Example sentences of "on [pron] [was/were] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It comprised a platform raised on baulks above the truck on which was mounted a rectangular water tank . |
| 2 | Susan was beginning , when just ahead of them they saw a little thatched inn and outside it a big wooden board on which was painted a half-moon . |
| 3 | Inside is a circular canal enclosing a small island on which was built a fine pavilion with domed halls and a central fountain . |
| 4 | The whole school would be assembled in the street , Mr. Windust being in charge , whilst the official party sat in the Rectory Garden , just behind the top of the wall on which was draped a huge Union Jack . |
| 5 | On the front of the astrolabe there was a thin plate ( the tympan ) on which was engraved a stereographic projection of the lines of altitude and azimuth ( angular distance along the horizon ) as they would be for an observer at a given latitude . |
| 6 | His Messerschmitts all featured yellow-painted noses on which was superimposed a red heart ; they also carried the script S emblem of the Geschwader . |
| 7 | On it was written a short list which he read through quickly . |