Example sentences of "[coord] [was/were] [verb] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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1 | The alterations to the National Executive report , Socialism and the Condition of the People which he advocated were finally left to the Executive to consider , and were moved again at the Southport Conference of 1934 . |
2 | She turned to find that the Doctor , Francis and Elaine had followed her , and were staring glumly at the fourfold choice of paths . |
3 | So , for many years , the couple made their living as hired help , and were doing so at the time of the film 's success . |
4 | David Paul McKnight ( 27 ) , of Juniper Park was said by his solicitor at Craigavon Crown Court to be ‘ a virtual alcoholic ’ and was drinking heavily at the time of the offences on January 4 . |
5 | Putting the ‘ corpse ’ down , she gave up and was gazing sadly at the small body when , about two minutes after its ‘ death ’ , it suddenly took a few very deep breaths and started to move about . |
6 | The organization was run by an executive council who were responsible to a grand council , and was administered locally at the county level . |
7 | The stone disimpacted in eight of these patients after seven to 10 days decompression and was removed successfully at the second stage , whereas five of six patients with persistent stone impaction required more than one session for stone clearance . |
8 | Cranston had placed the wine cup and jug beside the bed , collapsed on to the mattress and was smiling beatifically at the ceiling , fast asleep . |
9 | He came back from a serious back injury last season , but was injured again at the weekend . |