Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The President was perturbed at the signs of Russian obduracy over Poland but felt that cooperation with Moscow could be preserved if the correct blend of firmness and concession was applied . |
| 2 | and er we moved over there because erm the Department was splitting at the seams really , because immediately there was erm , the war was over and there were all sorts of plans for erm for development and that sort of thing and erm as I 've already mentioned there were two , only two graduates in the whole of the Education Department who was Mr and er his Personal Assistant and erm then after the war there were three graduates appointed , all of them from erm , ex service men , there was Arthur who was erm Lieutenant Commander in the Navy , there was erm Bud , I ca n't remember his Christ proper christian name . |
| 3 | The crime prevention and personal safety quiz was held at the police station and judged by senior officers , the Mayor of Darlington and the town 's MP , Michael Fallon . |
| 4 | He said that there was definitely a mortuary in Bala and had been told that the key was kept at the police station . |
| 5 | The incident happened when a window was smashed at The Travellers Welcome in East Hagbourne . |
| 6 | A starting point for this exercise was to look at the courses due for validation or review in 1993 . |
| 7 | ok , this poem 's called erm A Pause In A Moment Worn out days dressed in damp wheat , heavy coat pulling at tired shoulders , memory pushed back , brought forward in the click of a stick , pause in a moment , sunset reflected in eyes offering the warmth of recognition , so that poem started with the overcoat and that was the mood as I say , that was the mood of rejection erm and there was something about the way the old girl was looking at the women on the bridge , almost as if there was this recognition and , as it brought back memories that perhaps went or as black as the overcoat , erm the next er painting which I 'm going to read to you about is erm have you |
| 8 | Tock was striking at the cogs at the top of the pole , banging the machinery and shouting at it like a crazy old man . |
| 9 | My very experienced colleague remarked that her machine was looping at the edges and she could n't seem to cure it . |
| 10 | Balkan aggression was directed at the Germans and Austrians for much the same reason that Polish nationalism was directed against the partitioning powers , but unlike the Poles , the Serbians and Bosnians were supported by the Russians . |
| 11 | Mrs Molesworth was paddling and her husband was poking at the stones because , he said , fossils were one of his hobbies . |
| 12 | Forester was staring at the cottages and the cars , his fists bunched up hard , trembling with rage . |
| 13 | The event was staged at the Danes Camp Leisure Centre in Northampton — fitting then , that the other record was broken by local athlete Anthony Peddle , who lifted more than 160 kilos , despite weighing little over 7 stone . |
| 14 | Arghatun was shouting at the warriors who were grouped around the clearing , and twenty or so ran at once to one of the carts and pulled out a mass of folded fabric . |
| 15 | The young woman was sniping at the Counsellors . |
| 16 | The ICO was housed at the Cedars in Sydenham , south London . |
| 17 | There was a booming sound in his skull that came in waves , and his vision was going at the edges , like burning paper dwindling and darkening . |
| 18 | She felt such a clown , standing before them with that vulgar object between her open legs , but she slowly sank down towards the disgusting dildo and manipulated her thighs until the blunt tip was nudging at the portals of her reluctant orifice . |
| 19 | Lightning was flickering at the windows , casting those crazy shadows beneath the dim electric-blue of the strip lights as Duvall advanced towards him . |
| 20 | There was none , and the Red Army was defeated at the gates of Warsaw . |
| 21 | Malc 's large , happy family filled a quarter of the church , Pop and my Mom filled a quarter of a pew and the rest of the church was bursting at the seams with most of the council estate , curious as to whether I was ‘ showing ’ or not . |
| 22 | Further education in domestic science was given at the Women 's Department of King 's College , which opened in 1909 . |
| 23 | It is fair to say that during the day and a half of discussions in June 1993 alarm was expressed at the difficulties posed by the future of the historian 's resource . |
| 24 | To ring the changes , hair was sprayed at the roots and lightly backcombed for an alternative look . |
| 25 | His reddish hair was receding at the temples and his grey eyes rested upon Doreen with obvious relief . |
| 26 | The dark hair was greying at the sides , but these days some guys do it with a brush . |
| 27 | Support was fraying at the edges of the realm promised in 839 : the bishop of Toul , and the archbishops of Besançon and Tarentaise with their suffragans , all acknowledged Lothar in August 840 . |
| 28 | A fibreglass dinghy filled with delicate sounding equipment towed back and forth across the Channel was built at The Moorings , Mill Lane , the home of Mr. H. F. Mallett , a director of the marine survey firm Underseas Ltd . |
| 29 | A workshop was held at the Arts Centre in Vane Terrace as part of the town 's exuberant Spring Thing folk festival . |