Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adv prt] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ County ’ men were transferred around at short intervals , while we were static in the city , never moving more than a mile or so between the three divisions to undertake real ‘ city work ’ . |
| 2 | Its legs were splayed out at awkward angles on the rug , and its flanks rose and fell with the deep breaths of sleep . |
| 3 | The ends of the rivets were bent over at right angles on the back of the shield making it possible to calculate that the wooden boards of the complete circular shields were 0.5 to 1.5 cm thick . |
| 4 | The magnificent wings were laid out at full stretch , as though the swan were in flight , and the head rested with a perfect profile uppermost , above the frozen curve of the neck . |
| 5 | Traffic 's increased in Milton since humps were put in at nearby Sutton Courtenay . |
| 6 | Eight companies consisting of twelve acts were sent out at ten-week intervals , and the actual length of engagement was twelve weeks . |
| 7 | Consequently a great deal of fulling , spinning , weaving and dyeing was carried out at domestic level , with plants probably being deliberately cultivated to provide dyes . |
| 8 | While this might be thought to have a major impact , the effects would have been lessened if the cremating was carried out at dispersed homes . |
| 9 | The three alien forms were originally to be realized by Roger Dicken ; but he completed the small forms only , and Rambaldi was called in at short notice to do the Alien head . |
| 10 | He was called in at short notice due to the unfortunate motor accident involving Design Director , Bill Naysmith . |
| 11 | A quick reshuffle followed , and Cusick was brought in at short notice . |
| 12 | She was pissed off at missing Triste at the bar , but there would be other jobs . |
| 13 | Critics of the deal , which was worked out at ministerial level , say that it would have been more sensible to spend the money on rebuilding the Villahermosa Palace to be an annexe for the nearby Prado , which is urgently in need of more space , as well as the kind of modern facilities which have ‘ put the Villahermosa among the ranks of intelligent buildings and the top museums of the Nineties ’ , as the press release boasts . |
| 14 | This theory , already prefigured by Klopstock , was worked out at inordinate length by the poet , scholar and translator Johann Heinrich Voss ( 1751–1816 ) and , erroneous though it was , it served to fuel the growing fire of Hellenism by Stimulating the imitation of Greek metres in German poetry . |