Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] at [pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question of a regional convention in this whole field was put on the agenda of the Committee in 1975 and detailed reports were considered at its Twentieth Session in 1979 and its Twenty-Second Session in 1981 . |
| 2 | Roughs , based on my general knowledge of the subject , were presented at my first meeting with the ‘ team ’ and accepted in principle . |
| 3 | Always think how the passage would look if the bass were written at its true pitch instead of an octave higher . |
| 4 | When she 'd learned that Ben and Carole Meadows were staying at their beach-front cottage Laura had somehow assumed that it would be a very small , modest building . |
| 5 | The 46-year-old businessman has been missing since the bodies of his family were found at their luxury home in San Diego on Thursday . |
| 6 | The 46-year-old businessman has been missing since the bodies of his family were found at their luxury home in San Diego on Thursday . |
| 7 | It 's claimed cannabis and counterfeit dollars were found at their rented villa . |
| 8 | Katherine found herself smiling happily as if the compliment were directed at her own home . |
| 9 | The observations made there by Lee , his friends and assistants were published at his own expense in several volumes . |
| 10 | In 1953 he was placed at his own request on the Academy 's retired list . |
| 11 | As the two British scientists wrote their reports through the night , Sam Somerville was received at her own request by the committee in the Situation Room beneath the West Wing . |
| 12 | He was gazing at her left cheekbone , though , and absently swatting the air . |
| 13 | Charlotte was gazing at its aimless explosion of colour when her hostess returned , still smiling broadly , and extended a hand in formal greeting . |
| 14 | Niyazov had been leader of the republican Communist Party until it was dissolved at its 25th Congress on Dec. 16 , 1991 , and then became leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Turkmenistan . |
| 15 | Regina , younger and less assertive than Herta , was visited at her foster home by an RCM worker : |
| 16 | Was he being paranoid to imagine that she was looking at her fellow switchboard operators , rolling her eyes , one hand over the receiver , saying , ‘ It 's him ! |
| 17 | One day when she was looking at her pretty face in the mirror , she thought of another date , even more important — her own death . |
| 18 | He was discovered by his father , who at first did n't realise he was looking at his own son . |
| 19 | And he was looking at his own face . |
| 20 | He was buried at his own request , in Glasgow . |
| 21 | Although Mr Cross was perturbed at his strange encounter , he dismissed his consternation and decided that she must have been a village girl who had watched the train and then returned home . |
| 22 | She told Susan Coltman the friendship had started while Paula was living with her parents and Gilfoyle was staying at their new home in Grafton Drive , Upton , as it was being renovated . |
| 23 | She told Susan Coltman the friendship had started while Paula was living with her parents and Gilfoyle was staying at their new home in Grafton Drive , Upton , as it was being renovated . |
| 24 | Oh , hell , he was staring at her left breast and his eyes were glittering . |
| 25 | She knew someone 's shaking hands were on Damian 's tie , pulling it loose , pushing his dark blue jacket to the floor , but they could n't be her hands — she would n't do such a thing ; and as their hoarse breathing mingled further she realised his shirt was completely unbuttoned and that she was staring at his bare chest and it was exactly as she had known it would be . |
| 26 | Canon Wheeler was seated at his enormous desk in front of the ghastly picture of Marsyas . |
| 27 | The apothecary was sitting at his small desk under the open window but rose , laughing and clapping his hands as he recognised Corbett . |
| 28 | And I was sitting at his right hand . |
| 29 | In all cases not so far defined the pixel was left at its previous value . |
| 30 | The Ipswich equaliser came following a disputed corner , but Dalglish 's fury was directed at his own defence rather than the match official . |