Example sentences of "were [adv] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But now the whole team were keenly focused on the game . |
| 2 | The Zeebrugge tragedy led to the prosecution of individual members of the crew of the vessel , and the board of the company concerned for unlawful killing , although they were eventually acquitted on the direction of the trial judge . |
| 3 | The next case is Slater v. Burnley Corporation , 59 L.T. 636 , where the plaintiff without objection paid water rates which were wrongly charged on the basis of a ‘ gross rental ’ instead of a ‘ rateable value . ’ |
| 4 | His judicial appointments were much criticized on the ground in effect that ‘ Halsbury appointed to the High Court , and to a lesser extent to the county court , men of little or no legal learning whose previous career in public life had been largely in the service of the Conservative Party or else were relations of his own ’ . |
| 5 | This was an additional trimming to the single horse-mowing machines ( 3ft. –4ft wide ) which were daily used on the course by the club 's own employees . |
| 6 | Mona and Sheila were so poised on the edge of their own lives that they listened as if hearing about the living stream they were about to enter . |
| 7 | Mona and Shiela were so poised on the edge of their own lives that they listened as if hearing about the living stream they were about to enter . ’ |
| 8 | For all their virtues , I wish fewer members of the British Nuclear Forum were so hooked on the PWR . |
| 9 | All theatre and film calls were thoughtfully put on the noticeboard . |
| 10 | It is , nevertheless , interesting to note that the Council Decision 88/840 on the Vienna Convention and Montreal Protocol on the protection of the ozone layer , agreements which were obviously negotiated on the footing that they fell partly within Community competence and partly within the competence of the Member States , contained provisions which actually instructed the Member States as a matter of Community law to deposit their national instruments of ratification , acceptance , approval or accession , by 1 January 1989 . |
| 11 | Arsenal 's tours abroad were eagerly awaited on the Continent throughout the 1930s . |
| 12 | Marxists were generally agreed on the internationalization of the economic system . |
| 13 | Sheep were generally found on the more upland areas and were often ‘ herded ’ rather than farmed by full-time farmer/shepherds . |
| 14 | But that would seem a trifle if a request for something like $150 billion of western aid were soon to appear on the G7 's table . |
| 15 | Pre-Victorian pubs were largely run on the basis of waiter-service , following from the original concept that the pub was a house open to the public for refreshment — hence the term ‘ public house ’ . |
| 16 | The negotiations in my flat were largely conducted on the basis that the doctor delegates met in my dining-room , with Barbara and her colleagues — usually David Owen , Patrick Nairne and young Mr Straw — in my sitting-room , and I would occasionally take one or more from each delegation into my small study for a private talk . |
| 17 | These case studies were largely chosen on the basis of the extent of community involvement in the research and their interest in further land-related actions . |
| 18 | These were broadly based on the recommendations of the 1976 Stevens Committee Report on Planning Control over Mineral Workings , which proposed that mineral permissions should be reviewed periodically and modified , where necessary , to bring them up to date . |
| 19 | He was one of nine commanders , including Zhukov and Rokossovsky , whose pictures were prominently featured on the cover of Pravda on 13 December , and he was selected as a suitable subject for interview by foreign correspondents . |
| 20 | What needs to be done before you move in — repair or installation work that would make life very uncomfortable for you if you were already living on the premises . |
| 21 | Catkins were already fluttering on the nut hedge behind Albert 's house and the sky was a pale translucent blue , as tender as a thrush 's egg-shell . |
| 22 | Torches were already flaring on the castle walls when the first wagons carrying the dismantled mangonels rumbled across the drawbridge . |
| 23 | The king and his judges were already acting on the assumption that all ecclesiastical endowments within the realm were originally held by and from the crown , to which they should therefore revert if and when a church failed of its purpose . |
| 24 | The pillows and bedclothes were already piled on the floor . |
| 25 | By then , though , the television cameras were in place for the wedding , the cake had been baked , the crowds were already gathering on the pavement and the sense of happy anticipation was almost palpable . |
| 26 | The fleet had gone east to Lantic Bay that day , and the first boats were already returning on the first of the ebb . |
| 27 | Some bees were already crawling on the early clover . |
| 28 | Iraqi forces were already massing on the Kuwait border when Flight 149 took off from Heathrow at 6.05pm on August 1 , 1990 after a two-hour delay . |
| 29 | The Marmite and plum jam sandwiches were already curling on the trestle table under the walnut tree . |
| 30 | The four SROs have evolved largely through the choice of the financial institutions and intermediaries themselves , and there is no suggestion that these were arbitrarily placed on the financial system . |