Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [verb] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if you were caught speeding at 90 miles an hour along the M4 in Wiltshire your fine would calculate something like this |
| 2 | As part of the same struggle against destitution , meetings were organised to protest at increasing food prices and profiteering ; a large attendance at Canning Town Public Hall heard Sylvia Pankhurst and resolved to campaign for government price controls and votes for women ( SE 27 February 15 ) . |
| 3 | We were told to stay at 10,000 feet — unrealistic for our Tri-Pacer — because the terrorists in the mountains might shoot at us . |
| 4 | Even in the second set , where memories were specifically pressed , one third of the grandparents who were remembered had at some time lived in the same household . |
| 5 | To accommodate such large numbers , visitors were asked to arrive at different times , all carefully co-ordinated to avoid a jam . |
| 6 | Before all these developments it was widely accepted that knowledge was something that was ‘ transmitted by words and absorbed by words ’ , and suddenly when faced with ‘ establishing the criteria for the arts as higher education subjects … we were forced to look at these subjects … and at what way they contributed to the role of higher education … |
| 7 | Although the gliders were left facing at right angles to the wind and were weighted down with tyres in the approved manner , when the first strong thermal went off nearby the wind would become gusty and change direction completely . |
| 8 | For centuries the continual struggle of ordinary country folk to harvest an income to keep them and their families above starvation level meant that they were always prepared to swallow their pride and go , cap in hand , to the gentry for a few vital coppers The same philosophy spawned the hiring fairs ( which continued until the second half of the century ) when the ‘ spare ’ children of rural ( and sometimes urban ) families , not required for work at home , were sent to stand at appointed places where prospective employers could examine and interrogate them checking their limbs for strength and making sure they were properly subservient There was n't a deal of difference , fundamentally , between hiring fairs ( as immortalized by Thomas Hardy in Far From the Madding Crowd and the weekly cattle auctions held in market towns . |
| 9 | New courses which resulted from these changes began in September 1984 and parents were kept informed at all stages . |
| 10 | Ten ratings were chosen to stand at selected points along the way . |
| 11 | Finally , an evaluation which was constrained to look at stated objectives alone would forego opportunities to develop theoretical and empirical models which have general application over and above the particular initiative under scrutiny . |
| 12 | Moreover , this normative process was felt to operate at several levels , from appointments , promotions and other career aspirations to the much more subtle everyday processes whereby individuals come to acquire a sense of their professional worth from the comments and valuations of ‘ significant others ’ advisers , advisory teachers and heads in particular . |
| 13 | Well another survey was done to look at these people at the top and see how they 're coping , and a big surprise . |
| 14 | After an overnight fast ( from 2400 h , each subject was instructed to urinate at 0900 h and was then given 22.6 g glucose , 5 g lactulose , and 1 g L-rhamnose in 100 ml of distilled water . |
| 15 | Marius Steen might be out too , but he was bound to return at some stage , and the more Charles thought about the urgency of the situation , the more he was determined to meet the man . |
| 16 | The House was called to order at one stage by the Speaker , Mr Bernard Weatherill , after Mr Clarke accused crews of waiting at stations ‘ pretending ’ to be ready for work . |
| 17 | The House was called to order at one stage by the Speaker , Mr Bernard Weatherhill , after Mr Clarke accused crews of waiting at stations ‘ pretending ’ to be ready for work . |
| 18 | The timebase was set to record at 15 second intervals . |
| 19 | Recently I was asked to look at two ponies . |
| 20 | A thick stolon was much delayed in its passage ; at one place it was forced to turn at right angles to its former course ; at another place it could not pass through the pins , and the hinder part became bowed ; it then curved upwards and passed through an opening between the upper part of some pins which happen to diverge ; it then descended and finally emerged through the crowd ’ ( Darwin , 1880 ) . |
| 21 | Two balls later Kapil Dev had Jones caught behind , and next ball Waugh was adjudged caught at second slip , the ball perhaps eluding bat and touching only pad . |