Example sentences of "was [vb pp] on [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shipping , including Isle of Wight ferry and hydrofoil crossings , was halted on Southampton Water last night after inert gas leaked from the tanker Mobil Petrel as it discharged crude oil at the Fawley Esso oil refinery . |
| 2 | The incident was highlighted on Sky TV and spotted by the club 's committee when they watched a video of the clash between John Devereux and Keith England in the same match which resulted in both men being sent off and banned for two games . |
| 3 | The sentence was carried out with great brutality , and his head was placed on London Bridge amidst general rejoicing . |
| 4 | Brain tissue was placed on cryostat cork discs using a small amount of embedding medium ( OCT compound , Miles ) . |
| 5 | Because of the reduced scope of work to be done , greater emphasis was placed on requalification testing , requiring 41 documents for all safety-related plant . |
| 6 | The operation , centred on an address in Sanderson Mews , was undertaken on Friday afternoon and resulted in three arrests . |
| 7 | It was at this time he was indicted on child abuse charges . |
| 8 | In Medellin , a three-week lull in bombings was broken on Saturday night when a dynamite blast damaged two telephone control boxes . |
| 9 | Taylor was reported on Monrovia radio to have expressed regret over the deaths and to have pledged the NPFL 's commitment to the ceasefire . |
| 10 | A shopping precinct in Great Baddow was evacuated on Saturday afternoon after Chelmsford police received a bomb call which turned out to be a hoax . |
| 11 | It was muffled on trade-union reform and taxation policy . |
| 12 | On Saturdays and Sundays she grew more sanguine , but the mood was dispersed on Monday morning with the prospect of enduring that place for another week — right through till Friday when all the managers wore tweeds . |
| 13 | In April nineteen fifty-eight a British nuclear bomb was detonated on Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean . |
| 14 | It was located on Ocean Drive , between C and D ; it took up the entire block . |
| 15 | Precipitated material was collected on glass fibre filters and radioactivity measured by liquid scintillation counting as described under Materials and Methods . |
| 16 | Similarly , a ban was imposed on media coverage of statements by guerrillas or drug traffickers , with the threat of suspension or the cancellation of licences in cases of violation . |
| 17 | Extensive lead mining was done on Grassington Moor , north-east of this Wharfedale village , from at least as early as the Tudor period , and some remains of the industry are still to be seen , mainly dating from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , Dundela and Donegal Celtic were paired in the second round of the Steel and Sons Cup when the draw was made on Monday evening . |
| 19 | Winterthur 's prosperity was built on business acumen and new industries . |
| 20 | A depot for twenty cars , which was subsequently enlarged and today serves as a garage , was built on Whitegate Drive , near the Saddle Inn . |
| 21 | He had donated the WT Askew trophy to the festival and it was presented on Saturday night . |
| 22 | She was matron of the large Dufferin Hospital which was bombed on Christmas Day , and in fear eighty of her Burmese nurses fled , leaving her with two English sisters , and a few good Anglo-Indian nurses . |
| 23 | A fourth person was freed on £50,000 bail . |
| 24 | AN IRA jailbreaker was freed on £750,000 bail yesterday . |
| 25 | He was freed on £600 bail . |
| 26 | One was shot near Ripe on 12 January 1876 ; one was shot on Pett Level on 6 January 1891 . |
| 27 | Although alternative plans to finance the NHS were rejected — ie the service continued to be funded from general taxation — tax relief was offered on health insurance premiums for retired people . |
| 28 | Services of Thanksgiving were held in all churches and very well attended , and in cinemas when Mr Chamberlain was shown on Pathe News holding up the document , audiences stood and cheered . |
| 29 | The Act , which offered cheap annual fees and tax exemptions to off-shore companies , was modelled on legislation operative in the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands . |
| 30 | Mass was celebrated on Saturday morning in the Great Hall by Bishop Walmsley followed by a welcome from Middlesbrough Diocesan President , Mrs Maureen Nelson . |