Example sentences of "were [verb] on the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some were hanging on the brambles and a few flat , wet clots were lying well out in open ground beyond the clump . |
| 2 | Passengers had perforce to ride , and goods were carried on the backs of packhorses or mules . |
| 3 | His jackets were hung on the backs of chairs , his triumphantly acquired groceries were stacked in the sitting-room , his cigar butts filled the ashtrays and his glasses had made rings on the surface of the poolside table . |
| 4 | On 7 October there began the debate on the revised version of the document on the missionary activity of the Church , and on 11 October votes were taken on the schemas on religious life and priestly formation in the seminaries . |
| 5 | The judge said Mr and Mrs Lauder conceded that from May 1972 effective steps were taken on the landowners ' behalf to assert a right to exclude the public . |
| 6 | When they were switched on the lights flooded out across the bare , flat expanse of moorland just beyond the perimeter of their property . |