Example sentences of "was [verb] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This car was stopped on the hard shoulder of the M4 just west of Swindon , after a motorway chase from South Wales . |
| 2 | It was begun in 1794 , but the first borings were a total failure , due to unsatisfactory design and materials , and unforeseen and excessive seepage of water into the workings , and work was stopped on the proposed two-mile-long tunnel in 1796 . |
| 3 | Schwantz , winner of 19 Grands Prix in a fruitless search for the world title , was joined on the front row by fellow American Wayne Rainey , bidding for a fourth successive crown , and Australian prospect Daryl Beattie . |
| 4 | Yorkshire was floated on the Unlisted Securities Market in August and the chairman , Michael Mallett , says the recent ‘ heady growth ’ in revenue is slackening as the squeeze on retail sales tightens . |
| 5 | The Regional Council was consulted on the previous supermarket application and may be consulted by the District Council on the present proposal , although this is not certain as I believe it is about half the size of the earlier application . |
| 6 | The doctors diagnosed that he had probably had a left-sided embolic stroke , and decided that he did not need surgery , so he was treated on the medical ward , where he remained for about seven months . |
| 7 | A further official assurance was given on the total number of troops , but the public preferred to believe its own eyes . |
| 8 | It was situated on the flat ground at the head of Faetten Fjord near to the spot where the Tirpitz was moored . |
| 9 | The club was situated on the top two floors of the building . |
| 10 | He suffered , however , from severe seasickness and in 1885 he was placed on the retired list . |
| 11 | As a result of these , too great a blame for dioxin contamination was placed on the chemical industry . |
| 12 | Her bed was placed on the great dining table , where her wedding cake had been , and she lay there , covered with a white sheet , half conscious . |
| 13 | At the outset of a partnership that was to lead to great success , Allison was placed on the front line of the band 's paranoid attitude to outside influence . |
| 14 | Too much emphasis was placed on the necessary function of actually producing an annual programme to which different parties can agree and that identifies the full list of projects seeking funding . |
| 15 | In 1815 he was placed on the reserve list and returned to Edinburgh . |
| 16 | Much emphasis was placed on the raffish past , with roll-calls of distinguished libertines . |
| 17 | After the induction of anaesthesia with sodium pentobarbital ( 50 mg/kg ) , a cerebroventricular guide was placed on the superior aspect of the skull to allow injection into the lateral ventricle as previously described . |
| 18 | This defect was ingeniously got over by developing a hardener which could be painted by itself on to one half of the joint while the glue was painted on the other half , nothing began to happen in the glue until the two halves were brought together . |
| 19 | The dissolution of the remaining chantries in 1547 , for example , was justified on the Lutheran grounds that they encouraged ‘ vain opinions ’ concerning purgatory and intercessory masses and left people ignorant of ‘ their very true and perfect salvation through the death of Jesus Christ ’ . |
| 20 | It was not until 1978 that a feasibility study was undertaken on the possible application of a Company Personnel System . |
| 21 | The England manager was reflecting on the exhilarating 4–0 World Cup qualifying victory over Turkey . |
| 22 | His tongue flicked out to caress her nipple , which was throbbing painfully , and with one anguished movement she pressed his mouth further down so that he was sucking on the rosy tip . |
| 23 | After a few weeks newspapers lifted their ban on match reports , and while the war was waged on the front page , the struggle for League points gathered pace on the back . |
| 24 | A series of tests was developed on the following topics : number , money , measurement , tabular data and spatial concepts . |
| 25 | And he maintained he was sacked on the direct orders of the RUC because they knew he was a security risk . |
| 26 | The large crowd bore witness to its popularity although the course record of 68 set by Des Ballintine in 1984 was broken on the tough Prehen course . |
| 27 | Serbs found it was carrying more ammunition than was listed on the manifest , a Bosnian Serb officer said . |
| 28 | The girl was walking on the other side of the pavement . |
| 29 | The idea of the vats of the mind reminds me of an occasion when I was walking on the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania with some friends , who showed me an oak gall . |
| 30 | I could n't kick a door if I was sat on the bloody latch so I had to do something else . ’ |