Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [to-vb] [adv prt] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were made to lie down on the floor in the back . |
| 2 | Commanding officers were asked to clamp down on harmful initiation ceremonies , and ‘ agony aunts ’ from the Women 's Royal Voluntary Service were installed to provide a sympathetic hearing for bullied soldiers . |
| 3 | The two understudies were asked to come back on the Friday afternoon , when there was going to be a complete run of the play for the producers and Malcolm Harris . |
| 4 | The A.A. defences continued to take toll of attackers , 9/St.G 1 having a Ju87B so badly damaged over Valetta that the crew were forced to bale out on return to Sicily , while a second aircraft from this Staffel failed to return , Uffz . |
| 5 | At the end of the war government assistance was withdrawn and local Bureaux were left to scrape along on what they could glean from local authorities and other sources . |
| 6 | Ken played Julius Caesar in a picture that , with no apologies , was intended to cash in on the fame of the Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton fiasco of the previous year . |
| 7 | Jakki had just returned from an idyllic holiday in America ( more of which in a moment ) when she was told to get back on a plane because the Material girl had finally agreed to give an interview on Radio One . |
| 8 | But when I enquired about the location of the Waaf Site , I was told to climb back on the wagon . |
| 9 | Where possible , information was coded to cut down on computer storage and processing costs . |
| 10 | I should add here that even as a junior at Halton I was in the senior cross-country team — which only people in their very last year were normally eligible to join and at this stage I was in my first year of three , I was allowed to go out on any occasion , in running gear , to train as I was a bona fide member of the team and so on one of these occasions when I was out training — I always wore a sort of towel around my neck which looked very professional at the time and quite unnecessary — I managed to conceal the altimeter , which had become very very hot property by this time because it was known that several instruments were missing and we could have a visit from the gendarme . |
| 11 | I WAS more startled at the amount Mr Lamont was allowed to run up on his card rather than his doing it in the first place . |
| 12 | Still , I was determined to cash in on my success and maintain a high profile at the ground . |
| 13 | ‘ He idolised the professional wrestlers he saw on television , and was determined to get in on action . ’ |
| 14 | Les had a health scare two years ago and was ordered to cut down on drinking , stop smoking and reduce his weight from 15 stone . |