Example sentences of "[Wh det] [was/were] [adj] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his first season , McKinnon will present two plays which were first seen at the Traverse Theatre , Edinburgh . |
| 2 | The greatest of 'em all , Abraham Lincoln , received a belated musical nod during 1968 , when songwriter Dick Holler linked the 16th President 's name to that of the Kennedy 's and Martin Luther King to provide Dion with a three million seller in ‘ Abraham , Martin And John ’ , while Ulysses Simpson Grant , the next Republican to be called to office in Lincoln 's wake , was hailed by Patrick Gilmore 's ‘ President Grant 's March ’ , which still gets played at the White House during various ceremonies , though far older is ‘ Hail To The Chief ’ , a ditty based on a poem by Sir Walter Scott , which was first played at the inauguration of James Knox Polk , in 1845 , and has been retained to announce the arrival of presidents ever since . |
| 3 | Pat Keen gave a short talk on the history and work of MRM , with Vanessa Forbes , Janice Hewitt and Chris Jones as class members in a practical demonstration , ending with a performance of Vanessa 's Surrey item which was first seen at the Crystal Palace Rally . |
| 4 | There will be companies from the Evonana Theatre at Guildford and the Redgrave Theatre at Farnham , with David Mercer 's last play and Pinter 's ‘ Betrayal ’ which was first seen at The National Theatre . |
| 5 | The programme included Baroque pieces by Purcell , Torelli , Bach and Handel , and began with Professor Raymond Warren 's Ceremonial Fanfare for trumpet and organ , which was first performed at the University 's Centenary Degree Congregation in the Colston Hall in 1976 and subsequently , in a revised form , at the installation of the present Chancellor , Sir Jeremy Morse , in 1989 . |
| 6 | Well this is , yeah , although that 's what was all agreed at the last minute . |
| 7 | And what was this squatting at the side of the road ? |