Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] on for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eight cars were illuminated , including car 3 of 1885 ( see p. 37 ) , and the lights were kept on for the rest of the season to enhance the scene . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Somatostatin infusion ( Somatostatine UCB 250 µg/h ) was given to reduced pancreatic secretion and elective surgical intervention was decided on for the seventh day . |
| 4 | I was operated on for the first time when I was two or three weeks old . |
| 5 | One of these latter patients ( no 13 ) was operated on for an obstructive small bowel relapse and in this patient , as in the two others , gastroscopy and chest computed tomography showed both lung and gastric recurrences . |
| 6 | When Kent played Surrey in 1890 a fine spread was laid on for the gentlemen but the professionals ‘ were left to shift for themselves , and thought themselves lucky to get a bit of bread and cheese ’ . |
| 7 | The High Sheriff of Cornwall , Sir John Trelawney , opened an ornamental gate with a silver key and a free tea was laid on for the children of the surrounding parishes . |
| 8 | A buffet lunch was laid on for the advisers , a chicken leg , various meat-filled butties , an apple and a large Kit-Kat . |
| 9 | The specifications of November 1939 became a reality just 43 years ago , when a CW pump evacuated model with sealing wax joints was switched on for the first time at the end of February 1940 , and operated successfully . |
| 10 | Put it on low and leave it the night and day cos it was left on for a week once was n't it ? |
| 11 | Nevertheless , a creditable show was put on for the public , which in true GWAD fashion , stood their ground despite what the elements threw at them . |