Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [vb pp] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Cunningham was fixated on the potent effect of sex and socialism on Patricia Hewitt 's homophobic pensioners , who were yet still ignorant of their imminent deliverance by Glenys Thornton 's ‘ Plan To Win ’ : Mr Roberts , though extremely mindful of Labour 's Duty To Win , had had close working experience with the Labour Campaign for Lesbian and Gay Rights . |
| 2 | Rosenberg was killed on the western front 1 April 1918 and buried in an unmarked grave . |
| 3 | They all say it 's time Hawkwood was put on the map against that Greycoats . |
| 4 | NICK FALDO was scotched on the rocks but toasted a scintillating 70 for the halfway lead in the £1.8 million Johnnie Walker World Championship here yesterday . |
| 5 | Edward was born on the third of March , and the advent of spring is a constant theme , and symbol of renewal , in everything he has written . |
| 6 | Fael-Inis was perched on the edge of a chair now , his eyes never leaving the dark-eyed figure of the Lad . |
| 7 | It was in 1913 that the first reference is made to the Luker family , proprietors of the Henley Standard , when on October 31st , Charles Luker was beaten on the 21st hole in the Ladies ' Cup semi-final . |
| 8 | Stapleford Park , near Melton Mowbray , Leicestershire was put on the market for £6.5 million . |
| 9 | Much later , in 1729 , at the behest of the Jesuits , John Nepomuk was canonised on the basis that , as the queen 's confessor , he had been executed by a jealous king because he refused to reveal her confessional secrets . |
| 10 | Within a few days of his election , Barbarossa was crowned on the 9th March 1152 . |
| 11 | When British Telecom was approached on the subject , we found that DDI can only be operated on a digital system ; the existing system is analogue . |
| 12 | Although Boardwalk was drawn on the inside , Kelly hoped to get a good enough break to be able to settle third or fourth . |
| 13 | The address of a house in Bloomsbury was engraved on the disc . |
| 14 | In the 1950s , Fred Corcoran was signed on the spot by the International Golf Association , and put in charge . |
| 15 | She tipped the rice into a pan and put it on the top on a low number and retreated to the living room where Alan was sprawled on the sofa reading the copy of a Sunday newspaper they had collected from a garage shop next to the pub . |
| 16 | CORONER 'S REPORT , SECTION 224 : Lepine was seen on the campus at least ten times before December 6 : in September at the student co-op , then three times the next month in the Polytechnic building , in November at the administrative building , and four times in the first week of December , and the last time in the cafeteria on the ground floor . |
| 17 | The following night , Karen was beaten on the bottom with a brush . |
| 18 | Many major lessons were learnt and Lord Mountbatten has written ‘ the successful landing in Normandy was won on the beaches of Dieppe ’ . |
| 19 | Carol was painted on the tail as this was the name of Charlie Paceley 's wife . |
| 20 | Her engine had failed and skipper Ralph Pottinger was stranded on the island . |
| 21 | The Tsar 's forces were humiliated by land and sea and under the terms of the Treaty of Paris Russia was disarmed on the Black Sea . |
| 22 | More riskily , the budget announced in December was based on the assumption that the oil price would average $22 a barrel for the year ; it is not much more than $17 now . |
| 23 | In 1469 , King Louis XI of France conferred with King Henry IV of Castile here ; in 1526 the captive King Francis I was exchanged for his two sons , who stood in for him as hostages with his great enemy , the Emperor Charles V ; in 1659 , the Peace of the Pyrenees between France and Spain was negotiated on the island ; and a year later , the contract of marriage was signed which consolidated that epoch-making treaty , between Louis XIV and the Infant a ( it was while helping to decorate the Spanish pavilion for the occasion that the painter Velázquez is said to have caught his death of cold ) . |
| 24 | e.g. to generalize about people 's motives : " Gladstone 's own particular crusade on Ireland was based on the concept of justice and fair dealing between nations … |
| 25 | On 14 June 1913 the ss Columba was moored on the Clyde and manned by members of the BSU on whose behalf a claim had been submitted for a rise of 2s 6d a week . |
| 26 | Yorkshire was floated on the Unlisted Securities Market in August and the chairman , Michael Mallett , says the recent ‘ heady growth ’ in revenue is slackening as the squeeze on retail sales tightens . |
| 27 | In 1989 , historians and archaeologists using these new techniques discovered that Stamford was built on the site of an ancient geomantic earthwork representing a running bull . |
| 28 | There is no evidence at all that Tom was placed on the Plant Commission to ‘ block change ’ . |
| 29 | They were awarded a penalty try when winger Carl Knight was stopped on the line by a very high tackle , and then the pack gave Osborne a pushover try . |
| 30 | They were at the toast and marmalade stage when Mrs. Mackintosh came in to say that Sir Bryan was wanted on the telephone . |