Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] [noun sg] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asshe himself was filled with pride on behalf of his daughter . |
| 2 | The prosecution 's case against Gotti was hampered by reliance on evidence based on inconclusive and largely inaudible tape recordings , and by the reluctance of witnesses to testify against him . |
| 3 | A good illustration of ‘ intended ’ is found in the case of Childs v Coghlan ( 1968 ) 112 Sol Jo 175 where a 30 ton earth mover which was made for use on construction sites and not roads was held to be a motor vehicle . |
| 4 | She was reading aloud , a man holding a boom mike was registering her voice ; she was declaiming from Soul on Ice : |
| 5 | The latter was accused of treason on account of a letter he had sent to Euric , advising him not to make peace with the Greek emperor , that is Anthemius , but rather to attack the Britons who were stationed on the Loire , and to divide Gaul with the Burgundians . |
| 6 | Magyar tipped the packs over the rim of the shell : tent , food , oxygen , a mound of technology that was wrapped in layer on layer of padding . |
| 7 | He 's believed to be the first person convicted of the new charge of causing death by dangerous driving , which was introduced to crackdown on joyriding . |
| 8 | And while more than $1 billion was spent on advertising on satellite television in 1990 , that will quintuple by the end of the decade , taking a fifth of all advertising expenditure . |
| 9 | The carrier is relieved of his liability if the loss or damage was caused by negligence on behalf of the sender when issuing instructions . |
| 10 | Thus , it is not open to an officer of a company to say that he was dealing as agent on behalf of the company . |
| 11 | BELVILLE : In my own little chapel , which you may see was put in order on purpose . |
| 12 | The ratio of subunits in the endonuclease was determined by separation on SDS-PAGE and staining with Coomassie blue . |
| 13 | He was released on bail on health grounds in July 1991 [ see p. 38367 ] . |
| 14 | On 27 September 1991 the father was released on bail on condition that he did not go , first of all , within half a mile of , then , later , to the mother 's address . |
| 15 | The man was working for Nacro on behalf of Cleveland County Council . |