Example sentences of "and [was/were] [vb pp] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Talks took place on 13th July and were adjourned at the suggestion of the Chairman . |
| 2 | The centres with high U/Pb also have higher average Ce/Pb than most basalts ( Fig. 3 c ) If the U/Pb ratios are representative of their sources and were fractionated at the time of formation of the oceanic lithosphere , this must also be true of the Ce/Pb ratios . |
| 3 | Her hair was done in pig-tails that hung over her shoulders and were tied at the bottom with satin ribbon . |
| 4 | Plans to merge the two began to be put into effect last year and were completed at the end of February . |
| 5 | We arrived at Addis Ababa at midday on 28 October and were received at the railway station by the Emperor . |
| 6 | The platforms were reached by ‘ Stanwood ’ fixed steps and were closed at the driver 's end by ‘ Bostwick ’ collapsible gates . |
| 7 | These responses , like those in the next sections , were provided by respondents without prompting and were classified at the data analysis stage of the study . |
| 8 | The central doors are by Ludovico Pogliaghi and were finished at the end of the nineteenth-century ; the door panels represent episodes in the life of the Virgin , the ‘ light ’ being the Coronation . |
| 9 | For reasons explained in the rolling stock chapter , they were not entirely satisfactory and were returned at the end of 1923 . |
| 10 | A month ago he had a positive diagnosis and was treated at the Churchill Hospital . |
| 11 | The story was supposedly told by Charley 's friend , Bill Bellaser and was related at the turn of the century in ‘ Stories , Lyrics and Legends of the West Country ’ by Mary Walsh . |
| 12 | Once he went to the house in Stone Alley and was met at the door by Maggie Byrne , but she only wanted to talk about the undersized child in her arms whose life he had saved . |
| 13 | He was greeted by 5,000 UNITA supporters and was met at the airport by government representatives . |
| 14 | In fact , she sounded particularly cheerful ; it was the first morning she had woken up with no trace of sickness , and was cheered at the thought of entering the ‘ blooming ’ phase of pregnancy . |
| 15 | The police were called , my client was arrested and was detained at the police station from about midnight on the Saturday until eventually he appeared before the court about four o'clock on the Monday afternoon . |
| 16 | Philippa was wearing a black kerchief which covered her hair and was tied at the nape of her neck , a knee-length black T-shirt and black straw sandals . |
| 17 | For the first time in its history the Irish Bank Officials ' Association attended and was represented at the Conference by fifteen Delegates led by the President , Leonard Coote . |
| 18 | He went down the stairs and was stopped at the sound of voices . |
| 19 | A provisional government had been formed under Alexander Kerensky and the Soviet and was based at the Winter Palace . |
| 20 | He moved to Louth in 1938 and was based at the maltings on Leakes Row . |
| 21 | If it is an even number , then was in fact set two periods earlier and was set at the close of the previous period . |
| 22 | Pope John Paul II paid his second visit to Mexico on May 6-13 ( his 10th to Latin America ) and was welcomed at the airport by President Carlos Salinas de Gortari , an act criticized by opposition parties since Mexico had no diplomatic relations with the Vatican . |
| 23 | He was educated locally and was apprenticed at the Solihull nurseries of Messrs Hewitt . |
| 24 | Born at Cardross , Dumbartonshire , he lost his hearing in infancy through illness and was admitted at the age of 8 into the Glasgow Institution for the Deaf and Dumb where he remained for seven years . |
| 25 | His misery drove him to the theatre again , uselessly ; he had used up Dinah 's tickets , and was told at the box office that all seats were sold out . |
| 26 | The Danish-born Sir Andrew Ogard , who served in France and was knighted at the Battle of Verneuil , where incidentally Fastolf was promoted banneret , received letters of denization in 1433 and held offices in France worth £1,000 annually . |
| 27 | Markham joined Henry VIII 's French expedition of 1513 and was knighted at the surrender of Tournai , 25 September 1513 . |
| 28 | He played a major role in the organization of the royal expedition to Boulogne of that year , and was knighted at the end of the campaign . |
| 29 | It relied on government subsidy and was closed at the end of 1958 . |
| 30 | This new treatment did not have the unpleasant and dangerous side-effects of mercurial treatment and was hailed at the time , like many other ‘ new ’ treatments , as the long-awaited answer to the problems of syphilis . |