Example sentences of "was [verb] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ I was kneeling down on the beach beside a lake when I felt this appallingly painful tingling sensation in my knee . |
| 2 | Elizabeth was propped up on the pillows , with the baby lying in the cradle by the bed . |
| 3 | She was propped up on the sofa near her open window which commanded an excellent view of the whole of Canons ' Court . |
| 4 | The hour of the evening consultation was posted up on the doctor 's door as being 6 p.m ; no final time was mentioned . |
| 5 | Einstein 's solution was to fall back on the old Romantic notion of the Imagination , suspending his disbelief in order to conduct what he called a " thought experiment " . |
| 6 | The only way to deal with him was to fall back on the technique that had always served her best . |
| 7 | Now a mile or two ahead , we could see a white line where the swell was crashing up on the fringing reef . |
| 8 | peace was patched up on the basis of the status quo but military victory made it impossible to destroy the new Bulgarian union . |
| 9 | Quite apart from the blunder there was one moment near the end of the game when he was walking around on the stage of Sadler 's Wells , unaware for a few minutes that it was his move . |
| 10 | That had been their agreement , and , if she was walking out on the deal earlier than expected , it was as much his fault as hers . |
| 11 | ( At their first overhaul , this batch were given full internal bulkheads and an extra seat was squeezed in on the top deck . ) |
| 12 | As the coffin was lifted up on the shoulders of the men , Carmella stood and reached out her hand to touch its wood at Joey 's shoulder . |
| 13 | In 1985 a land-drainage scheme was carried out on the river Erewash near Eastwood in Nottinghamshire . |
| 14 | 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 : |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It was carried out on the orders of Salim Al-Makesh to give himself time to flee the terrorist base before Delta destroyed it . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | From the time of Laurence little work was carried out on the Palace and it was again allowed to fall into decay . |
| 19 | Research was carried out on the stability of such ferries , which took some time . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It was carried back on the blowing sand , but it moved unhurriedly forward . |
| 22 | John was astounded to learn Carol had entered him in the competition only mum Linda was let in on the secret . |
| 23 | John was astounded to learn Carol had entered him in the competition only mum Linda was let in on the secret . |
| 24 | The doctor was pledged to secrecy , and an iron curtain of security was rung down on the headquarters lest news of the new commander 's prostration further demoralise the men with their backs to the Meuse . |
| 25 | I got out of Bullwood Hall on a Tuesday and I was picked up on the Thursday , two days later , for robbery . |
| 26 | It was picked up on the fourth ring by an answerphone . |
| 27 | Carolyn was picking up on the movements of the three women , which had seemed so mysteriously random at first . |
| 28 | The government 's response to mounting criticism was to crack down on the principal advocates of reform . |
| 29 | The engine was started up , revving violently as the car was turned round on the narrow road . |
| 30 | An amendment that the palace be run jointly with the Graduate Union was turned down on the grounds that ‘ the Graduates are too old and it 's bad for their health . ’ |