Example sentences of "[det] [noun] was [vb pp] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then another lunch was estimated at two hundred and eighty and forty-five came , and it kept swinging like that all week and they never knew what the hell was going to happen so they got really aggravated and then we had , you know , some of the kids , the Ban-the-Bezier group were wandering around with their face masks and their Type ninety bags over their heads and were saying crude things over a megaphone in Tom Quad , right and then these bowler hatted policemen , whoever they are , were patiently explaining to a number of girls who were sunbathing on the lawn that this was n't done quite that way here . |
| 2 | This scene was repeated at five minute intervals until the police arrived . |
| 3 | This period was fixed at ten years , and so it became possible , after the beginning of 1936 , to extend compulsory registration to any county in England and Wales . |
| 4 | The compliance to this advice was checked at each interview . |
| 5 | This game was played at great pace with some spectacular dunks . |
| 6 | This arrangement was reached at two rounds of negotiations at Geneva , designated by the press contingent Geneva I and Geneva II . |
| 7 | This suspension was centrifuged at 1500 g for 10 minutes . |
| 8 | Another call was made at 1.32 a.m . |
| 9 | This subject was discussed at greater length in Chapter 9 . |
| 10 | This call was followed at seven collieries and by some railway workers , disrupting rail freight and reportedly causing the cancellation of approximately one-quarter of passenger ser-vices in Silesia . |
| 11 | This call was followed at seven collieries and by some railway workers , disrupting rail freight and reportedly causing the cancellation of approximately one-quarter of passenger ser-vices in Silesia . |
| 12 | This call was logged at 1.17 a.m . |
| 13 | Where this problem was found at high level on the aisle gable walls , it was owed to a poor constructional detail . |
| 14 | The aircraft passed 50°W longitude at 1150 hours and at that time communications could not be established , the aircraft was cleared to climb to 33,000 feet and this altitude was reached at 1217 hour . |
| 15 | ‘ That cargo was valued at half-a-billion dollars , Nader , and you know the insurance company is n't going to pay out . |
| 16 | In this instance the case was dismissed but the fact that such action was taken at all was profoundly significant . |
| 17 | Each tube was centrifuged at 1500 g for 10 minutes and after separation , the radioactivity of the pellet was counted in an LKB 1271 RIAGAMA counter ( Turku , Finland ) . |
| 18 | However , I have made some very unusual designs in which very little colour was involved at all , and sometimes I have used only cream , beige , white and the occasional touch of grey to make solid designs that rely on texture rather than colour . |
| 19 | In the late nineteenth century , all administration was grouped at two levels — central and local — so that at each level , decisions could be subjected to the scrutiny of an elected body . |
| 20 | In other words British Gas may end up paying more than it would if more help was offered at tender stage . |
| 21 | Looking at City 's first-half performance at The Dell , he must have wondered if any change was needed at all . |
| 22 | The same procedure was followed at two o'clock . |