Example sentences of "was [vb pp] on [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To produce the latter the inner coffin was placed on to a width of lead which was then cut so as to be three inches larger all round than the coffin itself ; this was then turned up and tacked to the wood . |
| 2 | First , hair was lightened with Majiblond using easi-mesh , woven highlights then Majirel Wild Fox was painted on through the front . |
| 3 | The Doctor was marched on to the flight deck of the F61 at pistol point . |
| 4 | All eyes were looking up at the pit lane screens as every lap , every move , was relayed on to the tube |
| 5 | Half a universe away there had been another tunic cuff , the gold braid scorched and burned so that its imprint was fused on to the skin of his arm . |
| 6 | He swerved and avoided the worst of the impact , but was catapulted on to the bonnet of the car and then on to the pavement . |
| 7 | Chem Snguon was voted on to the Council of State ; Ros Chhun became Minister of Transport , Communications and Posts ; Hang Chuon became Minister of Information and Culture ; Yin Chaili became Minister of Health ; and Yos Son became Minister of Education . |
| 8 | In his place , the MP for Hamilton , George Robertson , who yesterday was voted on to the shadow cabinet for the first time . |
| 9 | ‘ It was voted on by the clubs but there has been no ratification of that by the management committee . |
| 10 | However , if he is a currency speculator he may be found to be trading in currencies and as he resides in the United Kingdom it would be very difficult to show that the trade was carried on outside the United Kingdom . |
| 11 | According to Curtin and Shields , Irish Base Metals literally occupied the area on which they found metal : ‘ Thus early prospecting was carried on outside the framework of the mining legislation and involved a tortious interference with the property and livelihood of local farmers . |
| 12 | This hi-tech theme was carried on with the Starstream XII which featured a semi-acoustic Teardrop body , built in tuner , distortion , treble and bass boost , percussion and a hand operated wah-wah device . |
| 13 | Probably much of his success as a teacher sprang from this , for the young greatly enjoyed his moments of iconoclasm , even when it was carried on to the cricket field where he had no knowledge of and certainly no respect for the laws of the game , as a current Member of Parliament may remember . |
| 14 | The House of Commons did not itself govern , but government was carried on within the confines of its guidance and approval . |
| 15 | Their love affair was carried on against a background of nightly bombings , wartime tension , the advance of the German army on Paris . |
| 16 | Conversation was carried on against a background of ear-splitting barking . |
| 17 | Work was carried on around the lump in a fairly ordered pattern helping to keep everything in proportion . |
| 18 | I think it would be true to say that my two brothers and sister and I were products of the Anglican parochial system , at a time when almost all charitable work was carried on by the churches . |
| 19 | It thus seemed as if there was a significant dispute between the Realist and Behaviouralist camps , and for much of the 1950s and 1960s this dispute was carried on in the pages of the professional journals . |
| 20 | The coach work was carried on in the trimming shop which was in Friary Lane but , from then on , Farr 's business was on a downward path , finally closing in 1929 . |
| 21 | A spot of light oil was dribbled on to the dildo from a greasy oilcan . |
| 22 | Clearly Helen has looked for ‘ explanations ’ to help her deal with such a painful experience , and the one she seems to have come up with is that she was picked on for the way she looks . |
| 23 | The power lift appears to have worked with a cable attached to the rear of the plough , which was raised as the other end of the cable was wound on to a shaft . |
| 24 | Actually the church had no tower — it was matted on to the exterior and the interior was built in the studio . |
| 25 | As the loose barley was unloaded on to the goafstead , a boy rode a quiet old farmhorse round and round on the corn , trampling it down . |
| 26 | It was a relief when I was moved on to the Sports Desk ; these were gains and losses of a different kind and they did n't involve people getting killed . |
| 27 | He was moved on to the job when we were short-handed last winter , and up-graded from labourer . ’ |
| 28 | And the and the toilet the toilet was adjacent to the , was built on to the house . |
| 29 | The copper was bedded on to the wood with tarred brown paper . |
| 30 | A rather odd concoction of wine , oil , salt and corn was sprinkled on to the house by Midlands , West & Wales director , Martin Smout who performed the ancient ‘ topping out ’ ceremony . |