Example sentences of "was [vb pp] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sean Thompson , 52 , was more than twice over the limit when he was stopped on the way home from the station . |
| 2 | One motorist who was stopped on the way to Bushmills said : ‘ The police were pulling in cars and coaches and taking teenagers out and searching them and the vehicles . |
| 3 | He said the taxi was stopped on the underdeck of Craigavon Bridge and four men , including the three accused , were arrested . |
| 4 | They were awarded a penalty try when winger Carl Knight was stopped on the line by a very high tackle , and then the pack gave Osborne a pushover try . |
| 5 | Just as Paul Gascoigne was overcome with emotion at England 's World Cup exit in Italia '90 , Cantona could n't hold back the tears when he was joined on the chat show sofa … by his grandmother . |
| 6 | The 40-year-old veteran , now competing for London club Haringey , was joined on the rostrum by Bedlington policeman Paul Reed , who took the discus bronze medal with 50.70 metres and silver in the shot with a putt of 15.14 metres . |
| 7 | The Maclean coat of arms was repainted on the funeral banners and his shield . |
| 8 | THEORY OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION — It was formulated on the basis of population trends experienced during the period of transition from agrarian to industrialized economy in countries that are now economically developed . |
| 9 | A totally enclosed Siwertell archimedean screw ship unloader was erected on the North Side of Imperial Dock for the dust free discharge of bulk cargoes . |
| 10 | However , this does not provide sufficient accommodation , so a high two-storey wing was erected on the west boundary and was linked across to the eastern range by a short ‘ spinal ’ block , creating two courtyards following completion of the church , for the erection of the school preceded construction of the church by two years . |
| 11 | A school-room of brick construction was erected on the site of the ancient building in 1862 . |
| 12 | Following demolition , a memorial hall , named after the late member was erected on the site . |
| 13 | It was erected on the site of ancient fortifications dating from about 500 B.C. When it was built , the castle was at least fifty percent higher than the ruined portion still standing , and was complete with turrets , battlements and curtain walls . |
| 14 | The tower was demolished by lightning in 1821 and since the present Abbey clock tower was erected on the site in 1822 the papingo has been placed there for every contest . |
| 15 | The palace was destroyed after Nero 's death to make way for later Imperial building and the Colosseum was erected on the site of its lake . |
| 16 | A regulator 's box was erected on the corner of Croydon Road and Elmers End Road opposite the Robin Hood , in the front garden of No. 103 Croydon Road in accordance with an Agreement reached with Mr. S. G. Gee , the owner of the property , on 16 May 1918 , for £5 per annum . |
| 17 | When the perinatal mortality rate was calculated on the basis of the hospital attended at the start of labour the crude perinatal mortality rate in hospital 1 ( 12.6/ 1000 deliveries ) was a third higher than that in hospital 3 ( 9.4/1000 deliveries ) . |
| 18 | And , although he was halted on the line , Cambridge retained possession , Flood sending Richard Batstone hurtling in on the left for a try that Davies converted . |
| 19 | The harbour at this time was formed on the bed of the ‘ Water to Leith ’ , a small stream with its source in the Pentland Hills and flowing for thirteen miles or so through Edinburgh and Leith into the Firth of Forth at this point . |
| 20 | The Group was formed on the initiative of Financial Public Relations Ltd and is chaired by ex-MP Sir Robin Chichester-Clark of head-hunters The Welbeck Group . |
| 21 | This does not mean that nothing was bought and sold in the independent sector , still less that the agricultural producers in it were self-sufficient , though it is probable that a rather high proportion of peasant agriculture was consumed on the peasant holding , or within the narrow limits of a local system of exchange , if only because the food demands of the small cities in so many areas could be supplied from within a radius of little more than one or two dozen miles . |
| 22 | Net profits climbed from $3m in 1983 , when the firm was floated on the stockmarket , to $455m in 1990 . |
| 23 | Who would have guessed then that six months later their shares would be worth £4.2m when the company was floated on the stockmarket ? |
| 24 | Though both Cable & Wireless and the Hong Kong Government sold shares when the company was floated on the stock market , the government is not thought likely to join in the sale of the stake to CITIC , though it is aware of the negotiations . |
| 25 | In 1985 , it was floated on the stock market to a rapturous City which valued the family stake at £292 million . |
| 26 | A similar attitude was shown in 1986 when the Law Lords stated that the Trustee Savings Bank and its assets belonged not to depositors but to the state , shortly before the Bank was floated on the Stock Exchange . |
| 27 | In January , 1986 , the company was floated on the Stock Exchange ; Lloyd Webber is said to have made £9 million personally from the flotation , reducing his stake in the company from 70 per cent to 39 per cent . |
| 28 | The group , which publishes the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph , was floated on the stock market last July . |
| 29 | Three years later , however , he was dismissed on the accession of Louis XVI and the powers of the parlements restored . |
| 30 | The charge was dismissed on the ground that Michigan state law did not prohibit assisting someone to commit suicide . |