Example sentences of "it [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , on the rateable value of the property , which was a value based on an assessment of what the property could earn if it were let out on the open market . |
| 2 | book , she wrote a list out what she wanted , she used to hand it , I remember , I 'd forgotten all about this , let's just say we were at the Co-Op , she 'd hand it in at the counter so the , the groceries counter all , and she 'd written it all out , and when it came back it was , was five minutes , it was all together for you , there it was , it was built up on the counter , and each time the amount was written at the side so |
| 3 | It was carried back on the blowing sand , but it moved unhurriedly forward . |
| 4 | It was carried out on the orders of Salim Al-Makesh to give himself time to flee the terrorist base before Delta destroyed it . ’ |
| 5 | It was picked up on the fourth ring by an answerphone . |
| 6 | It is worth lingering over Churchill 's ‘ overlord ’ experiment , as it was put back on the agenda of reform by Sir Douglas Wass , former Permanent Secretary to the Treasury , in his 1983 Reith Lectures . |
| 7 | It was burned down on the second anniversary of the Falklands War . |
| 8 | It was stretched out on the grass : standing , it would have almost reached my waist . |