Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [vb pp] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neighbours Manchester United have also shown an interest , while Celtic were represented at Ayresome Park towards the end of the season . |
| 2 | Yorkshire 's most testing time came soon after lunch when Metcalfe , after top-scoring with 38 , was well taken by Rajesh Maru at first slip against Cardigan Connor and David Byas was caught at mid wicket off Paul-Jan Bakker to make them a shaky 95 for three . |
| 3 | And to make the point even more strongly , Lend-Lease was ended at Congressional insistence in August 1945 before the war with Japan was over ; and the Truman Administration was only allowed to grant Britain her first post-war loan on the most ungenerous terms . |
| 4 | The Whitehall documents leaked by Mr Cook show arms embargo-breaking to Saddam was known at ministerial level . |
| 5 | During his visit to Shenzhen and Shuhai Deng was joined at various times by other high-ranking leaders , including President Yang Shangkun , Yang Baibing , President Yang 's younger brother and a member of the central committee secretariat of the ruling Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) and secretary-general of the Central Military Commission , Qiao Shih , a member of the CCP politburo standing committee and central committee secretariat , and Zhu Rongji , a reformist Vice-Premier . |
| 6 | Ranatunga was caught at short leg with just four runs needed , giving Jayasuriya his moment of glory , while Tillekeratne remained 36 not out . |
| 7 | The two were apparently on guard duty at the Lille Barracks , Farnham , Surrey , when 19-year-old Robert Smith was blasted at point-blank range . |