Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] at the old [noun] " 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 | Coming to London as a young clerk attached to the Board of Trade , it was not long before he began to take an interest in political affairs , and his remarkable gift for public speaking was developed at the old Battersea Parliament , to which belonged many men who have since played important roles in public life … including Stanley ( now Lord ) Buckmaster , John Burns and Horatio Bottomley … . |
| 6 | Schizophrenic Clive Wells was appearing at the Old Bailey accused of killing a 63-year-old man when he gave specialist nurses the slip . |
| 7 | A man who held staff at a medical centre hostage after his wife 's death was freed at the Old Bailey yesterday in an ‘ act of mercy ’ . |
| 8 | VANDAL Andrew Christie , who saw his pal kill a man with a baseball bat , was freed at the Old Bailey yesterday . |
| 9 | THE Restoration and maintenance of the village green and its stream had been a major project for the year , it was noted at the Old Alresford Parish Council 's recent annual general meeting in the Christy Hall . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Leslie Thomas , a leader of a gang that organised acid house parties in London , was jailed at the Old Bailey yesterday for five years and three months after being convicted in his absence of plotting to permit premises to be used for the supply of drugs . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | After Joyce was convicted at the Old Bailey in September 1945 , he was driven away to Wormwood Scrubs under armed escort . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He was ordered at the Old Bailey to pay £300 compensation . |
| 18 | She was working at the old people 's home , just up the road — ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The meeting was held at the old Town Hall , and twelve directors of the House were elected . |