Example sentences of "was carry [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1985 a land-drainage scheme was carried out on the river Erewash near Eastwood in Nottinghamshire . |
| 2 | Further expansion was carried out on the same basis , progressively moving through the model until more specific activities started to emerge , such as those that could be associated with component 8.7 , ie reduce costs : |
| 3 | As the twenty-two by thirty-two foot painting was too large to move , restoration work was carried out on the spot behind tarpaulins fitted with transparent panels to allow visitors — most of them drawn to the Salle des Fetes by the ‘ Mona Lisa ’ — to watch work in progress . |
| 4 | It was carried out on the orders of Salim Al-Makesh to give himself time to flee the terrorist base before Delta destroyed it . ’ |
| 5 | Norman had become a bit weary of struggling through the Edinburgh traffic jams from his home in Strathaven each day for 16 months since being asked by Peter Wood , then Managing Director of Financial Services Division , to take over the running of RBIS while a management consultancy exercise was carried out on the company by the Boston Consultancy Group . |
| 6 | From the time of Laurence little work was carried out on the Palace and it was again allowed to fall into decay . |
| 7 | Research was carried out on the stability of such ferries , which took some time . |
| 8 | Because of the two factor experimental design ( substance and site ) , two way analysis of variance ( ANOVA ) was carried out on the incremental hormone responses after the test stimuli . |
| 9 | It was carried back on the blowing sand , but it moved unhurriedly forward . |
| 10 | She put the tray she was carrying down on the wrought iron table . |