Example sentences of "was [verb] [adv prt] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the Port Lilla was placed back on narrow gauge track for the journey up to the Quarry . |
| 2 | The readiest means of making money was to fall back on private tutoring . |
| 3 | A more serious investigation was carried out on blue babies who required surgery soon after birth to correct congenital heart defects . |
| 4 | Furthermore , this latter study was carried out on native Japanese , a population with a considerably lower incidence of colorectal cancer and probably not comparable with our population . |
| 5 | A parental ballot was carried out on grant-maintained status and the parents decided to vote against the application for that status . |
| 6 | That is , unless the Postman was called out on urgent strike . |
| 7 | So everything was coming in on different lines ? |
| 8 | On Oct. 12 , 1989 , a Polish Socialist Party of Labour ( PSPP ) was set up on social democratic principles . |
| 9 | It was laid out on Roman plan with six fora , the Imperial Palace , theatres , baths , hippodrome , etc . |
| 10 | He was laid down on brittle pampas grass and then manhandled by the creatures . |
| 11 | Maisie was put back on intensive chemotherapy treatment . |
| 12 | This theory was tested out on small finches called siskins . |