Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crates of fruit and vegetables were stacked at the other end . |
| 2 | Barricades were erected at the precise boundary of the two religious communities in an area of no-man's-land between a Catholic cathedral and a Protestant church , both rumoured to be threatened by attack . |
| 3 | They were halted at the outer guardhouse at the aforementioned trench , to identify themselves . |
| 4 | Some of the luggage was mislaid and after claims were placed at the lost luggage desk , it eventually turned up which meant a dash across the city out our ‘ 5-star accommodation ’ , the Vienna Marriott Hotel . |
| 5 | These lessons were given at the right time and were invaluable in later life . |
| 6 | They were treated at the Royal Liverpool Hospital for minor injuries . |
| 7 | Six C&P employees were treated at the occupational health centre before returning to work and two members of the public attended hospital but were later discharged . |
| 8 | The reason they 're rich in oxygen is because they were formed at the polar regions , alright ? |
| 9 | We had filled our tank , and were eating at the open food-stall , or " warong " , just across the street when a dilapidated petrol-truck pulled in to top up the filling-station 's reservoir . |
| 10 | records were broken at the National Powerboat championships at fairford in Gloucestershire … winner was midlander Mark Rolls … |
| 11 | The government , the ruling National Party ( NP ) ( which sent a separate delegation ) , the African National Congress ( ANC ) and the Inkatha Freedom Party were joined at the preparatory meeting by the Pan-Africanist Congress ( PAC ) , the Democratic Party ( DP ) , the South African Communist Party , various other political parties , delegations from the 10 " homelands " or bantustans , and representatives of the Indian and Coloured communities . |
| 12 | Kazakhstan also introduced banking restrictions ; goods and money were stopped at the Kirgiz border . |
| 13 | They were painted at the Royal Academy Schools when I was a student immediately before the closing of the Schools in 1940 . |
| 14 | The first question we asked was , how many of the words spoken by the subject were posted at the correct place in the word lattice ? |
| 15 | Computer People Group Plc saw lower profits for the year ending December 31 than were expected at the interim stage due to a drop in recruitment revenues in the UK and lower volume sales of consultancy services in the US . |
| 16 | Small holes were drilled at the appropriate places , to accept the pin of a large thumb-tack and the sleeve of my mechanical pencil . |
| 17 | From each transformant , small pieces of mycelium were picked at the thallus periphery and grown on minimal medium with or without uridine . |
| 18 | Prototype units were designed at the international workshops and discussed and modified in the field for the APSP was far more decentralised than the Mathematics programme . |
| 19 | NINE of 13 drug charges against a former tyre depot manager were dropped at the High Court in Aberdeen yesterday . |
| 20 | The greatest pity was that the top was clear enough for a view and as we were perched at the broad gable end of the mountain we could see some fabulous sights . |
| 21 | A washroom and WC were included at the left corner of the new room . |
| 22 | One o'clock was agreed as the deadline when Mrs Wijsmüller and another refugee worker , Gertrud van Tijn , were to meet at the American Hotel to decide on their next move . |
| 23 | He threw himself forward , startling the beasts that were tearing at the prostrate girl on the ground , and arced his sword round with manic strength , tearing the blade through two of them with one swing . |
| 24 | The arguments about when to leave a casualty were addressed at the American Heart Association 's national conference on cardiopulmonary resuscitation in 1992 and were rehearsed in detail in its proceedings . |
| 25 | Polyclonal antibodies to the three clases of glutathione S-transferase were applied at the following dilutions of a stock solution ( protein concentration 1 mg/ml ) : glutathione S-transferase α 1/100 ; glutathione S-transferase µ 1/50 ; glutathione S-transferase π 1/200 . |
| 26 | By now almost wholly French in his artistic outlook , in August 1824 he was as amazed as his French contemporaries when Constable 's Hay Wain and Hampstead Heath were exhibited at the famous Salon Anglais . |
| 27 | The architect 's plans were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1899 . |
| 28 | She became an accomplished pianist and several of her pictures were exhibited at the Royal Academy . |
| 29 | They were met at the front door by a delirious spaniel , who clearly had no idea of funeral decorum , and they proceeded into the front room , where Bill Clough switched on a bulging orangey imitation-coal electric fire , and then went to a horrible drinks cabinet — all plastic and flashing lights . |
| 30 | Internal divisions were positioned at the eastern ends sub-dividing 1/3 or 1/5 of the area . |