Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] the [noun pl] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The match in Ireland ended under something of a cloud when the reigning American Club Professional Champion Larry Gilbert ( right ) was withdrawn from the singles on medical grounds . |
| 2 | Similar , though slightly more muted , approval was given to the propositions on Christian education , discussed from 17 to 19 November , and on the latter date the Council turned its attention briefly to recommendations to simplify marriage legislation and end discrimination against non-Catholic partners in mixed marriages . |
| 3 | The passenger whom I picked up informed me that , throughout the journey , no information regarding delays was given to the passengers on the train . |
| 4 | That narrow smile was pressed to the scars on Justine 's throat . |
| 5 | The night I arrived I was walking around the streets on my own looking for work . |
| 6 | Greeted by Dolores with a tray of champagne , Stephanie Marsa was weaving through the crowds on slender black high heels , and brushed close by where Caroline stood , so close that she left a waft of heady , exotic perfume in the air , making a single-minded bee-line for Roman . |
| 7 | On 6 August 1945 , the first atomic bomb was dropped by the Americans on the town of Hiroshima in Japan . |
| 8 | The great German superiority in artillery made the outcome inevitable : the Russians abandoned Warsaw and the city was occupied by the Germans on 5 August . |
| 9 | A total curfew was imposed throughout the territories on Feb. 23 after the expiry of the deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait . |
| 10 | ok , this poem 's called erm A Pause In A Moment Worn out days dressed in damp wheat , heavy coat pulling at tired shoulders , memory pushed back , brought forward in the click of a stick , pause in a moment , sunset reflected in eyes offering the warmth of recognition , so that poem started with the overcoat and that was the mood as I say , that was the mood of rejection erm and there was something about the way the old girl was looking at the women on the bridge , almost as if there was this recognition and , as it brought back memories that perhaps went or as black as the overcoat , erm the next er painting which I 'm going to read to you about is erm have you |
| 11 | I was looking at the vectors on either side of him to see if he had any friends and when I came back he was gone . ’ |
| 12 | Postal notice of confirmation was made to the owners on 1st April . |
| 13 | Postal notice of confirmation was made to the owners on 1st April . |
| 14 | This preventive action was castigated by the judges on the Queen 's Bench . |
| 15 | The output of the southern fields was exported through the terminals on the Gulf which were to be demolished by enemy action at the outbreak of war . |
| 16 | Her eye was drawn to the models on the benches . |
| 17 | I was flying past the stars on silver wings , ’ Matilda said . |
| 18 | ‘ For a moment or two I was flying past the stars on silver wings . |
| 19 | He moved to Louth in 1938 and was based at the maltings on Leakes Row . |
| 20 | The agreement was geared to the details on the prevention of nationalization and left little room for re-negotiation ( cited in West Africa , 1980 , p.573 ) . |
| 21 | The plaintiff was employed by the defendants on the construction of a railway . |
| 22 | It was beginning with the disasters on one way systems and then of course a panic decision to do further research into the so called traffic problems of St Albans . |
| 23 | On Friday the traditional conference photograph was taken and the afternoon was spent by the ladies on a visit to Bowhill and then along to the Selkirk glass factory . |
| 24 | In the Court of Appeal , the judgment below was set aside and judgment was entered for the defendants on their counterclaim . |
| 25 | A statutory meeting was convened on 26 November 1991 and an application for an interim care order under section 31 of the Children Act 1989 was brought before the justices on 29 November 1991 . |
| 26 | The action was brought against the police on the grounds that they failed to inform the prison authorities of the deceased 's suicidal tendencies . |
| 27 | My wig was swinging from the hooks on the charm bracelet , my orange hair tumbled over my face like a pound of grapes in an egg-cup and one shoe-less leg stuck out of a semi-detached dress . |
| 28 | She was taking in the boutiques on Fifth Avenue . |
| 29 | In a further development concerning the scandal , it was announced by the authorities on Dec. 22 that no further indictments would be filed either against Kanemaru — who had already been indicted on minor charges — or against any of the other Diet members implicated in the receipt of Sagawa Kyubin funds . |
| 30 | And although the proposal for a BPS women 's section was opposed by the women on the BPS Council , it had strong support among less powerful female psychologists , and students . |