Example sentences of "was [adv] [verb] on [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A deal with EMI beckoned , and 15-year-old singer Stinky Turner was soon going on stage in his pyjamas and bawling , ‘ You insult my intelligence but I a not a fool ! ’ to the band 's legion of admirers ( affectionately known as ‘ The Rubber Glove Firm ’ ) . |
| 2 | A deal with EMI beckoned , and 15-year-old singer Stinky Turner was soon going on stage in his pyjamas and bawling , ‘ You insult my intelligence but I a not a fool ! ’ to the band 's legion of admirers ( affectionately known as ‘ The Rubber Glove Firm ’ ) . |
| 3 | In February 1977 Serfaty was finally put on trial in Kenitra , which Amnesty considered grossly unfair . |
| 4 | But the unity of each bloc was largely based on enmity with the other and when talks did occur they tended to accentuate differences within the two blocs , which in turn made further dialogue difficult . |
| 5 | The jobless woman , whose parents have already had supervised access to the baby now with foster parents was further remanded on bail until May 28 . |
| 6 | She was quickly set on fire by the destroyer HMS Somali and the LCAs came alongside the quay . |
| 7 | Jeffrey Anthony Kershaw ( 45 ) , was later released on bail pending an extradition hearing at the Larnaca District Court on Monday . |
| 8 | In the DU trial an endoscopy was also performed on development of symptoms suggestive of ulcer relapse . |
| 9 | Special considerations : the appellant was originally put on probation with a requirement that he should reside at a probation hostel which specialised in providing treatment for young men guilty of indecent assault . |
| 10 | Society was now based on complicity in the common crime ; religion was based on the sense of guilt and the remorse attaching to it ; while morality was based partly on the exigencies of this society and partly on the penance demanded by the sense of guilt . |
| 11 | A conical party hat was now perched on top of the grey stubble , with the elastic stretched under my chin . |
| 12 | When Tuesby & Cooper published their catalogue there was already a considerable variety of ‘ finishes ’ available for coffin furniture : gilt copper , copper , bronze , brass , silver and ‘ white ’ ( tin-dipped stamped iron , though silver leaf was sometimes applied on top of the tin ) ; black ( more expensive than silver , being tin-dipped stamped iron painted with two or more coats of matt black paint ) ; and ‘ coloured ’ for children 's coffins ( tin-dipped stamped iron , painted with two or more coats of matt white with certain details highlighted with water-gilding ) . |
| 13 | In the evenings there was sometimes singing on deck to the accompaniment of a lute , and sorrowful music it was too , because the songs were nearly always about broken hearts , unrequited love , or dear ones lost at sea . |
| 14 | This continued until it was realized that the fairies objected to the site , and the church was then built on top of the hill , which satisfied the fairies . |
| 15 | The airfield was then inspected on foot by the six officers following which all were in agreement that conditions were far from satisfactory and McGuinness advised they should be prepared for accidents and possible aircraft losses . |
| 16 | Kedie was initially arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs when police discovered £2,000 in cash in his house . |
| 17 | Although the Hauptdolomit was primarily located on top of the Z1 Anhydrite platform , it prograded basinwards to some extent and overlays the carbonate mudstones of the Stinkdolomit in some wells ( see Figs. 18 , 19 and 25 ) . |
| 18 | The convention was avowedly made on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Vietnam and for Admiral d'Argenlieu . |
| 19 | None of this evidence was seriously challenged on behalf of the defendants and Mr. Ashworth , for the defendants made two admissions during the course of the hearing . |
| 20 | His sentence was subsequently reduced on appeal to seven years ' imprisonment [ see p. 35327 ] . |
| 21 | The decision was subsequently reversed on appeal to the High Court . |
| 22 | The broadcast was subsequently distributed on record at eight shillings a disk . |