Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] at the [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were laughing at the Sun this morning , had a picture of Neil Kinnock 's head in the light bulb and it said , could the last person out of Britain please turn the light off after them . |
| 2 | Were looking at the body beautiful and what we do to achieve it , we all arrived in the world with more or less the same package of features , limbs , faces , torso 's , since then , all of us I bet have tried to improve or disguise the way we look , what do we do ? , why do we do it ? , well let's start with a few questions , er , are you , well let me ask you this do you have a beautiful body ? , button one for yes , and button two for no |
| 3 | Later , Mrs Preston told the court how new courses , specifically for auxiliary nurses were introduced at the hospital last year . |
| 4 | Now I I construe that , the way that 's constructed to mean that er when we 're say that the tide had turned against new settlements , as some districts were doing at the time this came out . |
| 5 | Oh yes , as they were filming at the Lyceum last week they were , it were a good programme I can tell you |
| 6 | Scott , of Holt Street , Hartlepool , was the youngest person to have the implant when he was treated at the NRI last October . |
| 7 | He was educated at the Wesleyan Higher Grade School , Gillingham , and at Chatham Dockyard School . |
| 8 | He was educated at the Borough Jewish School in the East End of London . |
| 9 | But that 's exactly what was happening at the launch last month of Accountancy Television ( ATV ) , a new service that will provide accountants with news , views and training once a week over the next year . |
| 10 | I was I was looking at the syllabus last night and I was working out how much we 've got to do yet and where we are an and I really do feel confident that no matter where you are in your course work situation , that if w if we planned the thing right and we sort it out between now and the summer , tha that we could well get a good few Grade A's in here and obviously work it well . |
| 11 | Yeah I was looking at the petrol driven ones . |
| 12 | As you know it , this is the last I 'm sure everyone 's aware it 's the last item on your agenda when I was looking at the agenda this item was before the fox hunting motion I thought well it 'd be nice to have a debate before the fox hunting motion because we would have er a full house of people who I 'm sure would be very interested to hear the discussion on V A T. As matter of fact I 'm sure they would w w would welcome the opportunity to have a de , a discussion , but it seems they have gone and I got , I got it wrong Chairman when you by taking the the the fox hunting motion it should really have , have held on till this time in the evening . |
| 13 | He went into Haymarket itself , where he was amused to see that A Woman of No Importance was playing at the Theatre Royal . |