Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [conj] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Baillie Cochrane explained that Scott 's first scheme had reception rooms ‘ on a magnificent scale ’ , but on the recommendation of the Select Committee they were omitted and reintroduced at the suggestion of Foreign Office officials as normal rooms which could be used for special occasions . |
| 2 | ‘ However , the teeth were made and fitted at the beginning of June . |
| 3 | The JMU will take a dim view of any practice in which it discovers repeat breaches or a failure to meet undertakings given at an earlier inspection , regardless of whether or not these were the subject of subsequent correspondence with the Institute ( the fact that they were raised and documented at the closing meeting with the Inspector is a sufficient record ) . |
| 4 | You could even press the flowers that were worn or used at the event and then use them as the decoration . |
| 5 | In other words it 's , it 's sticking from east to west , people will know of all the thing , it 's er tell you that many from eastern parts and western parts were called and reclined at the table , in other words this , well this good news that Jesus was sticking on this |
| 6 | Her remains were stolen and hidden at the foot of an oak tree in this valley , to be eventually found , in the familiar manner of such discoveries , by an inquisitively rooting ox , whose horns at once lit indicatively up . |
| 7 | The film both fulfils the Powell-Pressburger partnership 's aim to produce ‘ original stories , written for the screen , keeping pace with events and trying to put into action what people were thinking and saying at the time , ’ which is what the more obviously documentarist filmmakers were also trying to do , and articulates its own vision of the mystical forces in nature , culminating in the healing miracle that arrives for each of the three Canterbury pilgrims on their way to the cathedral . |
| 8 | The Echo recently featured an article about a young man who was mugged and robbed at the entrance to Everton Park on Netherfield Road . |
| 9 | A small boy in pyjamas put down the basket he was weaving and looked at the face for a second or two , then turned back to his basket . |
| 10 | The first are the rich and well-born , the other the mass of the people " , Hamilton was reported as saying at the Federal Convention in 1787 . |
| 11 | Nails was laughing and shivering at the same time , so excited that he felt almost ill with it . |
| 12 | Suddenly the anguish was gone and she was laughing and crying at the same time . |
| 13 | The fear of future unemployment , he believed , was exaggerated and existed at the moment " as a heavy legacy of dictatorship " . |
| 14 | I was shivering and sweating at the same time . |
| 15 | However , it was said that looking at the employee 's base was not the be-all and end-all . |
| 16 | Someone was squealing and crying at the same time , as if caught in a trap . |
| 17 | He was groaning and clawing at the pillow . |
| 18 | John was burgling and dealing at the same time , so we had a regular supply , like . |
| 19 | In the mid-seventh century , Dagobert II , one of the central figures in the mystery of Rennes-le-Château , was raised and educated at the monastery of Slane , just north of what is now Dublin . |
| 20 | He was crying and laughing at the same time . |
| 21 | This channel , like the one for the forward plane , was supported and faced at the end with standing brickwork . |
| 22 | Everyone was drinking but scattered at the sight of Bill Sykes but this little girl went back on stage to finish her drink ! |
| 23 | Louis , a sportsman and only child , was struck while jogging at the edge of the road . |
| 24 | Louis , an all-round sportsman and only child , was struck while jogging at the edge of the road on 13 July . |
| 25 | He fiddled with a piece of card he was carrying and glowered at the exit to the Customs hall as if he was expecting his worst enemy to come through the door . |
| 26 | The men wore short kilts of grey homespun , their hair was flowing or knotted at the back , most were bearded : the uplanders had arrived from the Glen of Keltney . |
| 27 | A detailed recruitment strategy has been drawn up by the National Executive Committee , which was discussed and agreed at the March Council meeting . |
| 28 | … Everybody was talking and gesticulating at the same time . ’ |
| 29 | Hilary Frome , stretched face down along the floor , was writhing and retching at the top of the stairs . |
| 30 | This 19th of Cherubini 's 34 operas was conceived and written at the height of the Revolutionary Reign of Terror . |