Example sentences of "were [verb] on [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Data were downloaded on to magnetic tape for long term storage . |
| 2 | Negotiations were carried on in secret and the results were presented to shareholders as a fait accompli . |
| 3 | But they did not want change and the link to be forged if it were to lead on to wild and radical measures for democracy , equality , and a social revolution that would threaten their larger position of power within the developing economy . |
| 4 | Each of the items , specially written for the project or adapted from APU practical tasks were written on to separate sheets and put in position along with pupil answer sheets and the apparatus for the task . |
| 5 | Most patients ( n=123 ) were operated on for presumed ulcerative colitis but 10 ( 8% ) are now known to have Crohn 's disease and a further 10 ( 8% ) have certain features of Crohn 's disease and have been labelled indeterminate colitis . |
| 6 | For the last six hours , the girls were operated on in separate theatres . |
| 7 | By hook or by crook crews , competent or not , were got on to striking ships , by force if by no other method ; and the union men retorted in kind . |
| 8 | The shares were sold on to Canadian pension funds , but in February Lockwood retrieved them with backing from 3i , in return for a 30 per cent stake . |
| 9 | Contracts of employment were unknown and I remember the gloom at home if Dad announced that the works were going on to short time . |
| 10 | But even as preparations were being made to fly them home , talks were going on with independent schools all over England in the hope of finding them free places.Andrew Auster is one of the organizers of the scheme … and he 'll be taking some of the orphans at the Downs School in Colwall : |
| 11 | People would still be living here who had been in residence since before the war and were holding on to controlled tenancies until dislodged by offers of cash or other accommodation , but they would not be there much longer . |
| 12 | The Light Blues had a half-length lead at the Old Ship but with Gardiner setting an excellent rhythm , and with Davy , Maclennan and Bridge backing magnificently , Oxford were holding on in flat water . |
| 13 | They felt that a good deal of the South Western Board 's troubles were brought on by excessive expenditure and inadequate tariffs , and Steward found little sympathy from the other Boards , since some of them had equally serious system extension , reinforcement and standardisation problems , and were financing them by adequate tariffs . |
| 14 | We were spurred on by great support |
| 15 | Any crumbs which fell off the table were pounced on by big bronze lizards — skinks . |
| 16 | The range and richness of sport as a component of popular culture has been overlooked by those who take a ‘ diffusionist ’ view , concentrating on how middle-class games and values were passed on to industrial workers via muscular Christians and social reformers . |
| 17 | It seems certain that hidden teachings on sacred geometry — form , shape , proportion , number , measure and materials — were passed on into Christian times and were incorporated into much church architecture , including the great cathedrals . |
| 18 | Different lessons were passed on by other grandparents . |
| 19 | But the Prince and Princess of Wales never let their public face slip and even on the day of the announcement were carrying on with planned engagements . |
| 20 | ‘ When the group of witnesses rushed to pull those injured from under the wheels of the armoured personnel carrier , they were fired on by automatic weapons . ’ |
| 21 | But the Hercules was locked-on to again and , as it was manoeuvring , the crew believe they were fired on by anti-aircraft shells . |
| 22 | They were in a tank like this when they were fired on by American A10 tankbusters . |
| 23 | French warships approached Haiphong on 6 March , and despite the agreement were fired on by Chinese batteries . |