Example sentences of "were [vb pp] on [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Data were downloaded on to magnetic tape for long term storage . |
| 2 | Black boxes the size of video-cassettes were welded on to 3,000 cars and hundreds of loops were buried in the roads . |
| 3 | Pickers were diverted on to another plot after the theft was discovered . |
| 4 | Each of the items , specially written for the project or adapted from APU practical tasks were written on to separate sheets and put in position along with pupil answer sheets and the apparatus for the task . |
| 5 | For the last six hours , the girls were operated on in separate theatres . |
| 6 | These elements were acted on by two forces : gravity , the tendency for earth and water to sink , and levity , the tendency for air and fire to rise . |
| 7 | By hook or by crook crews , competent or not , were got on to striking ships , by force if by no other method ; and the union men retorted in kind . |
| 8 | The shares were sold on to Canadian pension funds , but in February Lockwood retrieved them with backing from 3i , in return for a 30 per cent stake . |
| 9 | It seems probable that all tools were handed on from one generation to the next ; their frequency in Kent may reflect a greater overall wealth and the ability to dispose of such items as grave-goods . |
| 10 | The floods were brought on by three days of continuous torrential rains in the north which had begun on Sept. 8 , and spread quickly through parts of the Punjab and Sind , threatening sites of historic interest , engulfing thousands of villages and inundating vast acres of cropland . |
| 11 | They felt that a good deal of the South Western Board 's troubles were brought on by excessive expenditure and inadequate tariffs , and Steward found little sympathy from the other Boards , since some of them had equally serious system extension , reinforcement and standardisation problems , and were financing them by adequate tariffs . |
| 12 | We were spurred on by great support |
| 13 | Any crumbs which fell off the table were pounced on by big bronze lizards — skinks . |
| 14 | The range and richness of sport as a component of popular culture has been overlooked by those who take a ‘ diffusionist ’ view , concentrating on how middle-class games and values were passed on to industrial workers via muscular Christians and social reformers . |
| 15 | It seems certain that hidden teachings on sacred geometry — form , shape , proportion , number , measure and materials — were passed on into Christian times and were incorporated into much church architecture , including the great cathedrals . |
| 16 | Different lessons were passed on by other grandparents . |
| 17 | He thought it fortunate that improvements in male characteristics were passed on in some measure to women , otherwise the man would have become as superior in mental endowment to women as the peacock is in plumage to the peahen . |
| 18 | ‘ When the group of witnesses rushed to pull those injured from under the wheels of the armoured personnel carrier , they were fired on by automatic weapons . ’ |
| 19 | But the Hercules was locked-on to again and , as it was manoeuvring , the crew believe they were fired on by anti-aircraft shells . |
| 20 | French warships approached Haiphong on 6 March , and despite the agreement were fired on by Chinese batteries . |
| 21 | They were loaded on to two trucks at the airport , and were being moved across the tarmac when one of the bodies exploded . |