Example sentences of "he was [verb] [prep] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , it is not open to an officer of a company to say that he was dealing as agent on behalf of the company . |
| 2 | He was posted to London on promotion in 1953 and was replaced the following year by R. B. Wilson on transfer from the field staff in England . |
| 3 | He was charged with assault on a woman . |
| 4 | He was sent to Scotland on a confidential mission , ostensibly to negotiate with General George Monck ( later first Duke of Albemarle , q.v. ) , on behalf of the generals in England , perhaps in reality — so it was alleged — to try to undermine the loyalty of Monck 's army to their commander . |
| 5 | He was sent to prison on the Isle of Man . |
| 6 | He was born in Whitechapel on September 24 , 1934 . |
| 7 | He was born in Barbados on 1 August 1924 into a middle-class family , at a time when class boundaries on the island , having been modelled on the English system , were very rigid . |
| 8 | He was rushed to hospital on the day of the crash with his wife Ethel and young granddaughter , both passengers in the car , was released later the same day after receiving three stitches to a head wound . |
| 9 | He was listening to electro-funk on the car stereo . |
| 10 | He was sworn into office on Jan. 14 , taking over from Vinicio Cerezo ( also a democratically elected civilian , of the Christian Democratic Party — PDCG — whose candidate had come third in the first round ) , together with his Vice-President and fellow evangelical , Gustavo Adolfo Espina Salguero . |
| 11 | He was released on bail on March 30 . |
| 12 | He was released on bail on health grounds in July 1991 [ see p. 38367 ] . |
| 13 | He was released from prison on Feb. 9 , 1990 , and held a seventh meeting with Arafat on March 9 . |
| 14 | During his visit to Washington in January 1952 , he was briefed in depth on the US Strategic Air Plan . |
| 15 | He was confined to London on a £2,000 bond . |
| 16 | However , I thought that it was wrong , very , very wrong that he was picked for Stuttgart on the strength of those two races . |
| 17 | At the end of August 1914 he was promoted to Brigadier on the field ; so suddenly that an elderly spinster had to furnish him with stars unsewn from her father 's uniform . |
| 18 | He was taken to hospital on July 29 with bullet wounds to the chest , apparently the result of a suicide attempt . |
| 19 | Ershad had been deposed and arrested in December 1990 [ see p. 37906-07 ] ; formal charges were brought against him in January 1991 [ see p. 37965 ] , and he was committed for trial on March 19 . |
| 20 | He was arrested for theft on the same day as my godson , each in a different part of Brighton . |
| 21 | He was arrested in London on Wednesday night . |
| 22 | His election was confirmed in July 1319 and he was consecrated at Avignon on 26 August . |
| 23 | Which is odd , because he was expected in Italy on Monday , apparently . ’ |
| 24 | He was working at present on the rocks at the north-west point , which were only accessible at low tide , or from a boat . |
| 25 | He was going to Sbaa on an old black bicycle , the sort English policemen used to ride . |