Example sentences of "were [verb] [adv] [adv] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The substance or substances were placed down either on an object in front of the horse or somewhere on the front of the horse himself . |
| 2 | Even in very large organizations one finds that the original conceptual activities were carried out initially on the drawing board , advancing to cardboard models to verify their ideas . |
| 3 | I liked Brahms 's youthful B major Trio for its wholly natural flow — as if the players were carried along willy-nilly on the music 's own tide . |
| 4 | The claims were made not simply on the say-so of the individual trainers , although these were influential , but after the intricate analysis of extensive videotapes ; techniques particularly associated with F.G . |
| 5 | It was not as if they were going out alone on the High Veld . |
| 6 | These badges were handed out only on a nurse 's last day in the hospital , after she had taken State and Hospital Finals and accumulated a sheaf of satisfactory ward reports . |
| 7 | The tests developed by the project team were not related specifically to the curriculum operated by the schools associated with the project but they were based almost exclusively on the topics in the Cockcroft foundation list . |
| 8 | The Daily Express was by this time in pole position , but the Mail and Today were coming up fast on the inside . |
| 9 | ‘ Three lines of three figures were marked out there on the shell , as plain as could be seen , the Yin numbers in the corners , the Yang numbers in the centre , and each line — horizontal , vertical and diagonal — adding up to fifteen . |
| 10 | We observed that you were travelling excessively slowly on a wide road , unimpeded by any other traffic . |
| 11 | They had n't been working on the slate face , they had n't worked any slate , but they were doing all right on the tables , you know on the sawing the slate up for the others . |
| 12 | His eyes , blue-green , were set widely apart on a face which was defining itself rapidly now as unforgettable . |
| 13 | He simply wished that he did n't have to contend with the unspoken supposition that the two of them were hiding up there on the Step and banging away like a couple of baboons , which he saw in the eyes of more than one person who wished him good morning when he went into town to pick up his mail . |
| 14 | Access was provided by one staircase and goods were stored either directly on the platform floors or on low racking . |