Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout the insertion procedure , pressure and pH were displayed continuously on a computer monitor for identification of the lower oesophageal sphincter . |
| 2 | AN EPIC match , of huge social and political significance beyond the narrow confines of Barbados , had almost everything save perhaps a crowd , and reached an enthralling climax on the final morning when South Africa , needing only 79 runs with eight wickets remaining for an historic victory in their first Test for 22 years , were swept away on a floodtide of West Indian pride and aggression . |
| 3 | Then he learnt that she was the man 's daughter , and frivolous thoughts were swept away on a tide of sympathy . |
| 4 | Perhaps if we can parody the eight gramophone records , and ask the question , ‘ If you were cast away on a desert island , which eight plants would you wish to have with you ? ’ there is no doubt that the rose would be the first choice for most people . |
| 5 | Children observed different metal objects ( a nail , a tin can , wire wool and a copper pipe ) which were left outside on a plastic tray . |
| 6 | Deputies were elected both on a constituency basis and as representatives of official bodies like the Academy of Sciences , the trade unions and so on . |
| 7 | Under the new arrangement , which had been hotly contested by France and was approved only on a majority vote , each member state was to be allowed 15,000 two-month permits a year which would allow unlimited cabotage rights within the EC . |
| 8 | However , this conclusion was based solely on a comparison of income support levels with supplementary benefit rates . |
| 9 | Attention was focused instead on a witch-hunt of an isolated French communist party articulating working class demands but marginalised by dead-end sectarian politics . |
| 10 | Alex fidgeted impatiently as Miles was brought forth on a stretcher , ignoring the welfare of the Base Coordinator completely . |
| 11 | ‘ I gave him a good whacking , ’ Wally told police as he was taken away on a stretcher . |
| 12 | Marathon leader , Britain 's Francis Tuthill was more cautious but still spun the Porsche twice and was passed once on a stage by second-placed Australian Ian Vaughan ( Ford Falcon ) . |
| 13 | Bristol was poised here on a cusp between two styles , and a few years later ( 1754–55 ) in the sadly lost Assembly Rooms on Prince Street , Thomas was able to press his Rococo leanings even further . |
| 14 | SPAR was tested mainly on a corpus of 23 texts averaging nine sentences in length . |
| 15 | AN open verdict was recorded yesterday on a solicitor found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in his car , which had a tube attached to its exhaust . |