Example sentences of "were [verb] on [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bodies of these cars were carried on channel steel underframes and there were steel platform bearers . |
| 2 | Some years ago in , in New York I think it was the stores were taking on father Christmases . |
| 3 | Although Henslow 's teaching was not part of the undergraduate curriculum , interested students were taken on field trips and given a good grounding in the science of the time . |
| 4 | So , as part of the briefing process , Orpington employees and their families were taken on day trip coach tours to Stevenage so that they could visit the site where the new offices were being built and look at the types of houses and facilities available in the area . |
| 5 | All the photographs in this feature were taken on Fuji Velvia , a high quality slide film which is ideal for capturing plants and garden details , giving sharp , accurate reproduction of colour . |