Example sentences of "were [verb] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Processions were headed by fife and drum , banners proclaimed " bread or blood " , loaves were carried on pikes . |
| 2 | This drop was overcome by means of an inclined plane , up and down which the loaded barges were carried on trolleys . |
| 3 | The bodies of these cars were carried on channel steel underframes and there were steel platform bearers . |
| 4 | As was customary a number of items such as galvanised baths , water cans and garden implements were hung on hooks outside , below the fascia . |
| 5 | It was Dubois , however , who called the Doctor 's attention to a small ante-chamber in which several grotesque fish and toads were hung on hooks beside dried roots . |
| 6 | The board yesterday decided to close 11 of its 77 community clinics after it was told that studies had shown that doctors ' practices were taking on responsibility for child health surveillance . |
| 7 | No that 's right , as I say but erm anyway then after that when I left at say sixteen , you see , er er er a friend of ours who was a railway clerk at Needham Station came and told us that they were taking on girls on the Railway Company and would I like to do it and so of course I had to pass exams and er actually , can I read some notes that |
| 8 | Some years ago in , in New York I think it was the stores were taking on father Christmases . |
| 9 | What was this war coming to and where would it all end when they were taking on lassies to help fight it ? |
| 10 | Delegates to the conference were taken on field trips to see the devastation . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | interviews were taken on tours and I saw some of them go down the hill |