Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [vb pp] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I refused to have a mastectomy and I see now in terms of theory , that I was stagemanaged at various points on the production line , into trying to turn me into a well-behaved patient by traumatising me by saying ‘ If you do n't do what we tell you … ’ or ‘ You 're being very naughty ’ or ‘ You 're being hysterical ’ , or ‘ We have n't got time to deal with all these questions , we 'd never get round ’ , and so on . |
| 2 | It arose because of my meeting George Wigg in the army , whom I had encountered when I was based at Southern Command headquarters and he was at the same headquarters as a Lieutenant-Colonel in charge of army education , where he had already established a reputation for ruthless eccentricity . |
| 3 | Evidence from police and forensic officers said Mrs Prescott looked as if she 'd been sewing the hem of a curtain , when she was shot at close range in the back of the head . |
| 4 | er they also brought out some a good range of lighting fittings er , which you still see about again used well I , I remember putting one , you saying about putting lights at different levels , erm a staircase which was in a new house which was architect design and built and erm , the staircase was er more or less centrally in the house rather than be stuck against one wall and so it had a well and down the centre of the well we strung one of these lights with er five different glasses suspended on black flex five black flexes and erm these were shades made of heavy glass er the glass was n't painted it was coloured all the way through , er and erm they were called er Chelsea , Chelsea glasswork and erm these each had a lamp inside them well er about three inch diameter cylinders actually about eight inches long and they were hung at different heights er so that the lip behind the staircase and also of course there 's a staircase being where it was , it was in the centre of er , a , quite a large hallway for modern stand for modern standards and erm it of course was a feature of the hall as well . |
| 5 | Data to address these questions were collected largely by interview , and in order to study changes over time , they were collected at regular intervals . |
| 6 | The wind pressure on the rotors increased rapidly when they were rotated at full speed but levelled off at wind velocities beyond about 12 m/sec . |
| 7 | For instance , some coins of the Roman Emperor Severus Alexander found in Egypt fall into two stylistic groups , and the discovery that each group has different trace elements provides clear evidence that they were made at different mints . |
| 8 | They were arrested at separate locations in the city . |
| 9 | Yet it often happens that when a new kung fu student enters a kwoon , with pre-conceived ideas about fighting , and is shown basic techniques that look as though they were aimed at primary school level , he looks for more in those techniques than there actually is . |
| 10 | After discharge they were reviewed at weekly intervals and the volume of feed consumed was recorded daily throughout the four week period . |
| 11 | Things matter to the extent that they were discussed at considerable length and drafted with particular care . |
| 12 | There were District Officers , and there were Assistant District Officers , but they were stationed at regional headquarters where they functioned , not as independent administrators , but as assistants to the Resident : as late as 1921 the Resident at Kano declined to accept the posting of political officers to permanent stations in the districts . |
| 13 | General Secretaries would then be obliged to satisfy the membership and could be put in a classic squeeze when they were approached at top level , even if supporting NoS was against their better judgement . |
| 14 | Most of them were shot at close range . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , it was treated at considerable cost before being allowed to enter the water system , whilst slurry was allowed to enter rivers untreated . |
| 16 | Of the less well known Indian appointments , a place in the Indian Marine also attracted a number of Scots even though it was based at unpopular Bombay , for it was a service which promoted by seniority , and death from wounds or disease could allow the rapid elevation of a healthy midshipman to a position of command . |
| 17 | Two years later , after a command performance at Windsor Castle , he disbanded it , and although it was resuscitated at public request , and attracted stars like ( Sir ) Charles Santley [ q.v. ] , it finally expired in 1887 . |
| 18 | It was agreed at working-level talks in Panmunjom on Aug. 23 that the fourth round of the ongoing Premiers ' talks between North and South Korea should be held in Pyongyang on Oct. 22-25 . |
| 19 | It was sold at current book value . |
| 20 | Held , dismissing the appeal ( Lord Keith of Kinkel and Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle dissenting ) , that although the common law had previously only admitted recovery of money exacted under an unlawful demand by a public authority where the payment had been made under a mistake of fact or under limited categories of compulsion , which did not apply to the payments by the building society , the nature of a demand for tax or similar impost on the citizen by the state , with the perceived economic and social consequences of non-payment stemming from the inequality of the parties ' respective positions , and the unjust enrichment falling on the state where the citizen paid an unlawful demand to avoid those consequences , warranted a reformulation of the law of restitution so as to recognise a prima facie right of recovery based solely on payment of money pursuant to an ultra vires demand by a public authority ; and that , accordingly , since the building society 's claim fell outside the statutory framework governing repayment of overpaid tax , it was entitled at common law to repayment of the sums from the dates of payments and to interest in respect thereof pursuant to section 35A of the Supreme Court Act 1981 ( post , pp. 384H , 387D , F–G , 389B , 390F — 391C , E–F , 392E , 396C , 414B–C , F–G , 415E–F , 416A–B , 417B , 418A–C , E–F , 421D–F , G ) . |
| 21 | The Dialogue was not published for the benefit of transvestite amateur countertenors : Mopsa 's part in it was aimed at young ladies . |
| 22 | Yesterday it was revealed that PC Hall escaped death by a whisker when he was shot at point-blank range . |
| 23 | At the 1987 election he was cocooned at Labour headquarters , surrounded by television screens , satellite aerials and endlessly insistent telephones . |
| 24 | Since the Earl of Holland was ‘ a man of greater dignity than knowledge in the Lawes of the Forest , he was assisted at various times by judges of the common law courts who advised him on points of law . |
| 25 | He was educated at New College , Oxford , as one of a small band of mature students sponsored in 1937 by the Oxford Delegacy for Extra-mural Studies , got a soccer Blue , and became a lifelong worker for the WEA . |
| 26 | He was educated at New College , Oxford , and proceeded to the degree of BCL in 1599 , having become MA and studied civil law for three years . |
| 27 | He was educated at Quaker institutions : Sidcot School and Woodbrooke College , Birmingham , where he took the social studies course . |
| 28 | he was educated at Quaker schools in Penkelt , Cheshire ; Bootham School , York ; and Glasgow High School . |
| 29 | He was educated at private schools in London , then served his apprenticeship from 1879 to 1882 in the locomotive works in Bow . |
| 30 | He was educated at private schools in England , the Athénée Royal in Brussels , and in Paris . |