Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] with [noun] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Troops from Benghazi lined the perimeter of the playground , and were posted with machine-guns on the roofs of buildings overlooking the election . |
| 2 | For example , when words which should have stress on the first syllable were said with stress on the second syllable , they were misinterpreted . |
| 3 | Prior to the spill in May , however , the workers were provided with information on the hazards of asbestos by the Cork Noxious Industry Action Group ( CNIAG ) a group organized by political and ecological activists drawn mainly from the anti-nuclear movement . |
| 4 | Almost as soon as he commenced taking evidence , Beveridge was inundated with memoranda on the needs of the elderly . |
| 5 | The correspondence of members of parliament was filled with information on the state of health of incumbents in order that timely application might be made for the posts should they die or retire from service . |
| 6 | Matthew was born with water on the brain . |
| 7 | It was packed with people on the front . |
| 8 | He began to speculate that the ley was marked with hawthorns on the lower ground , pines on the higher ground , and that the double planting around the tumulus was to mark the changeover . |
| 9 | His car was found with bloodstains on the steering-wheel . |
| 10 | It was not until September when she was spotted with Charles on the banks of the River Dee at Balmoral by the royal reporter , James Whittaker , that anyone was any the wiser . |
| 11 | Cowley was talking with Interpol on the phone . |