Example sentences of "he [was/were] [vb pp] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all his international notoriety , Harari is barely known in his native country , and the one photograph known to exist of him was reprinted on the front pages of newspapers yesterday accompanying the news of his arrest . |
| 2 | The doctors diagnosed that he had probably had a left-sided embolic stroke , and decided that he did not need surgery , so he was treated on the medical ward , where he remained for about seven months . |
| 3 | Earlier , Aindow told the court that he was hit on the left thigh by the side of the car , which knocked him into the side of road and possibly on to the kerb . |
| 4 | However , an Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman , when he was asked on the same day whether negotiations had been more constructive with regard to the long-standing Kashmir dispute , said only that " the talks should be viewed as a measured and gradual approach to stabilization of our relations " . |
| 5 | He claimed that he was struck on the left leg and was knocked off-balance and said that afterwards he had difficulty moving . |
| 6 | ‘ But he was injured on the previous occasion ? ’ |
| 7 | For although he was born on the Indian sub-continent , he was educated and lives in the UK . |
| 8 | He was born on the same day as Sarah but he 's an hour earlier . |
| 9 | And he maintained he was sacked on the direct orders of the RUC because they knew he was a security risk . |
| 10 | As the candidate of New Democracy ( ND ) , he was elected on the second round of voting with 153 votes ( two more than the required absolute majority of the 300 seats in parliament ) . |
| 11 | He was elected on the third round of voting . |
| 12 | He suffered , however , from severe seasickness and in 1885 he was placed on the retired list . |
| 13 | In 1815 he was placed on the reserve list and returned to Edinburgh . |
| 14 | ‘ Today , he was able to be dropped in behind , whereas last year when he ran third in the Tiffany Highflyer , he was drawn on the far side in a 30-runner race and Steve [ Cauthen ] had to ride him handy to the pace , ’ Stoute said . |
| 15 | Andy says he was all set to get a place in the final until he was shunted on the second-last lap . |
| 16 | He was caught on the sciatic nerve and suffered only a dead-leg and an abrasion . |
| 17 | He died in January 1706 ( he was buried on the 17th ) , having disinherited his heir , Christopher , third baronet , who was a compulsive drinker and gambler , in favour of his younger son James ( 1673–1755 , q.v. ) who , building on his father 's industrial foundations , came to be reputed the richest commoner in England . |