Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] on [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both were remanded on bail for reports . |
| 2 | Sixteen men including three Liverpool Police officers were remanded on bail at Liverpool this week accused of conspiring to distribute tickets for the Irish sweepstake . |
| 3 | ( First Edition ) Nine men arrested during a police raid on the Broadwater Farm housing estate in north London were remanded on bail by Haringey magistrates on charges ranging from assault to threatening behaviour and obstruction . |
| 4 | TWO men were remanded on bail by Rhuddlan Magistrates yesterday on a charge of passing two counterfeit £10 notes . |
| 5 | They were remanded on bail by Barnsley magistrates until next month . |
| 6 | Manageress Patima Heron , 24 , assistant manager Lance Green , 20 , and hostess Helen Calderwood , 19 , were remanded on bail until March 11 . |
| 7 | Soviet troop withdrawals began on 15 May and were completed on schedule on 15 February 1989 ; Shevardnadze , addressing the Supreme Soviet the following October , described the original decision to intervene as a violation of ‘ general human values ’ and of party and state procedures . |
| 8 | They are adjusted so that if the project were completed on time to specification the contractor would realize a reasonable profit . |
| 9 | Further investigations were carried out to determine whether or not the proportion of straightforward deliveries varied with the location of the items requested , to examine the proportion of deliveries from each location which were placed on reserve for readers , and to record the relative numbers of non-straightforward deliveries from each location which were attributable either to ‘ initial failure ’ or to the need to transfer items from another reader . |
| 10 | The subsidiary banks were also ordered to implement internal reforms and were placed on probation for five years . |
| 11 | Both were placed on probation for 18 months and Roche , of Lovaine Street , Middlesbrough , was ordered to pay £75 costs . |
| 12 | We were placed on top of the leading beast ; and our art was to bring them home by words only , no reins to be used . |
| 13 | The planks were placed on top of some metal barrels and we were all standing in a hexagon . |
| 14 | Soldiers were placed on guard outside newspapers and broadcasting offices . |
| 15 | Twenty-eight ambulance and paramedic staff were placed on standby in Northwich . |
| 16 | Specific limitations were placed on contact in the example above . |
| 17 | During August , two delicate replica airframes were placed on loan with NAM from Keith Fordyce 's Torbay Aircraft Museum Collection . |
| 18 | The Committee accepted the prototypes first , which duly arrived in January 1934 and were placed on display in Talbot Square ( Opposite ) . |
| 19 | Gran Gelato Ltd v Richcliff Group Ltd held that misstatements by a landlord 's solicitors in replies to inquiries could not result in an action ( of negligence ) against the solicitors , but that such replies were given on behalf of the landlord . |
| 20 | They were to go on trial on January 5 charged with lying to Congress about the controversy . |
| 21 | IF medals were to go on offer for patience then Don Kelly would certainly be entitled to collect one . |
| 22 | Twenty five patients who were referred on account of characteristic biliary symptoms and were known to have gall stones on the basis of previous ultrasound examinations were accepted for treatment by the rotary lithotrite . |
| 23 | The coffee bar saw thirteen young people converted during the year , who were baptised on profession of faith . |
| 24 | An estimated 5,000 public-sector health workers , taking action against government privatization plans , were joined on strike in late June by 8,500 banana workers , who came out both in solidarity with them as well as to demand a 60 per cent wage increase to offset the effects of the government 's March austerity plan . |
| 25 | At a concert at London 's Town and Country Club they were joined on stage by Metelic , a team of Ukrainian dancers from Reading who were given a rousing reception . |
| 26 | In the 1930s the beginnings of a green belt for Birmingham were contained on land to the south of the city , provided by the Bournville Village Trust . |
| 27 | They were caught on camera by amazed police officers in an unmarked car . |
| 28 | Four alleged militants of the FIS were paraded on television on Oct. 1 and were heard to confess at length to the bomb attack at Algiers airport on Aug. 26 which killed 10 people [ see pp. 39072 ; 39118 ] . |
| 29 | In the first major demonstration since the May-June strike [ see pp. 38302-03 ] at least 5,000 people had gathered in Tirana 's Dinamo Stadium on Aug. 25 , when they were addressed on behalf of the opposition coalition by Azem Hajdari , a member of the Democratic Party ( DP ) executive committee . |
| 30 | While they were steaming on top of the savoury liquid she whipped up a small quantity of French dressing , sprinkled it on shredded lettuce and tomato slices , then added grated cheese and made some sandwiches . |