Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moscow resented being excluded from the post-war occupation of Japan for example , whilst Washington was disturbed at the Communist victory in China in 1949 , and in June 1950 the invasion of pro-Western South Korea by the Communist North dramatically demonstrated that Cold War tensions outside Europe could have a major impact within Europe . |
| 2 | Curtis was staring at the bloodstained shirt , ‘ I suppose it has to have been a firearm , sir ? ’ |
| 3 | HCIMA Sri Lanks was launched at an inaugural meeting at Mount Lavinia . |
| 4 | Maggie was looking at the corporal standing at the other side of the counter as she said , ‘ Sorry , no sandwiches left ; only wads , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 5 | The meal was organised around the char which had been caught that afternoon , and Hope was touched at the extravagant praise lobbed his way for the provision of the excellent fish . |
| 6 | Schizophrenic Clive Wells was appearing at the Old Bailey accused of killing a 63-year-old man when he gave specialist nurses the slip . |
| 7 | AN American Airlines Boeing 767 en route from Glasgow to Chicago was grounded at a Canadian air base last night after a passenger made a bomb threat on board . |
| 8 | AN American Airlines Boeing 767 on a flight from Glasgow to Chicago was grounded at a Canadian air base yesterday after a passenger made a bomb threat on board . |
| 9 | A planned trip by PLO chair Yassir Arafat to Syria in mid-October was cancelled at the last moment . |
| 10 | Cameron was staring at the shut door . |
| 11 | Martin was standing at the furthermost edge of the terrace , looking over the gardens and down to the sea . |
| 12 | Mr Smillie was speaking at the official promotion of ScottishPower 's ‘ Carefree Register ’ for elderly and disabled customers who require special treatment by the company , from meter readings and payment of bills to special reliance on power for such things as dialysis machines . |
| 13 | The Audi Quattro was parked at the far end of the small , packed car-park . |
| 14 | Ralph Salperton was standing at the living-room window . |
| 15 | The applicant John Cox was involved at the highest level in both CND and the Communist Party of Great Britain , both in the period of Communist domination ’ and in the late 1970s when CND was growing . |
| 16 | ‘ The shot that killed Garland was fired at a few minutes past ten . |
| 17 | As far as Veronica Totteridge was concerned , Theodora was staying at the right house , riding the right sort of horse . |
| 18 | He wo n't have to go to the two language schools being set up by Volvo and Renault in France and Sweden to teach English to engineers and designers ; le Quement was educated at a public school in England . |
| 19 | Helena was educated at a French boarding-school in Neuville , and then at Notting Hill High School . |
| 20 | ‘ Sandra Riverton was killed at a remote place at a remote hour . |
| 21 | Mike Dawson was sitting at a dead computer , strumming the keyboard and offering a toothy smile to an invisible audience . |
| 22 | A model for achieving a smoke free generation in Europe was proposed at the first European conference on tobacco in 1988 and was supported by the World Health Organisation and British Medical Association . |
| 23 | Cowley was met at the front door by an elderly , but still handsome woman , dressed in trouser suit and a very westernised poncho . |
| 24 | Thorold Mackie was alleged at the High Court in Edinburgh to have used information obtained from a company chairman about an impending profits warning . |
| 25 | Nineteen year old Matthew Loveridge was arrested at the Ten Acre caravan site in Sandford on Thames in January . |
| 26 | Barry was unseated at the fifth , but hung on to the reins , ran alongside Midnight Madness for a few strides and bounced back into the saddle to continue in pursuit . |
| 27 | Mme Guérigny was standing at the front door , her head pushed back , shouting up to the attic window for Jean-Claude . |
| 28 | After Joyce was convicted at the Old Bailey in September 1945 , he was driven away to Wormwood Scrubs under armed escort . |
| 29 | Young Archie was educated at the local National school until he was 14 and then apprenticed to Stephens & Sons , pioneers of the Stephens motor-car . |
| 30 | Yvonne was standing at the far end of the room in her red tent dress , her arms extended , a glass of brandy glimmering in one hand . |