Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [vb pp] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I refused to have a mastectomy and I see now in terms of theory , that I was stagemanaged at various points on the production line , into trying to turn me into a well-behaved patient by traumatising me by saying ‘ If you do n't do what we tell you … ’ or ‘ You 're being very naughty ’ or ‘ You 're being hysterical ’ , or ‘ We have n't got time to deal with all these questions , we 'd never get round ’ , and so on . |
| 2 | It arose because of my meeting George Wigg in the army , whom I had encountered when I was based at Southern Command headquarters and he was at the same headquarters as a Lieutenant-Colonel in charge of army education , where he had already established a reputation for ruthless eccentricity . |
| 3 | The manual operation of broadcasting a recognition signal to the platforms in orbit around Tarvaras had been duplicated simultaneously by four automatic sending stations which were situated at various points along the Simonova 's mainframe . |
| 4 | John Gadsby who travelled across France in 1855 found that he needed two greatcoats and a large travelling wrapper to keep himself warm even though the carriage was supplied with hot footwarmers which were renewed at certain stops along the route . |
| 5 | The various regional associations which were formed at various times in Eastern and Western Europe , in Africa , in the Middle East or in Latin America , rested either upon the predominance of one nation state over others in the region , or upon a limited agreement about a framework within which national economic interests could be more effectively pursued ; and they all showed themselves largely incapable of controlling the vigorous expression of such interests in periods of crisis . |
| 6 | Although it might have been possible to attempt some form of categorisation of the types of detail which were recalled at different risk levels , it is not clear that the data from this study are really powerful enough to support such an analysis . |
| 7 | An underground water supply serving the city of Peterborough , in eastern England , has been contaminated by pesticides which were dumped at nearby rubbish dumps . |
| 8 | It was a privilege for me to be invited to one of the Criterion Evenings which were held at irregular intervals at 24 Russell Square . |
| 9 | An agreement on family reunions and the exchange of art troupes which was reached at Red Cross talks in October 1989 [ for which see p. 36975 ] broke down Nov. 27 when the South Koreans refused to allow the revolutionary opera " The Flower Girl " to be performed in Seoul , the South Korean capital , saying that its content was political and contrary to Red Cross principles [ see p. 37041 ] . |
| 10 | Johnson converted , but then struck a poor clearance , which was fielded at full tilt by Dave Kenyon , driving Northern back to their line . |
| 11 | erm I just put that up , which should have been up while we were talking about money , which is erm the beautiful Oxford crown , which you can see downstairs , which was minted at New Inn Hall , the college that emptied , and was turned into the mint , mostly from college plate . |
| 12 | This meant that Blake was allocated a special cell which was changed at irregular intervals , that had to be examined every day , and Blake and the cell completely searched at least once a fortnight . |
| 13 | Dani Rothschild , issued a decree on June 9 which was aimed at encouraging investment . |
| 14 | ASEAN rejected the 1981 Soviet démarche , which was directed at ASEAN acceptance of the Heng Samrin regime in Kampuchea , despite the call in the same month by the Twenty-Sixth Soviet Party Congress for Asian participation in the settlement of regional disputes . |
| 15 | The exhumation of the body , which was buried at Great Casterton church , was ordered , but the Stamford and Rutland officials refused to co-operate , probably out of embarrassment if a different judgement were to be found . |
| 16 | As agreed bilaterally in January 1988 ( see pp. 35665 ; 35913 ) , France and West Germany proceeded with the formation of a joint troop brigade , which was established at partial strength on Oct. 2 , 1989 . |
| 17 | Because he did a programme actually on the B B C called the ‘ Vermarkt Hour ’ , which was beamed at German troops , and then possibly the third phase was the possibly the psychological warfare . |
| 18 | In contrast , the women who were booked at general practitioner units and delivered there had by far the lowest perinatal mortality rate ( 3.3/1000deliveries ) . |
| 19 | Adjustment for birth weight had the greatest effect on the perinatal mortality rates due to immaturity : the rate among women who were booked at general practitioner units and were delivered at hospital 1 fell from 3.6 to 1.0 . |
| 20 | Evidence from police and forensic officers said Mrs Prescott looked as if she 'd been sewing the hem of a curtain , when she was shot at close range in the back of the head . |
| 21 | Research showed that West Germans were more concerned with technical reliability than good performance , and so advertising there was directed at technical features such as bodywork , engine power , braking performance , speed , petrol consumption and so on . |
| 22 | er they also brought out some a good range of lighting fittings er , which you still see about again used well I , I remember putting one , you saying about putting lights at different levels , erm a staircase which was in a new house which was architect design and built and erm , the staircase was er more or less centrally in the house rather than be stuck against one wall and so it had a well and down the centre of the well we strung one of these lights with er five different glasses suspended on black flex five black flexes and erm these were shades made of heavy glass er the glass was n't painted it was coloured all the way through , er and erm they were called er Chelsea , Chelsea glasswork and erm these each had a lamp inside them well er about three inch diameter cylinders actually about eight inches long and they were hung at different heights er so that the lip behind the staircase and also of course there 's a staircase being where it was , it was in the centre of er , a , quite a large hallway for modern stand for modern standards and erm it of course was a feature of the hall as well . |
| 23 | Data to address these questions were collected largely by interview , and in order to study changes over time , they were collected at regular intervals . |
| 24 | The wind pressure on the rotors increased rapidly when they were rotated at full speed but levelled off at wind velocities beyond about 12 m/sec . |
| 25 | For instance , some coins of the Roman Emperor Severus Alexander found in Egypt fall into two stylistic groups , and the discovery that each group has different trace elements provides clear evidence that they were made at different mints . |
| 26 | They were arrested at separate locations in the city . |
| 27 | Yet it often happens that when a new kung fu student enters a kwoon , with pre-conceived ideas about fighting , and is shown basic techniques that look as though they were aimed at primary school level , he looks for more in those techniques than there actually is . |
| 28 | After discharge they were reviewed at weekly intervals and the volume of feed consumed was recorded daily throughout the four week period . |
| 29 | Things matter to the extent that they were discussed at considerable length and drafted with particular care . |
| 30 | There were District Officers , and there were Assistant District Officers , but they were stationed at regional headquarters where they functioned , not as independent administrators , but as assistants to the Resident : as late as 1921 the Resident at Kano declined to accept the posting of political officers to permanent stations in the districts . |