Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [conj] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were listed and marked on specially prepared maps ( 1/5000 scale ) and a full census of all residents was carried out shortly before the start of each trial . |
| 2 | ‘ To be fair , Kitty told us you were listed as killed on the Marne and by the time anyone found out the truth it was too late . ’ |
| 3 | They were completed and opened on 6 December 18 60 with places for 400 pupils . |
| 4 | For their part artists were experimenting and drawing on the insights provided by the colour theorists . |
| 5 | The payment was made without deduction of tax , and pension rights were treated as ending on 5 November 1979 . |
| 6 | Cases were won or lost on the facts , not the law . ’ |
| 7 | Both were interviewed and released on police bail pending inquiries . |
| 8 | Digested DNAs were precipitated and separated on sequencing polyacrylamide gels . |
| 9 | When District Officers were eventually allowed into the field they were watched like hawks by their senior officers for signs — an indication , it was said , of inaptitude or inexperience — of running things too directly , and promotions were made or denied on the extent to which they seemed , in the words of the Resident , Adamawa , to be ‘ imbued with the true spirit of Indirect Rule ’ . |
| 10 | For sure Cabinets were made and unmade on the floor of the House , but the Cabinet for its part could unmake the House of Commons because it enjoyed the right to ask for a dissolution and after the election it could look for support from amongst members in a new House of Commons . |
| 11 | Tax increases were avoided but spending on a wide variety of government programmes was frozen or limited ; one of the most controversial aspects of the budget was the plan to place a two-year freeze on increases in federal transfer payments to provinces for health care and secondary education programmes . |
| 12 | His bags were packed and waiting on the bed . |
| 13 | It did not occur to us that ‘ working in their usual way ’ might prove to be so different from what we were expecting that work on the project would be brought virtually to a standstill . |
| 14 | There was very definitely evidence of a zone in transition and these were marked as limits on the map , by observation of where the CBD finished and where there was a mixture of houses , shops and offices before the area became wholly residential . |
| 15 | Thanks to Walter Scott , the Honours were rediscovered and put on public display . |
| 16 | His children were hatched and grew on many different worlds . |
| 17 | Some girls were dancing and singing on the beach , leaping in and out of . |
| 18 | Two men and two women were arrested and released on police bail . |
| 19 | A spokesman for Liverpool police said : ‘ Two men were arrested and released on police bail pending further police inquiries . ’ |
| 20 | The influx of police marked a departure from the policy of restraint hitherto adopted by Police Commissioner Lee Brown ; 93 people were arrested or charged on Aug. 22 , compared with 49 arrests in the previous three days . |
| 21 | A number of the 115 prominent Somalis who signed a manifesto calling for the appointment of a caretaker government to restore human rights and law and order in June were detained and put on trial . |
| 22 | They were soaped and stretched on hands and ivory glove-stretchers while drying . |
| 23 | Mesenchyme cells were dissociated and smeared on microscope slides , air-dried , fixed in 4% formaldehyde , incubated with anti-BrdU antibody ( Boehringer-Mannheim ) and secondary fluorescein-tagged antibody . |
| 24 | A total of 180 one second frames were taken and stored on an online computer . |
| 25 | But such a misguided view fails to take into account first the " fusing " of the many experienced crews that served in the Force , and the pooling of operational expertise that followed the hard-won tactical procedures , and last but no means least the steady improvement of the boffinery devices that were tried and tested on the job by no less than Bennett in person . |
| 26 | Combinations of letters were discussed and rejected on various grounds . |
| 27 | Now , they were combined and synthesized on aesthetic principles which apparently did not always depend on the content of the subject matter , although it is difficult to be certain in an area such as this . |
| 28 | Unfortunately , the manner of his presentations and his attitude to criticism tended to alienate support for his case further , though his views were balanced and based on careful research . |
| 29 | Head teachers and other school teachers ( as well as lecturers in colleges ) were questioned and interviewed on their perceptions of the objectives and outcomes of the study skills courses being offered . |
| 30 | Most of them were massacred or tortured on their return . |