Example sentences of "was [verb] [art] [noun] on [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 45-year-old man from Pinetown , near Durban , was given the heart on Sunday at Cape Town 's Groote Schuur hospital , where the world 's first heart transplant was carried out 25 years ago . |
| 2 | He was given the award on Monday at the Sunday Times Literary Banquet . |
| 3 | But what would he be doing in the middle of nowhere … unless he was keeping an eye on Mungo , to see that he was safe ? |
| 4 | All the time she was keeping an ear on Steve in the kitchen . |
| 5 | When I was writing an essay on Bernard Shaw , I read in one biography that he had attended a Wesleyan school and had always been at the bottom of his form . |
| 6 | When I was writing an article on Pottz he sent me three large studio portraits : one of Potter and two of himself . |
| 7 | On intellectual property a Chinese team was to visit the USA on Nov. 20-21 to try and resolve issues of copyright violation and computer software and patent protection . |
| 8 | Bishops Hall doing it nicely under Brad and it 's good to see him in the saddle today because he was offered the ride on Morley Street but he 'd already said yes and he 's a man of his word and he agreed to ride this horse . |
| 9 | Following Bennett 's withdrawal a number of other candidates had been unsuccessfully approached until Yeutter was offered the post on Jan. 3 . |
| 10 | He said he was researching a piece on Alan Dysart and wanted to ask Rex some questions about their Oxford days . |
| 11 | No later than early 716 Nechtan , son of Derilei , king of the Picts , approached Ceolfrith , abbot of the monastery of Wearmouth and Jarrow , for guidance on Dionysian Easter tables and the Roman dating of Easter ( HE V , 21 ) — probably at the time that the Northumbrian priest , Ecgberht , was persuading the church on Iona to adopt the same ( HE 111 , 4 ; V , 22 , 24 ) — and in 717 expelled the Columban communities from Pictland into Dál Riata ( AU s.a. 715 , 716 : AT p. 225 ) . |
| 12 | After this uncharacteristic lapse into gravity , Aranyos continued , ‘ The main reason I was there was to keep an eye on Fedorov . |
| 13 | The trial of Harold E. Ford , ( Dem. , Tennessee since 1974 ) , on charges of conspiracy , bank and mail fraud , was declared a mistrial on April 27 , and a retrial was ordered . |
| 14 | Billy was awarded a Benefit on Wednesday 15 April 1931 against the Combined Universities , but a knock in the League match on the previous Saturday prevented him from playing — so he appeared as linesman instead ! |
| 15 | When we came back , Heathcliff was putting a bandage on Hindley 's wrist . |
| 16 | I refer to Spitting Image ( ITV ) , which last time round was held in check until the polls had safely closed , but this time was allowed an outing on Wednesday while the electorate were still technically making up their minds . |
| 17 | He appears to have worried the Byzantines , who thought that he was planning an attack on Constantinople . |