Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [was/were] [vb pp] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was greeted by 5,000 UNITA supporters and was met at the airport by government representatives . |
| 2 | Her hair was done in pig-tails that hung over her shoulders and were tied at the bottom with satin ribbon . |
| 3 | The platforms were reached by ‘ Stanwood ’ fixed steps and were closed at the driver 's end by ‘ Bostwick ’ collapsible gates . |
| 4 | The centres with high U/Pb also have higher average Ce/Pb than most basalts ( Fig. 3 c ) If the U/Pb ratios are representative of their sources and were fractionated at the time of formation of the oceanic lithosphere , this must also be true of the Ce/Pb ratios . |
| 5 | He went down the stairs and was stopped at the sound of voices . |
| 6 | Although Crosse went to sea as early as 1569 , he spent most of the years to 1584 in soldiering , at times in Ireland and in Scotland , where he served with the Regency forces and was wounded at the siege of Edinburgh Castle in 1573 . |