Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [verb] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Phosphorus concentrations were measured only at the four sites listed . |
| 4 | All virological parameters were determined centrally at the Rotterdam hepatitis laboratory . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Lady Roscarrock glanced at her husband , whose eyes were directed firmly at the rush matting . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A NEW laser treatment which could help hundreds of Ulster people suffering from disfiguring birthmarks was unveiled today at the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald . |
| 9 | ‘ But John calmed down and things were settled amicably at the end of the day , ’ he said . |
| 10 | The accounts of the parish officers were audited annually at the Easter Vestry Meeting . |
| 11 | Already bodies were floating sullenly at the bow , and others were drifting slowly downstream . |
| 12 | Flames were licking hungrily at the material ; it was blazing fiercely . |
| 13 | Red Pandas are known for being very choosy but thanks to an international stud agency , the animal worlds equivalent of Blind Date , Mansolu abnd Tongfei were brought together at The Cotswold Wildlife Park at Burford in Oxfordshire . |
| 14 | Even in the peak of recruiting in 1800 , a substantial number of men were sent home at the behest of the Duke of Richmond , to stop the harvest from being spoilt . |
| 15 | Instead , he talked somewhat mystifyingly about not re-writing history , not substituting latter-day judgment for that of contemporaries , and not finding any evidence that the men were treated unfairly at the time . |
| 16 | These papers were debated inconclusively at the Defence Committee meeting on 5 April 1946 ; further inconclusive discussion followed on 27 May 1946 and again on 19 July . |
| 17 | Back in the church the priests were shouting angrily at the men . |
| 18 | Both coxes were warned again at the Crab Tree , where Cambridge began to show in front . |