Example sentences of "was [vb pp] on [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trading was organised on the same lines as for other securities ; but , after a number of preparatory changes introduced during the preceding months , the trading system was completely restructured on Monday , 27 October 1986 . |
| 2 | And , indeed , when Indian ink was daubed on a few minnows , which were then put among a school , the painted minnows were disproportionately taken by predators . |
| 3 | Several of the sequences used shapes , and one was based on the many arrangements which can be made using the pieces of the Chinese tangram puzzle . |
| 4 | In a second case the single mother of four-year-old Graham Garlick was refused on the same grounds , because she had been evicted by Greater Manchester council for rent arrears of £150 . |
| 5 | One member of the defence team estimated that Newall 's brother , Mark , a broker based in Paris who was arrested on the same charges a few days ago and now faces extradition from France , has paid more than £100,000 so far in legal costs in Gibraltar . |
| 6 | The new allegations against her are being made by a woman who was convicted on the same charges and is out on bail with her . |
| 7 | Under these a relief , similar to that given to prisoners for debt , was afforded on the same terms to traders owing less than £300 and to all other insolvents . |