Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] at [art] old [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were acquitted at the Old Bailey of making illegal exports , after saying the Government knew the company was doing business with Saddam Hussein . |
| 2 | Three former executives of the company were acquitted at the Old Bailey in November of illegally trying to export arms-making equipment to Iraq amid accusations that Government ministers encouraged manufacturers to emphasise the peaceful uses of their products when seeking export licences . |
| 3 | The full details did not emerge until the court case eighteen months later , when three men — brothers Sebastian and Brent Clarke , owners of Atra Records , and Dennis Bartholomew — were acquitted at the Old Bailey of charges of blackmail and assault with intent to rob . |
| 4 | FOUR men , two from Belfast , accused of conspiracy to murder a drug-dealer and a police informant were cleared at the Old Bailey after the prosecution dropped the case following a six-week trial costing nearly £1m . |
| 5 | Paul , 21 , broke down in tears when he was asked at the Old Bailey if he intended to kill or seriously injure Oxford graduate John Lavender . |
| 6 | When Emmeline Pankhurst was tried at the Old Bailey in April she drew attention to the white slavery issue in her speech from the dock . |
| 7 | Arrested and charged with embezzlement , he was tried at the Old Bailey but was released on his own recognizance of £100 , after making an offer of compensation . |
| 8 | Brown , 25 , of Shepherd 's Bush , West London , was convicted at the Old Bailey of kidnap , false imprisonment , unlawful wounding , grievous bodily harm and sexual assault . |
| 9 | After Joyce was convicted at the Old Bailey in September 1945 , he was driven away to Wormwood Scrubs under armed escort . |
| 10 | THE CHIEF executive of National Car Parks was cleared at the Old Bailey in London yesterday of mounting a campaign of industrial espionage against his main rival , Europarks . |
| 11 | He was ordered at the Old Bailey to pay £300 compensation . |
| 12 | She was smiling at the old woman in the window ; she nodded to Melissa as she climbed the two or three stone steps leading to the house . |
| 13 | The meeting was held at the old Town Hall , and twelve directors of the House were elected . |