Example sentences of "be [vb pp] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It bursts at internals to release into the atmosphere an enormous number of rusty-red spores which are carried on the breeze to germinate in distant damp timber , starting the process afresh . |
| 2 | Genes controlling coat pattern are carried on the X chromosome and if one X carries a gene that gives colour and the other X carries an inactive gene , the different patches of tissue containing the different inactivated X chromosomes show up as patches of different colours . |
| 3 | The eggs need to be well protected since they are carried on the wind , continually exposed to the sun 's fierce rays , and blown across the sand . |
| 4 | At the head of the parade was a blue banner bearing the words ‘ Civil Rights March ’ , which had been carried on the Coalisland — Dungannon march . |
| 5 | A variety of cargoes , as diverse as Britain 's industries , has been carried on the inland waterways . |
| 6 | The linoleum tiles in the middle area of the floor were rimmed by some new type of carpet , there was a false ceiling and false blinds had been hung on the walls . |
| 7 | She said how the old people 's sitting room had been livened up when a few pictures of old Barnsley had been hung on the walls . |
| 8 | A little mirror had been hung on the wall of the dressing area . |
| 9 | A plaque had been hung on the gates : ‘ Fierce Dog — Beware ’ . |
| 10 | In the dust of the great Ein Helweh Palestinian camp just east of Sidon , cheap copies of Roberts ' prints — of Nablus , of Hebron , of Jericho and Jerusalem — are hung on the cement walls of refugee shacks , behind uncleaned glass , sometimes held in place by Scotch tape and glue . |
| 11 | In the main part of the building the paintings are hung on the first and second floors . |
| 12 | There are other accessories you can use to increase the impact of the picture , including cords , tassels and ribbons that could be added to pictures when they are hung on the wall . |
| 13 | And I 'm carried on the tide |
| 14 | They are planning a 100 per cent digital phone system that will enable voice images and data to be carried on the line . |
| 15 | Young may be carried on the snout of the mother if they are in distress ( or stillborn ) , a behaviour that is also sometimes extended to humans in distress . |
| 16 | Pottery materials continued to be carried on the canal until the 1960s . |
| 17 | Mrs Southey had asked Sarah to visit so they could ‘ talk over the American affair ’ , and it may by then have seemed inevitable to Sarah that she too would be carried on the Pantisocratic tide . |
| 18 | The station was filled with hissing steam engines ( well , it was some time back ) and one decided to belch , steam and whistle just as we passed , thus managing to blow the youngest daughter 's mind , who demanded to be carried on the spot — and at frequent intervals during the rest of the adventure . |
| 19 | Perhaps I think it beneath my dignity to let myself be carried on the spontaneous flood , employing my divine gift of reason only to navigate on the course of greatest awareness . |
| 20 | The crew will be volunteers from the Midlands and a special headboard will be carried on the front of the locomotive , one of the Ffestiniog 's unique double engines . |
| 21 | A bar will also be carried on the train . |
| 22 | As the wind begins to build , the boom should continue to be carried on the centreline and you should not attempt to sheet the main using the vang : because the boom is so long , the mainsheet is a more effective control . |
| 23 | They might very well , for example , relate to the sorts of implements that may be carried on the procession which even if they are not offensive weapons at the beginning of the procession may become so during its course . |
| 24 | Well it used to be carried on the back and . |
| 25 | However , a surge in voltage of this nature , short-lived or not , may be carried on the mains to other equipment in the vicinity . |
| 26 | Will he ensure that sufficient facilities are made available north of Manchester and Liverpool to allow people and freight to be carried on the trains ? |
| 27 | No deferred tax asset should be carried on the balance sheet . |
| 28 | PLEASE NOTE : ONLY INFORMATION GIVEN ON THE NEW FORMS WILL BE CARRIED ON THE BACK PAGE OF THE NEXT ISSUE OF LEADS . |
| 29 | The bodymaker passed the doors to the finishers , who in turn passed them on to the french polishers ; the doors then moved along to those whose work it was to hang them in position , the operations being so arranged that the polished door was completed just at the point where it was to be hung on the coach . |
| 30 | As far as the extent of this limited edition being only 200 is concerned , my only reservations are outlined above : namely that a guitar is designed to be used and not coveted wholly as an objet d'art to be hung on the wall , which I suspect is exactly where the bulk of these models are likely to end up . |