Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] on the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Passengers had perforce to ride , and goods were carried on the backs of packhorses or mules . |
2 | His jackets were hung on the backs of chairs , his triumphantly acquired groceries were stacked in the sitting-room , his cigar butts filled the ashtrays and his glasses had made rings on the surface of the poolside table . |
3 | On 7 October there began the debate on the revised version of the document on the missionary activity of the Church , and on 11 October votes were taken on the schemas on religious life and priestly formation in the seminaries . |
4 | The judge said Mr and Mrs Lauder conceded that from May 1972 effective steps were taken on the landowners ' behalf to assert a right to exclude the public . |
5 | When they were switched on the lights flooded out across the bare , flat expanse of moorland just beyond the perimeter of their property . |
6 | By the middle of the twelfth century , a revised order introduced a solemn oath which was taken on the gospels . |
7 | The following survey was taken on the streets of Bradford . |
8 | So no action was taken on the ideas of the Layfield Committee . |