Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [verb] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A DRIVER 'S legs were torn off at the knees yesterday when his car split in two in a horrific crash . |
| 2 | A DRIVER 'S legs were torn off at the knees yesterday when his car split in two in a horrific crash . |
| 3 | The steps were worn away at the centre , and Grainne wondered if it was from the footsteps which passed this way every night , or whether it was simply from age . |
| 4 | At the time when both troupes were staying together at the English Girls ' Club in Paris , although the Johns were convinced there was a rule that they should not mix , it never entered the others ' heads . |
| 5 | Phosphorus concentrations were measured only at the four sites listed . |
| 6 | All virological parameters were determined centrally at the Rotterdam hepatitis laboratory . |
| 7 | Can you co up again if you can co I 'm going back to The reason being that the approach to the business was one of quality and a large amount of hand-finishing , and , the leathers were aimed mainly at the , saddlery and leather goods trade and also only at the very top end of the shoe trade . |
| 8 | The awards for last year 's performances were handed out at the club 's dinner/dance . |
| 9 | All eyes were looking up at the pit lane screens as every lap , every move , was relayed on to the tube |
| 10 | Lady Roscarrock glanced at her husband , whose eyes were directed firmly at the rush matting . |
| 11 | one thing 's for sure the appointment of John Gorman is a popular one on the terraces … he 's given the fans what they crave for … and that 's loyalty … from first thing this morning supporters were rolling up at the County Ground to have their say |
| 12 | Our pens were collected up at the end of each session , so we never got the same pen twice , resulting in the nibs being frequently crossed . |
| 13 | In 1988 a Franco-German research programme for the preservation of historic monuments was set up at the fifty-second summit meeting between the two countries . |
| 14 | — Nearly 50 awards were handed out at the Erimus Quoit and Rifle Social Club , Middlesbrough for the Winter Handicaps 1991–92 . |
| 15 | After the cremation , while the few mourners were looking gloomily at the flowers , his uncle 's solicitor , a partner in the Ipswich practice , spoke to Lewis simply to say that he believed he already knew the contents of the will . |
| 16 | A NEW laser treatment which could help hundreds of Ulster people suffering from disfiguring birthmarks was unveiled today at the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald . |
| 17 | ‘ But John calmed down and things were settled amicably at the end of the day , ’ he said . |
| 18 | I think from that report there was a there was a requirement or request that perhaps the theatre should actually have a public meeting to talk about which way the theatre was going what things were going on at the theatre and that 's what the meeting is for this evening . |
| 19 | The directives were brought in at the beginning of the year in response to EC directives . |
| 20 | The First Spiritualists were camped out at the edge of a grove of birch trees . |
| 21 | Organization at the grassroots level was clearly the most urgent need in order to reach remote starving villages , yet in Tsaritsyn as in other gubernii no local relief committees were set up at the uezd and volost' levels until October 1921 , that is , over two months after the formation of the guberniia committee . |
| 22 | The accounts of the parish officers were audited annually at the Easter Vestry Meeting . |
| 23 | Already bodies were floating sullenly at the bow , and others were drifting slowly downstream . |
| 24 | Humphrey Maud presented his diplomatic credentials to Menem on July 18 , becoming the first United Kingdom ambassador to Argentina since diplomatic relations were broken off at the time of the Falkland ( Malvinas ) Islands war of 1982 . |
| 25 | Small cabins were dotted about at the side of fields , mostly ruined or used as farm sheds , but in some cases inhabited . |
| 26 | A pilot course to teach community interpreter training techniques was set up at the Polytechnic of Central London last year . |
| 27 | Girls were dropped off at the ends of the roads where they lived , motor-cycles were pushed into front gardens and covered with PVC sheeting . |
| 28 | Falcons were fitted out at the Bordeaux plant to customer specification . |
| 29 | It did n't smash , but its beams were cast up at the ceiling , throwing a gauzy light down on the room below . |
| 30 | Many such instances were carried out at the Chapel over the next few years . |