Example sentences of "was [adv] [verb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Block , built by J.J. Oakes & Son , was duly opened on Speech Day , 17th July 1957 , appropriately by Professor Williams , who had recently become the first recipient of the Benjamin Franklin Medal of the Royal Society of Arts , " to individuals who have attained early distinction , with promise of future achievements , in the promotion of arts , manufacture , and commerce " . |
| 2 | John Howard became the spokesman for the group and was eventually released on parole to return to England to negotiate the exchange and release of his fellow-prisoners — a task he successfully accomplished . |
| 3 | Research can be carried out at all sorts of levels ; we could restrict ourselves simply to reading everything we can find and produce a piece of work which was wholly based on documentary sources and which did not involve us in attending any baptisms or asking anyone involved any questions . |
| 4 | Colleagues were quoted as saying that Heber was rarely seen on campus . |
| 5 | However , serious differences continued to present obstacles to an agreement : ( i ) the Soviet Union insisted that not all combat aircraft be included in the treaty , although it made an important concession on this point in September ( see p. 36909 ) ; ( ii ) of the five categories of weapons to be included in a treaty-aircraft , helicopters , tanks , armoured vehicles and artillery ( with troops being the sixth element in an agreement ) -consensus on the definition of the weapons system and the items in that category to be included was only reached on artillery ( see below ) ; ( iii ) the Warsaw Pact insisted on an undertaking by NATO to conduct separate negotiations on the reduction of naval forces ( see Malta summit disagreement on naval forces p. 37111 ) ; and ( iv ) the Warsaw Pact demanded that no modernization of short-range missiles by NATO take place ( see also p. 37227 ) . |
| 6 | A deal with EMI beckoned , and 15-year-old singer Stinky Turner was soon going on stage in his pyjamas and bawling , ‘ You insult my intelligence but I a not a fool ! ’ to the band 's legion of admirers ( affectionately known as ‘ The Rubber Glove Firm ’ ) . |
| 7 | A deal with EMI beckoned , and 15-year-old singer Stinky Turner was soon going on stage in his pyjamas and bawling , ‘ You insult my intelligence but I a not a fool ! ’ to the band 's legion of admirers ( affectionately known as ‘ The Rubber Glove Firm ’ ) . |
| 8 | In February 1977 Serfaty was finally put on trial in Kenitra , which Amnesty considered grossly unfair . |
| 9 | But the unity of each bloc was largely based on enmity with the other and when talks did occur they tended to accentuate differences within the two blocs , which in turn made further dialogue difficult . |
| 10 | You could say , perhaps , that the Star Rank scheme was largely put on ice , but that was for want of a sponsor , which was always vital to the future of the scheme . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't think so , she was just passing on gossip . ’ |
| 12 | It was generally built on land assembled by the local authority . |
| 13 | Their solidarity was based on sex , their own sex , as much as it was ever based on class . |
| 14 | Apart from the inherent improbability that the Lockerbie investigators never thought to ask for it , that it was left to a clerk to print out a copy on her own initiative before the computer wiped the record , only to return weeks later from holiday to find that still no one had asked for it , and that the BKA , after being given the list , sat on it for months before passing it along to the Scottish police , there remained the problem of the FBI teletype which left open the possibility that no such bag from Malta was ever loaded on Flight 103 . |
| 15 | In England the custom was still to rely on pew rents and on subscriptions being paid directly to the chapel . |
| 16 | By the age of 30 she was still maintained on home total parenteral nutrition , and continued to vomit fluid . |
| 17 | The jobless woman , whose parents have already had supervised access to the baby now with foster parents was further remanded on bail until May 28 . |
| 18 | She was quickly set on fire by the destroyer HMS Somali and the LCAs came alongside the quay . |
| 19 | However , it was noted even in 1863 that the Charolais had certain features in common with Colling 's ideal Durham Shorthorn — a light head , fine skin , large hindquarters , straight back , well-fleshed limbs and barrel-shaped body — but the Charolais had stronger bones and limbs and was much hardier than the Durham ; it was traditionally raised on grass alone and was brought inside only in the depths of winter . |
| 20 | Alice Cox was later to swear on oath that , for the three years she had known Laura , she was only visited by one man other than Charles . |
| 21 | Twenty years later , in a talk which was later broadcast on Woman 's Hour , Lore looked back : |
| 22 | Jeffrey Anthony Kershaw ( 45 ) , was later released on bail pending an extradition hearing at the Larnaca District Court on Monday . |
| 23 | On Nov. 25 , 1989 , a new block at the Greifswald nuclear power station was closed down before it began operations and in May 1990 the entire station was temporarily closed on safety grounds . |
| 24 | Another temporary need fitted in to this plan , for Robert Slater , the Anglican chaplain at the university , was also to go on leave , and I was to keep services going in the little wooden Anglican church on the university side of the lake , as well as the other two quite heavy responsibilities . |
| 25 | Iran was also to co-operate on oil exploration and refining with Turkmenistan , whose offshore oil extraction in the Caspian sea was suffering disruption because of shortages of hitherto centrally supplied materials . |
| 26 | The main industrial activity was also based on agriculture . |
| 27 | In the DU trial an endoscopy was also performed on development of symptoms suggestive of ulcer relapse . |
| 28 | Ray Gasson 's barn was also set on fire , but things could have been worse . |
| 29 | The fact that it was extensively broadcast on television meant that news of the acquittal of the defendants was greeted with widespread disbelief and anger [ see p. 38856 ] . |
| 30 | In consequence , he was often depicted on mausolea and sarcophagi . |