Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] on an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , that section is worded exceptionally widely and would empower the Secretary of State to undertake root-and-branch reforms of the whole process of transferring shares , whether or not these were listed on an exchange . |
| 2 | In general , users were treated on an out-patient basis , living at home in the community and visiting the clinic at intervals . |
| 3 | STRANGE things were happening on an Ulster hillside last week . |
| 4 | Space group is P 2 1 2 1 2 , with cell dimensions a=53.56 , b=45.46 , c=29.88 A. The X-ray source was an Enraf-Nonius FR571 rotating-anode generator operated at 45kV , 95mA , with copper radiation and a graphite monochromator ; data were collected on an Enraf-Nonius FAST area detector diffractometer . |
| 5 | The screen dumps were produced on an Epson LX-80 printer . |
| 6 | Whenever possible treatments were performed on an outpatient basis . |
| 7 | Whenever possible laser and radiotherapy were performed on an outpatient basis although many patients came from long distances so radiotherapy had to be given as an inpatient . |
| 8 | The first May I fell out my garden and put my elbow out , this , this , this one right out which makes it awkward for me to use now , you know , I , I put that right out and therefore erm I had to go at , up to hospital and put that right and the follow the following , the following May my bed caught alight with electric blanket and that blazed all up , had my , had my bed all alight my double bed , the electric blanket and I 'd only just had it serviced and that went , that was the second May and the third May we were going on an outing me and erm Arthur that was lodging with me and he , we got out of the taxi at Parndon and it , he just collapsed and died at me feet so that 's the , that was the end of that and I 've been living here you know , since he went , and erm I used to be able to get anywhere with one stick cos I had arthritis in this right hip you see , I could get anywhere with one stick in the taxi , or anywhere and I went to my son 's , er which is now coming , I 've been here about twelve years in this bungalow , er eight years erm , eight years ago in No this November gone , I went down to my son 's , it was rather slippery and he took me down in the car and I , as I got out erm the car I said to him mind it 's very slippery , he said I wo n't let you fall mother he said , so I went in , but as I came out with one stick he still had n't got anything down , you know , if it had been a , a sort of erm sand or something down I would n't of slipped and I got half way in his car and out I fell and caught this left hip on the step , on the step and I dislocated my hip and it 's right out of the socket like that , it should be , and I ca n't have it put back because I 've had several coronaries in my life time and I can not have it put back you see |
| 9 | Pensions and unemployment payments were based on an insurance scheme , the funds for which were raised by taxes levied on both workers and employers . |
| 10 | After a few moments he realized they were flying on an interception course . |
| 11 | Fertilized zebrafish eggs were injected on an agarose ramp through the intact chorion and into the yolk . |
| 12 | In 1969 he became a battery commander in the 47th Light Regiment , RA , at Yeovil , though four months of this period were spent on an emergency tour with 4th Battery in Belfast . |
| 13 | Recordings were printed on an ink jet chart recorder ( Siemens Mingograf ) at 3.1 mm per second . |
| 14 | The PCR amplified DNA samples ( 15% ) were run on an agarose gel and the different fragments purified using the PCR Prep kit ( Promega ) . |
| 15 | Data were stored on an Apple Macintosh II microcomputer and analysed through commercially available statistical software ( Statview II , Abacus concepts ) . |
| 16 | In studies 1 , 2 , and 3 children were tested on an animal classification task ( 1 and 2 ) and on a construction task |
| 17 | Lee Dowson , 12 , from West Auckland , and Duncan Robertson , 21 , from Catterick Village , were stranded on an island on the River Tees at Dalton at about 7pm . |
| 18 | The Council 's senior officers were involved in frequent contacts with other bodies : meetings were held on an officer basis with the UGC and the CVCP , the DES , and the professional bodies in those fields covered by the CNAA 's validation work . |
| 19 | Long before dawn , I was propped on an elbow , with a warming mug of tea and a few verses of Romans . |
| 20 | A drop of the clear supernatant fluid was placed on an agar plate , which had previously been thickly planted with M. lysodeikticus , and the plate was incubated at 37°C. for 24 hours , when it showed a copious growth of the coccus , except in the region where the nasal mucus had been placed . |
| 21 | Everything was arranged on an oak buffet against the wall . |
| 22 | The future and the past of the world was gathered on an island for everyone to see and speculate with awe . |
| 23 | This thought occurred to me as I was reflecting on an article which suggested that the industry 's problems of yesterday were very much the same as those of today and that no real progress was possible because of the vested interest of the institutions of the industry . |
| 24 | Although it was developed on an IBM mainframe , the same business requirements have been taken and the package is available on IBM 's AS/400 , on Unix and on ICL mainframes . |
| 25 | I was once advised that the best way to avoid jumping the gun during intercourse was to concentrate on an image that offered the minimum in erotic possibilities . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's amazing that a multi-million pound industry was built on an animal nobody knew anything about , ’ Dr Jones says . |
| 27 | At first the boot and shoemaking industry was organized on an outwork basis from the towns . |
| 28 | If A Song to David , in which he attempted a new and regular form of the ode , was written on an upswing of creativity at the beginning of a psychotic episode , and the psalms translation made during convalescence afterwards , Jubilate Agno is particularly important because its internal dates strongly suggest it was composed during his confinement , and from day to day of his illness , during the period 27 July to 30 January 1763 , just before his release . |
| 29 | A circle of 189.26mm radius ( representing the 2.94 miles radius ) was drawn on an acetate sheet and the resulting overlay superimposed on the map . |
| 30 | She was lying on an examination couch before she realised that he had undressed , as well . |