Example sentences of "were [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pulled down my damp bloomers and changed them for a warm , dry pair that were hanging on the line over the fire . |
| 2 | Some were hanging on the brambles and a few flat , wet clots were lying well out in open ground beyond the clump . |
| 3 | Harris , his coachman , was up on the driving box , while Lord John 's groom and valet were bringing on the saddle horses behind . |
| 4 | The burdens were carried on the back , the weight being supported by a tump-line across the forehead . |
| 5 | Survey ships were carried on the Navy List , but Navy personnel remained aboard on sufferance only . |
| 6 | Passengers had perforce to ride , and goods were carried on the backs of packhorses or mules . |
| 7 | Amongst the curiosities was a series of Tradescant portraits , which were hung on the gallery walls . |
| 8 | His jackets were hung on the backs of chairs , his triumphantly acquired groceries were stacked in the sitting-room , his cigar butts filled the ashtrays and his glasses had made rings on the surface of the poolside table . |
| 9 | In this sense , the modern humanities were taking on the mantle worn by classics in earlier centuries , as a central cultural frame of reference . |
| 10 | MAJOR-GENERAL Michael Skinner , who has died aged 60 , was Director General , Weapons , from 1986 to 1988 , when many important decisions were taken on the future equipment of the Army . |
| 11 | On 7 October there began the debate on the revised version of the document on the missionary activity of the Church , and on 11 October votes were taken on the schemas on religious life and priestly formation in the seminaries . |
| 12 | If it appears that the original decisions were taken on the basis of assumptions which have not stood the test of time it is as well to re-run the exercise . |
| 13 | The readings were taken on the right arm of the seated subject after a minimum of 10 minutes ' rest . |
| 14 | As working volunteers of a fraternal railway we were taken on the strength of the Llangollen railway for the day , and , clad in our reflective waistcoats , we were conducted along the track , first on foot , then on the ‘ Neptune ’ , a diesel track inspection vehicle . |
| 15 | The judge said Mr and Mrs Lauder conceded that from May 1972 effective steps were taken on the landowners ' behalf to assert a right to exclude the public . |
| 16 | as if a finger were put on the naked soul ! |
| 17 | The Lincoln Red was at first known as the Lincolnshire Red Shorthorn : it originated when eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Durham and Yorkshire Shorthorn bulls were put on the large , rugged , pied Old Lincolnshire short-horned draught cows which could withstand all the weather thrown at this east coast county by the cold North Sea winds . |
| 18 | When they were switched on the lights flooded out across the bare , flat expanse of moorland just beyond the perimeter of their property . |