Example sentences of "it was [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before 1992 it was levied on the sale of securities , other property and land and buildings . |
| 2 | and it was just a case of erm pot luck , I would sort of brought it out and looked at it and , er no it was n't cooked , it was cooked on the edges so I turned it over and turned it round and put it back in again . |
| 3 | It was seen on the evening of the following Thursday , passing so slowly over Llanbadarn crossing that two motorists jumped the lights . |
| 4 | Much of this engineering work was wasted at the time , for it was done on the eve of the railway age and never put to good use — not until the twentieth century . |
| 5 | ‘ How did Lord Wittisham happen to have atropine with him , if it was done on the spur of the moment ? ’ |
| 6 | It was done on the receivers orders to stop disgruntled workers taking demonstration vehicles from the site . |
| 7 | The reason for that is it was done on the old viewing system . |
| 8 | It was hit on the head with a spade by my brother . |
| 9 | It was cut on the run with a small budget and only half the band : Ray arrived about halfway through and Roy joined later . |
| 10 | ‘ I could do with a cup of tea , Lydia , ’ she smiled and when it was placed on the table before her , she wrapped both hands round it in a gesture which seemed natural , here in her mother 's kitchen . |
| 11 | Geographically it was placed on the crossroads of Europe , to the north of the Apennines , between emperor and pope , on the main roads from Milan , Verona and Padua and accessible to Ravenna and Venice , and thus linked with the Adriatic . |
| 12 | It was geared on the top of the dome and er it was really er a gal gal galvanized tubes you know . |
| 13 | It was erected on the site of ancient fortifications dating from about 500 B.C. When it was built , the castle was at least fifty percent higher than the ruined portion still standing , and was complete with turrets , battlements and curtain walls . |
| 14 | The sun had moved so that it was setting on the roof of the building on the western side of the yard . |
| 15 | Rejecting this accusation , China claimed that it was drilling on the Chinese side of a north-south boundary line in the Gulf of Tonkin agreed in 1887 by China and France , Vietnam 's then colonial ruler . |
| 16 | It was framed on the principles of modern political economy . |
| 17 | Groups on the left opposed it on the grounds that IMF policies had damaged developing countries , and on the right it was opposed on the grounds of cost . |
| 18 | Part of a massive structure with walls 2 m ( 61 ft ) thick was discovered at the junction of Castle and Fisher Streets ; it was flanked on the west by a possible road running parallel to the main northwest to south-east axis . |
| 19 | The giant Czech , capped 40 times by his country , pulled out of their recent World Cup qualifier against Romania because it was played on the day before West Ham 's crunch derby at Millwall . |
| 20 | The next thing it was killed on the main the road ! |
| 21 | It was snowing on the day we resumed our northward journey . |
| 22 | THEORY OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION — It was formulated on the basis of population trends experienced during the period of transition from agrarian to industrialized economy in countries that are now economically developed . |
| 23 | It was situated on the flat ground at the head of Faetten Fjord near to the spot where the Tirpitz was moored . |
| 24 | The manager of the Commandery Centre , Richard Townsley says : ’ Worcester was a very important city geographically , it was situated on the roads across to Wales , down to Oxford and into London . |
| 25 | In the ensuing days the President 's health was closely monitored and , after a further burst of accelerated and irregular heart activity on May 7 , it was announced on the following day that the source of Bush 's condition was an over-active thyroid gland . |
| 26 | It was announced on the same day that " political committees " had been formed in the Occupied Territories . |
| 27 | Before building commenced it was decided on the advice of the architects , by now Spalding and Theakston , to raise the whole structure by 2 feet ; this , at a cost of £500 , would make the buildings more impressive when viewed from the railway , and also improve the drainage system . |
| 28 | I tried to pull the post out but I could n't , it was about six feet long and so it was dragging on the ground . |
| 29 | But then the property was not given to her ; it was given on the face of it to the trustee . |
| 30 | It was written on the wall just above my head : |