Example sentences of "was [verb] on [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mouse ’ was to go on to a succession of schools — at all of which he was unhappy — and to Oxford , where he was run over by a train under circumstances which strongly suggested suicide . |
| 2 | At the beginning , although I felt that I wanted to get better , I was hanging on to the secure feeling that being ill brought . |
| 3 | They sometimes got incredibly bold in the competition for the fish offal ; I have seen a fisherman cleaning out the insides of a fish while a gull was hanging on to the tail tugging frantically in its attempt to get a meal ! |
| 4 | The policeman was hanging on to the door and obviously enjoying the ride . |
| 5 | She saw that the man who owned it was hanging on to the side and checking it each time it swung . |
| 6 | I was hanging on to the ledge at the deep end , arms out in the crucifix position when I saw her come out of the ladies ’ changing rooms wearing a yellow and white striped one-piece . |
| 7 | To produce the latter the inner coffin was placed on to a width of lead which was then cut so as to be three inches larger all round than the coffin itself ; this was then turned up and tacked to the wood . |
| 8 | First , hair was lightened with Majiblond using easi-mesh , woven highlights then Majirel Wild Fox was painted on through the front . |
| 9 | The Doctor was marched on to the flight deck of the F61 at pistol point . |
| 10 | All eyes were looking up at the pit lane screens as every lap , every move , was relayed on to the tube |
| 11 | Half a universe away there had been another tunic cuff , the gold braid scorched and burned so that its imprint was fused on to the skin of his arm . |
| 12 | His turnout exceedingly elegant , the father was walking on over the hard curd-white earth down the double track of the carts towards the small port on the coast ahead . |
| 13 | He swerved and avoided the worst of the impact , but was catapulted on to the bonnet of the car and then on to the pavement . |
| 14 | Chem Snguon was voted on to the Council of State ; Ros Chhun became Minister of Transport , Communications and Posts ; Hang Chuon became Minister of Information and Culture ; Yin Chaili became Minister of Health ; and Yos Son became Minister of Education . |
| 15 | In his place , the MP for Hamilton , George Robertson , who yesterday was voted on to the shadow cabinet for the first time . |
| 16 | ‘ It was voted on by the clubs but there has been no ratification of that by the management committee . |
| 17 | I mean everybody knew what was going on , they might have had their own interpretations of what they 'd been told , but that happens , and as I said you know , every decision was voted on by the full lodge of the three quarries . |
| 18 | One was doomed when a bucket of coal was tipped on to a blazing fire and the flames eroded the dust covering , ate at the brittle papier-mâché , flickered at the softness of the plastic bag . |
| 19 | Here the coal that was brought up from underground was tipped on to a slow-moving endless belt : the boys , standing alongside , took off the slag or rubbish that was mixed with the coal . |
| 20 | According to Curtin and Shields , Irish Base Metals literally occupied the area on which they found metal : ‘ Thus early prospecting was carried on outside the framework of the mining legislation and involved a tortious interference with the property and livelihood of local farmers . |
| 21 | However , if he is a currency speculator he may be found to be trading in currencies and as he resides in the United Kingdom it would be very difficult to show that the trade was carried on outside the United Kingdom . |
| 22 | The identification with the ‘ home town ’ ( furusato ) was carried on into the next , urban-born generation . |
| 23 | For about the first 12 years of its existence the centre was carried on as an unincorporated organisation . |
| 24 | Business was carried on at a rather more sedate pace , lunches were longer and boozier and I was far , far happier . |
| 25 | This hi-tech theme was carried on with the Starstream XII which featured a semi-acoustic Teardrop body , built in tuner , distortion , treble and bass boost , percussion and a hand operated wah-wah device . |
| 26 | All this conversation was carried on with the greatest difficulty . |
| 27 | Probably much of his success as a teacher sprang from this , for the young greatly enjoyed his moments of iconoclasm , even when it was carried on to the cricket field where he had no knowledge of and certainly no respect for the laws of the game , as a current Member of Parliament may remember . |
| 28 | The House of Commons did not itself govern , but government was carried on within the confines of its guidance and approval . |
| 29 | Their love affair was carried on against a background of nightly bombings , wartime tension , the advance of the German army on Paris . |
| 30 | Conversation was carried on against a background of ear-splitting barking . |