretum infusion ( 2–4mg/hr ) . |