Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [conj] [verb] [adv prt] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The names of the gold winners were not known until the judges ' scores , which had been sealed , were opened and added up on the night . |
| 2 | Many young people like myself who were born and grew up on the flat albeit slightly rolling prairies , sometimes feel a yearning for the mountains and the sea , and I was no exception . |
| 3 | Yates is still struggling to recover from a serious knee operation that cost him his place as County were relegated and missed out on a lucrative ticket to the Premier League . |
| 4 | There was a swift flow of air through the room , and whatever it was moved and sat down on the chair . |
| 5 | I did as I was told and flopped down on a chair , but it gradually got worse and worse , and I felt as if I was going to be sick . |
| 6 | The 44-year-old director was born and brought up on a ranch in California , before attending military school and a spell in the Marines . |