Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [conj] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On day 1 2 , 5 , 10 , 20 , 50 , and 100 ml of milk were given and on day 2 the normal milk intake appropriate for age was started . |
| 2 | By the end of the day almost all universities were occupied or on strike , as were many hospitals . |
| 3 | A pupil observation checklist was prepared on which originally , seating plans were included but on advice , largely concerned with difficulty of interpretation , this was removed . |
| 4 | A bewildered and shocked survivor can be guided through red tape , and practical alternatives can be found , as in the case of Liz and Tom who were burgled while on Income Support . |
| 5 | Arms caches were found and on May 30 five army battalions were deployed ; eight people including three soldiers were reported killed . |
| 6 | The President-elect was due to be sworn in on April 1 , but the ceremony was delayed when on March 28 he was flown to France for urgent hospital treatment . |
| 7 | It was reported that on July 8 North Korea had submitted an application ( dated July 2 ) to join the UN . |
| 8 | It was reported that on Aug. 10 Moroccan officials had refused to allow the UN official in charge of the ceasefire and referendum arrangements , Johannes Manz , to enter the territory . |
| 9 | In another case , headlined as ‘ The Alleged Hooligan Tragedy ’ , a man died after a street-fight and it was reported that on arrival at hospital he had made a statement to the effect that , ‘ I got my injuries in the Borough through being kicked to death by Hooligans . ’ |
| 10 | On March 5 a night-time curfew was imposed and on March 19 the country 's sole post-liberation newspaper , February 26 , was suspended after publishing articles critical of the government . |
| 11 | Secondly , it was felt that on issues of property law differences in legal policy and approach created a chasm too large to bridge . |
| 12 | The crystal set could be pulled into a ventilator by pulleys to avoid the sergeant knowing he was listening when on duty in the station . |
| 13 | Paul Turner was on his first tour of duty in Northern Ireland when he was shot while on patrol . |
| 14 | Innocent 's chances of intervention rested on his insistence on confirmation of the elected candidate , on the right of appeal to him if misconduct of the election was alleged and on election in his own papal court if both parties brought the case before him . |
| 15 | It was agreed that on R Pankhurst 's return from leave , he and CW would get together and draft a paper for Management Group . |
| 16 | He was drowned when on board H.M.S. Hampshire , in 1916 , when it was sunk . |
| 17 | A letter to George Fox [ q.v. ] told of a call to Jerusalem , but she was dissuaded and on release went home . |
| 18 | In some cases these features were associated with an atmosphere that was unwelcoming and on occasions " oppressive and unstimulating " . |
| 19 | On Tuesday nights Sidney Passmore must have sat where he was sitting and on Fridays , the undertaker . |
| 20 | The Constitution was revoked and on Oct. 6 he declared the Republic of Fiji . |
| 21 | Towards the end of July Sugar was dismantled and on August 3 , 1944 it left Waddington to be refurbished by Avros , a long overdue move , as by now the veteran Lancaster was really showing its age , with an increasing number of wing rivets popping out . |
| 22 | The husband of Julie Godwin , who was murdered while on holiday with a friend in South Africa says he 's determined to keep up the pressure on the police to find her killer . |