Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adv prt] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In medieval times well-documented court activities were carried out at the caputs already discussed . |
| 2 | Girls were dropped off at the ends of the roads where they lived , motor-cycles were pushed into front gardens and covered with PVC sheeting . |
| 3 | A DRIVER 'S legs were torn off at the knees yesterday when his car split in two in a horrific crash . |
| 4 | A DRIVER 'S legs were torn off at the knees yesterday when his car split in two in a horrific crash . |
| 5 | The SEMI-finals were rounded off at the Woodlanders in Omagh . |
| 6 | The long thin mouth was pulled down at the corners like a tragic mask , the eyes were hooded , the shoulders hunched , head bent forward so that the man 's gaze seemed fixed on the surface of the table . |
| 7 | Her hair , which looked as if it had been inexpertly permed , was pulled back at the sides but frizzed over the high forehead in the poodle-like fashion of an Edwardian . |
| 8 | Its supporting declaration called for the creation of " independent organs of struggle based on the factories " , and this was taken up at the Workers Charter Convention held in Bermondsey on 12 April 1931 . |