Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] at [art] [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Greece was criticized at the conference as having the worst record among participating countries . |
| 2 | The libretto was regarded at the radio as something of a masterpiece of translation and from time to time suitable composers had been sought . |
| 3 | I was looking at the garden as I came in , I thought I might have , even though I did n't know the number |
| 4 | He had been employed in the 1960s by the firm , which was known at the time as Maranite Ltd , when asbestos fibre was used to make boards for doors for the shipbuilding industry . |
| 5 | Artai was staring at the table as he spoke . |
| 6 | This decision was criticised at the time as unnecessarily ambitious , both by visiting American engineers ( who were unused to Britain 's highly integrated planning approach ) and by the press , but the BEA 's experience was to prove the critics wrong . |
| 7 | That and the rain , which stained the concrete a dirty brown , gave the place a deserted look even during term-time , but the fact that it was so close to London meant that it really was deserted at the weekends as students and staff headed for the bright lights . |