Example sentences of "were [vb pp] on [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A customer asked Sarah if her brother had been near Guernica in Spain when bombs were dropped on it from aeroplanes . |
| 2 | I shall have more to say the plaintiff 's young life when I deal with the reports that were written on her from her school when dealing with the loss of future earnings . |
| 3 | Honorary degrees were conferred on him by Oxford ( 1957 ) , Natal ( 1962 ) , and Edinburgh ( 1974 ) . |
| 4 | Davis touched his forelock and then glanced towards the Oaks , as though conscious that George 's eyes were fixed on him with a disturbing intensity . |
| 5 | His eyes were fixed on her with such intensity that she felt as if that dark brown gaze were burning her skin . |
| 6 | David 's eyes were fixed on her with an intensity she had n't seen before . |
| 7 | She sat quite still and her eyes were fixed on me with a curious , dark look of sympathy mixed with something else . |
| 8 | In January also he had to speak at Pusey House in Oxford on " The Lambeth Conference and Education " , but one student 's disappointment at his performance on this occasion suggests the strain and lack of preparedness which were forced on him during this period : " In questions Mr Eliot was most feeble and hesitant , humming and hawing much and throwing back the questions with " Is that not what I said ? " or " Does it not prove my point ? " |
| 9 | ‘ No nomes were left on it in hibernation or anything ? ’ |