Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [be] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Assuming the Turkey Pens had been situated at the rear of the house , he reckoned he was now heading for the outer fence somewhere off to the north side of the grounds . |
| 2 | And in some cases , most strikingly in Normandy , the landed gains of castellans had been made at the expense of the comital demesne . |
| 3 | The four named officers had been arrested at the same time as Beattie and had already appeared before ‘ Diplock ’ tribunals and been released . |
| 4 | It was reported that over-ripe tomatoes and some oldish eggs had been tossed at the door of two southern commercial stations , which was a smear tactic we deplored with emphasis . |
| 5 | Four cottage almshouses had been built at the eastern end of Strand-on-the-Green , in the first half of the eighteenth century , and dedicated ‘ for Ye use of Ye poor of Chiswick for ever ’ . |
| 6 | The details had been agreed at the bar . |
| 7 | The parent trees would be retained for several years after the new trees had been planted at the new site , just so that they could be used as a reference for checking . |
| 8 | The caller claimed three incendiary devices had been planted at the Vineyards . |
| 9 | His arms had been amputated at the elbow and his legs at the knees . |
| 10 | Reports suggested that Lekhanya might have successfully forestalled a coup attempt — Radio Lesotho reported that a large cache of arms had been found at the home of Lt.-Col. Sekhobe Letsie . |
| 11 | Ben and his young friends had been told at the start of the meeting to behave themselves and not get in the way of the other archers , so they were not too pleased when he beat them at their own game . |
| 12 | Only a fraction of Rozanov 's wonderful improvisations had been captured at the end of the tape . |
| 13 | They found that the worst abuses had been committed at the notorious Quatro " rehabilitation centre " in Angola but also said that conditions in other ANC camps in Angola , Tanzania , Uganda and Zambia had in no way been " remotely acceptable " . |
| 14 | Officials of the ruling Socialist Party ( PSOE ) observed that central government had contributed just over 50 per cent to the cost of the Games , while the flying of the Catalan flag and the use of Catalan as one of the four official languages of the Games had been agreed at the outset . |
| 15 | When it had been examined and test-flown by the manufacturer 's pilot prior to the revalidation of the microlight 's Permit to Fly both wingtip adjusters had been set at the neutral position with no apparent need for any change . |
| 16 | But in Rome huge numbers had been controlled at the Colosseum with its multiple entrances and large ambulatories at each level . |
| 17 | The 17-year-old was found dead at 4.30am on Sunday in the back seat of a stolen car , at Glen Road , after shots had been fired at the vehicle by police during a high-speed chase from Lisburn to Belfast . |
| 18 | Yesterday flowers had been placed at the spot where the young schoolfriends died and a simple wooden cross bore the message ‘ To Deanne and Nadine with love . ’ |
| 19 | Ram-raiders used a stolen van to break into the Wineways store in Edgehill Road , Scarborough , just two months ago after bollards had been erected at the store to prevent such attacks . |
| 20 | Disagreements had been expected at the party convention after Koirala 's dismissal of six key ministers on Dec. 30 , 1991 . |
| 21 | Mr Coetsee said a warrant would also be issued for the arrest of Captain Dirk Coetzee , the former head of a police murder squad who confirmed and amplified Nofomela 's disclosures , claiming that the killings had been approved at the highest level . |
| 22 | In London the situation was very similar to those of Glasgow and Edinburgh , particularly in that many deaf adults had been educated at the Old Kent Road Asylum where they received religious instruction from two earnest ministers , the Rev. Henry Mason , Rector of Bermondsey , and the Rev. John Townsend . |
| 23 | Many communities had become sharply divided as a result of the way the penal laws had been enforced at the local level , and understandably Nonconformists retained a deep distrust of their Anglican neighbours who until recently had been the agents of their destruction . |
| 24 | On Russian television on July 4 , Yeltsin said that Kozyrev 's remarks had been assessed at the Security Council as " harmful " , and suggested that if Kozyrev wanted to " be a prophet like [ Eduard ] Shevardnadze , then act like Shevardnadze " ( a reference to the latter 's resignation as Soviet Foreign Minister in December 1990 after warning of an impending coup — see p. 37903 ) . |
| 25 | Referring to China 's alleged delivery of 24 T-59 tanks to the guerrillas in the previous two months , the Economist of Oct. 27 said that in fact 12-20 " clapped out " tanks had been delivered at the beginning of the year , and were probably still on the Thai-Cambodian border , as their value was mainly psychological . |
| 26 | Tonight she 'd try to find out which , if any , of the other employees had been working at the club when Christine had been there . |
| 27 | The Charter had been adopted in November 1990 at the CSCE summit , from which the Baltic delegations had been excluded at the request of the Soviet Union [ see pp. 37838-39 ] . |
| 28 | He and Polly and the twins had been to stay at the cottage once , that was all , for a weekend . |
| 29 | The hotel 's owner said nine Irishmen had been staying at the hotel since June , all of them apparently working as builders . |