Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] at [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was enrolled at once in the village school which had two teachers who were sisters , one taking all the younger classes and the other the older children . |
| 2 | Bond was examined at 8.00pm on the Tuesday evening in the Crown & Anchor tavern in the Strand by Cline ( in the chair ) , Baillie , Abernethy , Home , Houlston and Cooper , with Coleman in attendance and W. Mounsher as secretary . |
| 3 | It was answered at once in the basement . |
| 4 | It was opened at once by the Town Clerk . |
| 5 | Vassall was recognised at once by the Russians in Moscow as a homosexual and blackmailed . |
| 6 | The pit-bull terrier was found at 5am in the Hilltop Garage on the Dean and Chapter Industrial Estate . |
| 7 | Salata was arrested at 12.05am outside the development of luxury homes , centred on a polo club , after reports from security guards that he had been repeatedly coming to the south gate . |
| 8 | The Washington police fired tear gas at them and the gas was blown at once across the White House garden . |