Example sentences of "that [was/were] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | As fig. 5.12 shows , these subjects learned the test more readily than did control subjects that were trained on the same task but had received initial Pavlovian training in which the tone and clicker were uncorrelated with reinforcer type . |
| 2 | yeah , but he was here the other Sunday and he , he , they were , he , he was reading my paper and he come back and he the following Sunday he said you have n't got last Sunday 's paper mum , I said I do n't know I might , oh I think I threw it out , anyway just happened to find it , it was something he read of some woman that were meddling on the pools and the , the , what she 'd used , you know and the |
| 3 | Darwin 's theory threw the relationship between the organism and its environment into a new light by stressing the pressures that were exerted on any population by limitations of resources . |
| 4 | Virginia hams were taken from pigs that were fed on peanuts and peaches while those producing Smithfield hams enjoyed a diet of acorns and other nuts . |
| 5 | Thus , Becker , in his historical survey of the numerous monographs published on the subject in the hundred years up to 1950 , notes that the vast majority had reached that conclusion ; though he also comments on the many different interpretations that were placed on the evidence . |
| 6 | She shared their hurt at the way they were sometimes treated , and was angered by the restrictions that were placed on them . |
| 7 | When psychologists have told us things that were based on intuition rather than science many of those things have been important . |
| 8 | The depths they had dived to , that were recorded on the sheets before her , were exceptional . |
| 9 | In Butler 's appeal there were two procedural defects that were relied on . |
| 10 | This picture can either be given as a present for a ninetieth birthday , or made from some flowers that were presented on the day itself . |
| 11 | I was fascinated by the nearly naked figures of ladies in different positions that were painted on it . |
| 12 | Reprisals , they say , for those raids that were made on the Kasbah . ’ |
| 13 | Can I say that we ourselves have also been drafting a set of criteria , er taking on board the various points that were made on Friday morning . |
| 14 | Okay , in terms of the first bit , all it 's completed is the number of quiffs that were raised on each of these audits . |
| 15 | She had seen the jobs that were done on other people 's houses . |
| 16 | They had found a patch of clean sand half-shaded by the rocks that were heaped on one side of the little cove . |
| 17 | I shall have more to say the plaintiff 's young life when I deal with the reports that were written on her from her school when dealing with the loss of future earnings . |
| 18 | Right , the the comments that were written on the , the sheets on the literature basically . |
| 19 | The content of these remarks she could guess all too easily from the pin-ups that were displayed on walls and pillars everywhere , pages torn from soft-porn magazines depicting glossy-lipped naked women with bulging breasts and buttocks , pouting and posturing indecently . |
| 20 | However , as items that were merged on word-lists were commonly differentiated in conversational styles ( and speakers sometimes actually commented on that fact ) , it seems possible that some speakers may favour the flip-flop rule in casual style and the merger in word-lists . |
| 21 | He inclined his head , and the gesture should have seemed courteous , yet Charity was struck by a certain mockery in it , and in the eyes that were narrowed on her face with unrelenting and not totally flattering interest . |
| 22 | However , when Mary stood up and took hold of the reins that were trailing on the ground , she thrashed the horse with her cane . |
| 23 | Liabilities for benefits that were agreed on the average cost basis will not be recomputed , however . |
| 24 | Fact recognition method it 's a piece of hardware and one of the things that 's clear actually is that er the Alexander worlds and all sorts of other people that were working on this do n't look at them in this way and they look at these as I say ram blocks . |
| 25 | And May leant forward from her chair and stroked the cat and its kitten that were lying on the rug before the blazing coal fire . |
| 26 | We ate a day 's supply at a time , so there was never anything much in the house overnight except bread for breakfast and the staples that were bought on Saturday . |
| 27 | And I assure you it was n't to wipe your nose , it was to bring home any surplus cakes , that were left on the table . |
| 28 | Now then that were left on the |
| 29 | ONCE upon a time , whether you produced pots that were thrown on a wheel or hand-made and slab-sided , there were only a limited number of variables . |
| 30 | At any rate , they are the best marks that were to appear on his performance schedule over the next four years , when his average ran at 56.4 per cent . |