Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] on [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Indeed , the anti-vivisectionists were allowed a small but notable coup on this score : Sue Crowshaw , badly disabled by rheumatoid arthritis , made a moving speech denying scientists the right to claim they were experimenting on her behalf . ) |
| 2 | One of the difficulties of proceeding with the single currency , particularly if a small number of member states within the Community were to proceed on their own , is that it would become increasingly difficult for others to join them at a later stage . |
| 3 | The cameraman and sound recordist were mugged on their last day in Pittsburgh . |
| 4 | Childeric must have been subjected to many of the influences which were to impinge on his son . |
| 5 | Checking everything was in order , lamps were placed on their correct brackets , the handbreak was unwound , and 4913 ‘ Baglan hall ’ of 84B shed clocked off shed at 12.20 pm and passed through the centre road to the far end of Chester . |
| 6 | Once the cement had set , both filters were placed on their bases and 2″ domestic plastic plumbing line was used to connect them together and also to connect the large filter to the new pond . |
| 7 | Only two of the 10 practices were overspent on their hospital budgets , and these two practices also had an overall overspend . |
| 8 | Efficiently the boys were sped on their various errands . |
| 9 | Burn , Angell and Pownall were examined on their part in the judging ; Coe , Scott and Charles Barry junior as competitors ; and Sir Charles Barry as an architect who had ‘ directed much thought to the subject ’ . |
| 10 | Her sister 's head was bowed and her hands , clasped tightly into fists , were resting on her knees . |
| 11 | This staggered Mrs Funnell into silence , and her feelings were registered on her grim face as she watched this husband and wife whom she had never liked , classing them as common , dragging the almost inert figure up and down the bedroom . |
| 12 | When six cartons of drugs , bandages and serums were heaped on my study floor there was the business of finding out when and how they should be administered . |
| 13 | Er , my friend got a house at Westerhailes Park eleven months ago and er it was alright at the beginning , then she started getting hassle , from the kids coming to her door asking for cigarettes and she did n't give them them , and they were banging on her door , tapping on her windows and everything . |
| 14 | Burrs of hair were scattered on his scalp ; they were the same muted colour as his skin , as though he were compounded of the dust he played in . |
| 15 | When Howard and I were attacked on our way back from the hills , two of the men were carrying Lugers — they 're unmistakable . ’ |
| 16 | And also , remember , the firms , which as I say , were dying on their feet in any case , and I me , I did quote the Colchester Lathe because I felt so personally about that cos it was Colchester itself they have actually moved their division up to Leicester itself . |
| 17 | The attendants stood back to allow Erlich and the Station Chief to go on their own to the centre of the room where the two stretchers were parked on their wheeled bases , draped with green sheeting . |
| 18 | Later , particularly during the period of mid-Victorian agricultural prosperity , farmers left the village to live in often newly built farmhouses , which were located on their own holdings of land . |
| 19 | Taff was standing by the gun swatting the mosquitoes that were landing on his face . |
| 20 | ‘ Miss Levington , you were caught on my boat with enough heroin to — ’ |
| 21 | We were caught on our last night at Dhundi by the first of seven days bad weather . |
| 22 | Bond enabled Brixton to retrieve a 7-0 deficit in the opening set against Britannia Music on Sunday , and a total of 24 points were won on her service in a surprisingly easy 15-13 , 15-10 , 15-4 win . |
| 23 | At any rate , they are the best marks that were to appear on his performance schedule over the next four years , when his average ran at 56.4 per cent . |
| 24 | Mrs Kelleher put poor little Willie off her lap and took her instrument down from its high shelf ( roses and blonde ladies were intertwined on its end-boards ) , spread her knees apart as though to nestle Willie again , then , stretching out the pleats of her concertina , sent it screeching into a wild tune for dancing . |
| 25 | Strands of dark hair had fallen over his brow and his lashes were feathered on his cheeks . |
| 26 | It was thus made clear that there was no connection with the consecration of bishops who were anointed on their heads . |
| 27 | Less than a month after Mrs Stanfield had returned to Caversham , the God-fearing people of Reading were shocked to find that similar gruesome discoveries were appearing on their stretch of the river . |
| 28 | Visitors attending the Festival of Underwater Sport held at Crystal Palace in London were met on their arrival by a large contingent of members from the Lewisham branch who had arranged a bucket collection and an indoor souvenir stall . |
| 29 | Nicol 's gift of the gab was fortuitous last weekend as both he and Hawick 's Derek Turnbull were upgraded on their flights from London to Sydney via Bangkok . |
| 30 | ‘ We were remarking on your sudden popularity , ’ he said . |