Example sentences of "[noun] was [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nellie was sitting at the bedside . |
| 2 | Nellie was chuckling at the story . |
| 3 | The President , Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Keith Williamson and Lady Williamson were present when the Standard of the Association was paraded at the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall . |
| 4 | A short , stocky middle-aged man with thinning brown hair , a ruddy face and a twinkle in his eyes was standing at the doorway eyeing him . |
| 5 | Six weeks later Falconer was discovered at the base of the tower . ’ |
| 6 | On Tuesday morning , Falconer was found at the base of the tower , his neck broke , his head shattered . ’ |
| 7 | However , after the NL was disbanded at the outbreak of war , ex-members of this organization were to join the move towards a closer collaboration of anti-semitic , pro-nazi and peace movements . |
| 8 | At the house of the Chief Scribe , Reni 's major domo was waiting at the gate to meet them . |
| 9 | Eleanor was staring at the altar . |
| 10 | Within seconds one of the porters was knocking at the door to escort us down in case of trouble . |
| 11 | At a thanksgiving service her second in command was writing at the top of the steps for one of the leaders to arrive . |
| 12 | ‘ Is something the matter , princess ? ’ he asked , seeing that Meredith was staring at the handkerchief in consternation . |
| 13 | David Robson QC , defending , said Lee was a ‘ decent , caring , sensitive ’ girl whose mind was disturbed at the time . |
| 14 | Pion was staring at the sky . |
| 15 | Ballymena 's Paul Hardy was replaced at the start of the second half by Jason Gilmore who scored a hat trick for United 's Reserve team against Coleraine Res last night . |
| 16 | He was also tired and cold , and in between worrying that Prince Richard was lying at the bottom of the lake with a broken neck had been forced to entertain the idea that he himself might be less fit than he should be . |
| 17 | Local press also attended the event , organising a number of group photographs before tea was served at the end of the formalities . |
| 18 | The quiz was held at the end of the meeting . |
| 19 | Sullom Voe 's major tank maintenance programme was completed at the beginning of last month . |
| 20 | Surprisingly perhaps , this programme was initiated at the suggestion of the local Ford affiliate ( Baumann and Moreira , 1987 : p. 2 ) . |
| 21 | Over £1,500 was raised at the fete and this will be used to give 200 pensioners a slap-up Christmas dinner . |
| 22 | June 's first duty was to welcome Kay Evans as the Society 's new ‘ Caretaker ’ President : ( Kay was elected at the A.G.M. following the unanimous recommendation of the Executive Committee ) . |
| 23 | An active member of the police Superintendents Association , Mr McLean says that at a recent meeting disgust was expressed at the Met 's failure to hit back at criticism of this kind — such as the comment by Bernie Grant , MP for Tottenham , that the divisional chief in his constituency was ‘ incompetent . ’ |
| 24 | On Friday Madge Grimsilk was sitting at the back of the stalls again . |
| 25 | The next phase of the study was to look at the quality of these ponds in terms of the numbers of species of animals and plants they support , the water chemistry and the surrounding land use of each pond or loch . |
| 26 | Oh it was a horse-drawn , horse-drawn , there were no cars on the road in those days , I think I was one of the earliest to get knocked down by a car actually in Walsall , I was er , when we lived in Street he came down Street and immediately opposite there was a Co-op shop opposite Birds the fruitiers , and mother sent me down to the Co-op and the old trams used to run along the Pleck to Darlaston , Wednesbury and that way on and I ran across the road , past the Co-op the tram and a car must have just bumped into me and he knocked me down , a terrible commotion amongst the folks and could n't have hurt them much , because I got up and ran off , ran off home , so they were restricted in you see and the speed they could go in the car , but the car , the tram car was stopped at the bottom of Street , almost opposite the Co-op and er I must have just run across the road run into the car and more or less bounced off it I should think . |
| 27 | A big red Italian car was parked at the kerb . |
| 28 | A beautiful metallic green sports car was parked at the kerb . |
| 29 | Her car was parked at the side of the store , and she would have to walk through three or four departments before she could reach the outside door . |
| 30 | The vote was made at the request of Mitsotakis after he dismissed Foreign Minister Antonis Samaras and assumed the post himself on April 13 . |