Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [be] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The agreements with the United States had been bought at the cost of disproportionate cuts in Soviet weaponry and were clearly dictated by the need to reduce military spending , a much heavier relative burden for the USSR than for the United States . |
| 2 | Apparently , a day or so before my arrival , the children of Navan had been entertained at the centre by a man dressed-up as Mickey Mouse . |
| 3 | But she said Lilian had been working at the old people 's home just down the road . |
| 4 | Apparently Mr. Dolman had been working at The Albion Hotel , fell from a very tall ladder and was killed . |
| 5 | Isabel Marshall had been added at the age of fourteen , when her gawky , bony clumsiness had suddenly transformed itself into dazzling beauty , and Clara , her especial friend , was added a year later when her breasts grew . |
| 6 | As she had come round the corner of the house from putting her bicycle in the old stable block , Inspector Blakelock had been standing at the front door almost as if he were waiting for her . |
| 7 | Malcolm Kennedy had been jailed at the Old Bailey in September 1991 for allegedly kicking to death his cellmate , Patrick Quinn , at Hammersmith police station in west London early on Christmas Eve , 1990 . |
| 8 | A fortnight after the production of Giasone , another opera with a libretto by Cicognini had been given at the opening of yet another Venetian opera-house , Santi Apostoli . |
| 9 | Tim Roberts , prosecuting , said Floyd had been arrested at the Darlington bus station ten minutes after the attempted robbery and it was obvious to the police he had been drinking . |
| 10 | All except Bir Zeit ( on the West Bank ) had now opened or were preparing to open , but Bir Zeit had been informed at the end of August that its closure would be extended by three months for failing to ensure that its campus would not be used as a centre for anti-Israeli activity . |
| 11 | Peter had been sitting at the table on which there was a mug of tea and a brightly coloured magazine . |
| 12 | And , just as the conquest of Morocco had been undertaken at the turn of the century to counteract the divisive effects of " the Disaster " by giving Spaniards a new , common enterprise with which to identify , one might have expected that in 1956 Franco would resort to a military campaign to save Morocco to unite the regime forces around himself and divert attention away from domestic problems . |
| 13 | Manageress Angela had been employed at the shop for 20 years while Patricia worked there three mornings a week . |
| 14 | Charles had been directing at the time and cast him as Young Marlowe in She Stoops to Conquer . |
| 15 | On a walking holiday in the Spanish mountains , Jeremy had been staying at the Elola climbers ' refuge and had left there two weeks before to spend a day taking photographs . |
| 16 | On Jan. 3 Swedish radio also reported that three diplomats at the Chinese embassy in Stockholm had been expelled at the end of 1990 for spying on Chinese students living in Sweden , while China expelled a Swedish diplomat in retaliation . |
| 17 | Earlier his flatmate Mark Hodges had been interviewed at the police station about alleged deception . |
| 18 | Robin-Anne had been staring at the dark sea , but now she turned her big eyes back to me . |
| 19 | Bromhead had been educated at the private school for the deaf in Rugby and was a fluent writer and reader of German , French and Latin . |
| 20 | Stephen Smith had been staying at the Hallerton House Children 's Home in Cheltenham since July . |
| 21 | Glancing down the columns , she immediately discovered some new information : Puddephat had been accompanied at the inquest by his wife , she learned with surprise . |