Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [adv] on a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clothes were pegged out on a line , nothing of his own . |
| 2 | The problem arose again thirty years later , when their energies were channelled off on a crusade which ended in defeat at Nicopolis in 1396 , and yet again in 1444–5 when , after the truce of Tours , the ‘ Ecorcheurs ’ who were , as their name implied , ‘ skinning ’ France , were led off for a while to Switzerland and the imperial lands . |
| 3 | The bodies were washed up on a beach about four miles from where they are presumed to have been murdered . ’ |
| 4 | Throughout the insertion procedure , pressure and pH were displayed continuously on a computer monitor for identification of the lower oesophageal sphincter . |
| 5 | We were camped out on a headland and could see groups of birds flying past . |
| 6 | She used to make things that are now quite commonplace but which at the time seemed really exotic — fabulous cakes like kugelhopf and filled croissants which were wheeled in on a trolley for tea . |
| 7 | His boots were laid out on a newspaper , and had been scraped and polished . |
| 8 | Leeming 's clothes , consisting of his woollen suit , shirt , underwear , white socks and black shoes , were laid out on a chair . |
| 9 | The sunniest pictures were pinned up on a board at the end of the ward . |
| 10 | One of the big differences I discovered between the East and the West End was that in Whitechapel the names of debtors were chalked up on a slate , whereas in Chelsea they opened an account . |
| 11 | A total of 22 552 workers were followed up on an average of 18.6 years . |
| 12 | AN EPIC match , of huge social and political significance beyond the narrow confines of Barbados , had almost everything save perhaps a crowd , and reached an enthralling climax on the final morning when South Africa , needing only 79 runs with eight wickets remaining for an historic victory in their first Test for 22 years , were swept away on a floodtide of West Indian pride and aggression . |
| 13 | Then he learnt that she was the man 's daughter , and frivolous thoughts were swept away on a tide of sympathy . |
| 14 | Perhaps if we can parody the eight gramophone records , and ask the question , ‘ If you were cast away on a desert island , which eight plants would you wish to have with you ? ’ there is no doubt that the rose would be the first choice for most people . |
| 15 | It was clean , even the wheels were clean , as if it were put out on a drive on Sundays and given the old once-over like the family car . |
| 16 | The Argentines were lined up on a cliff and their riddled bodies toppled into a mass grave below , he claims . |
| 17 | Children observed different metal objects ( a nail , a tin can , wire wool and a copper pipe ) which were left outside on a plastic tray . |
| 18 | Deputies were elected both on a constituency basis and as representatives of official bodies like the Academy of Sciences , the trade unions and so on . |
| 19 | The two Senussi soldiers were sent off on a recce and reported back the following day that there was no checkpoint on the road leading into the town . |