Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] [verb] at [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously this was challenged at some point . |
| 2 | The extraordinary thing was that the man who was begging me to go and tell the world about this was expecting at any moment to hear that he had been appointed to one of the most senior jobs in the Iraqi government . |
| 3 | This was to look at another model to try to assess which model suits Nottingham best . |
| 4 | You know , it 's bad defending , but we looked a different side second half , and not much was said at half time . |
| 5 | Given this broad context , the purposes of this article are threefold : to outline some of the complexities of the payments situation in the period 1945–51 ; to discuss some of the military expenditure and foreign policy aspects of that situation , and how these were debated at this time ; and , finally , to examine one of the most politically problematic aspects of balance-of-payments policy in this period : its impact on the sterling area in general and the colonies in particular . |
| 6 | In the case of the Colleges , the increased delegation of responsibilities bought about by new legislation warranted the introduction of new endeavours , or changes to existing ones , and the analysis helped to identify where these were required at all levels . |
| 7 | We had to pay er there was two lots of erm tyres , there was one set of buses were fitted with and another one with or I forget which it was there but I know those three were involved at some time or other and we used to record the mileage , send it off to them , showing what each bus ran during the month . |
| 8 | Like Fyfe , all three were to remain at these places until the end of their working lives . |
| 9 | Over half of the staff of 62 were interviewed at some point , many more than once — a total of 66 interviews altogether . |
| 10 | The historical texts were confined to enumerating the kings who lived in those troubled years and do not give any indication that something important was occurring at that time . |
| 11 | Roughly a third of the population are estimated to have suffered directly from the bombing : more than a quarter of homes in Germany were damaged in some way ; fourteen million persons lost some property through bombing ; between seventeen and twenty millions were deprived at some time of electricity , gas , or water ; nearly five millions had to evacuate because of ‘ air terror ’ ; 305,000 people were killed . |
| 12 | We should remember that very little was known at that time about the ways in which the ovaries influence distant organs . |
| 13 | We have not yet as a nation fully acknowledged the wrong that was done at that time , and we have not fully rejected it . |
| 14 | This was an intelligence test that was taken at that time by all children who wanted state education . |
| 15 | The logical erm conclusion from that was to look at some form of tertiary education and that is what the County Council went out to consultation on . |