Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The President , Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Keith Williamson and Lady Williamson were present when the Standard of the Association was paraded at the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall . |
| 2 | The deal was signed at the Monza driver bazaar , and at the next race , at Watkins Glen , a new difficulty arose , when Mario learned that Colin Chapman was dispensing with Gunnar Nilsson and that Ronnie Peterson was returning to the team . |
| 3 | At the house of the Chief Scribe , Reni 's major domo was waiting at the gate to meet them . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | At a thanksgiving service her second in command was writing at the top of the steps for one of the leaders to arrive . |
| 6 | This year the Bevan Trophy was held at the West Lothian Golf Club on 8th September . |
| 7 | David Robson QC , defending , said Lee was a ‘ decent , caring , sensitive ’ girl whose mind was disturbed at the time . |
| 8 | Pion was staring at the sky . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Local press also attended the event , organising a number of group photographs before tea was served at the end of the formalities . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The quiz was held at the end of the meeting . |
| 13 | Sullom Voe 's major tank maintenance programme was completed at the beginning of last month . |
| 14 | Surprisingly perhaps , this programme was initiated at the suggestion of the local Ford affiliate ( Baumann and Moreira , 1987 : p. 2 ) . |
| 15 | July 1945 , and as the number of people expected to attend was considerably more than the Chiswick Town Hall could accommodate , the ceremony was held at the Chiswick Empire , hired for the occasion , and to which ‘ Monty ’ accompanied by the Mayor , Alderman T. W. Stroud , J.P. , rode in a landau carriage through cheering crowds . |
| 16 | An active member of the police Superintendents Association , Mr McLean says that at a recent meeting disgust was expressed at the Met 's failure to hit back at criticism of this kind — such as the comment by Bernie Grant , MP for Tottenham , that the divisional chief in his constituency was ‘ incompetent . ’ |
| 17 | The next phase of the study was to look at the quality of these ponds in terms of the numbers of species of animals and plants they support , the water chemistry and the surrounding land use of each pond or loch . |
| 18 | Oh it was a horse-drawn , horse-drawn , there were no cars on the road in those days , I think I was one of the earliest to get knocked down by a car actually in Walsall , I was er , when we lived in Street he came down Street and immediately opposite there was a Co-op shop opposite Birds the fruitiers , and mother sent me down to the Co-op and the old trams used to run along the Pleck to Darlaston , Wednesbury and that way on and I ran across the road , past the Co-op the tram and a car must have just bumped into me and he knocked me down , a terrible commotion amongst the folks and could n't have hurt them much , because I got up and ran off , ran off home , so they were restricted in you see and the speed they could go in the car , but the car , the tram car was stopped at the bottom of Street , almost opposite the Co-op and er I must have just run across the road run into the car and more or less bounced off it I should think . |
| 19 | A big red Italian car was parked at the kerb . |
| 20 | A beautiful metallic green sports car was parked at the kerb . |
| 21 | Her car was parked at the side of the store , and she would have to walk through three or four departments before she could reach the outside door . |
| 22 | The first general meeting of the College was held at the Blenheim coffee house on 8 April 1791 , under the chairmanship of Granville Penn , supported by Sir William Fordyce , Wm Stone , E. Topham , G.M. Ascough , J. Gretton , G.F. Steward , W.G. Brown , Dr A. Crawford , Dr Wm Drew , Richard Burton , James Burton , Francis Steward , John Baynes , Mr Grosvenor , Mr Peake , Mr Rivers , Mr Reuben Smith . |
| 23 | The vote was made at the request of Mitsotakis after he dismissed Foreign Minister Antonis Samaras and assumed the post himself on April 13 . |
| 24 | The tape was broken at the tunnel 's exit by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in green with GWR-type plates and name . |
| 25 | A showroom was opened at the east end of Westminster bridge . |
| 26 | Erm I wo n't dwell on York city centre and its historic core because you 're all clearly aware of that , but it its setting was accepted at the greenbelt enquiry as being sufficiently important to warrant protection wider than just its physical , existing physical limits , erm the special protection was accorded also to the the special character rather was accorded also to the surrounding countryside , much of which is very attractive , and many of the typical Yorkshire small villages and hamlets that surround the area as well , er and we 're clearly in a position in Greater York which is different from the position that arises in many other counties and many other districts within this county , we 're in a position of grave shortage of suitable , developable land , we 're in a position of high quality er character , and landscape , we 're in a position where York , in particular , has extremely good transportation links , to the Leeds Bradford conurbation , where we discuss at length over the last two days there are policies for urban regeneration , subject to regional planning guidance in that area erm and we 're in a position where quite clearly York is under pressure , a great deal of pressure from migrants , er because it 's a it 's an attractive location to live . |
| 27 | Leyland 's own collection of oriental porcelain was dispersed at the time of his death and , apart from ten or so pieces , the shelves had remained empty until now . |
| 28 | The Board met to choose his successor and Dr. George Harvey Goldsmith was appointed at the age of thirty-two , and at a salary of £80 per annum . |
| 29 | He said that there was definitely a mortuary in Bala and had been told that the key was kept at the police station . |
| 30 | The key was to act at the moment when conditions were most conducive to the course upon which de Gaulle had decided . |