Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Successors were appointed at the end of October 1989 to the heads of Italy 's two largest state enterprises , Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale ( IRI ) and Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi ( ENI ) . |
| 2 | Her legs were crossed at the knee , and she was wearing her new wedge-heeled shoes . |
| 3 | Many Koreans were affronted at the liberation of August 1945 being followed by the continued presence of Japanese and of the odious methods they had employed to suppress dissent . |
| 4 | Revolutionary Iran responded with the familiar accusation that the superpowers were uniting at the expense of Iran to secure their own interests . |
| 5 | A neat stone arch and a flight of steps were built at the entrance and these have survived . |
| 6 | First steps were taken at the HSE conference in Jakarta . |
| 7 | Offices were established at the destination points to provide a service for the international traveller . |
| 8 | Over 75 organizations were represented at the meeting in Durban , including the Congress of South African Trade Unions ( COSATU ) and the Labour Party , which held the majority of seats in the House of Representatives ( the chamber for Coloured people in the tricameral parliament — see p. 36880 for 1989 election ) . |
| 9 | So if I wrote , ‘ The next day was a Fuesday ’ because I hit the wrong key on the typewriter , they used to leave it in , thinking that was what the kids were saying at the time ! |
| 10 | The leader of the three was still shouting , but now his curses were directed at the woman who was confronting him . |
| 11 | Next morning , the trumpets were blown at the North Gate and the Knight Marischal 's banner hoisted , with shouted demands for King Edward to appear . |
| 12 | The court took the view that the case raised issues that were sufficiently difficult , as could be seen from the fact that the parties were represented at the hearing by counsel , to justify the decision that the procedure had been an arbitration . |
| 13 | Doubts were raised at the time about the possible increase in working hours for headteachers in order to operate this system . |
| 14 | Even more interesting was the fact that over 300 cars were parked at the Park and Ride facility at Harman 's Cross which obviously reduced the level of traffic along the road to Swanage by that amount . |
| 15 | The agreement was that if both cars were running at the front with no problems , then I was to win . |
| 16 | Yesterday , busloads of lads were disgorged at the city square to make their feelings plain . |
| 17 | Over 50 forest peoples were represented at the conference , which was co-ordinated by the World Rainforest Movement . |
| 18 | SENSIBLY , speeches were made at the start of Sir Kingsley Amis 's 70th birthday party at the Savoy Hotel yesterday . |
| 19 | The two dimensional images were displayed at the time of acquisition and simultaneously stored into computer hard disc memory by an array processor . |
| 20 | Further Sikh demands were met at the end of December when the Lok Sabha approved the repeal of a constitutional amendment adopted by the previous Lok Sabha in March 1988 [ see p. 36692 ] allowing the declaration of a state of emergency in Punjab . |
| 21 | Questionnaires were despatched at the beginning of September . |
| 22 | Now I I construe that , the way that 's constructed to mean that er when we 're say that the tide had turned against new settlements , as some districts were doing at the time this came out . |
| 23 | Christian missionaries were sent at the request of Duke Géza , and his son , Prince Vajk , was christened as Stephen . |
| 24 | There are two pightles in this parish , both referring to elongated pieces of land , relics of the time when such shapes were left at the edge of a field after it had been divided up for strip-cultivation . |
| 25 | A short , stocky middle-aged man with thinning brown hair , a ruddy face and a twinkle in his eyes was standing at the doorway eyeing him . |
| 26 | Within seconds one of the porters was knocking at the door to escort us down in case of trouble . |
| 27 | Twenty-nine pairs of shoes were launched at the teacher in charge . |
| 28 | Rachel 's opportunity to speak to her parents came on Saturday morning after the community nurse had arrived and was tending to Jennifer in her room and she and her parents were sitting at the kitchen table . |
| 29 | Eight European countries were represented at the meeting , and apart from the official business conducted there , it was extremely useful to chat informally about matters of common interest . |
| 30 | THE right to roam should be enshrined in Swedish-style legislation , Scottish ramblers were told at the weekend . |