Example sentences of "of [noun sg] were [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | From each transformant , small pieces of mycelium were picked at the thallus periphery and grown on minimal medium with or without uridine . |
| 2 | Its terms of reference were to look at the management of the financial and manpower resources of the NHS . |
| 3 | The main offices of government were based at the Lateran by Innocent 's time . |
| 4 | Traces of petrol were found at the scene . |
| 5 | The Trunchbull was in such a rage that her face had taken on a boiled colour and little flecks of froth were gathering at the corners of her mouth . |
| 6 | Police are hunting arsonists following a dutch barn blaze at Liverton Lodge Farm , near Loftus , when 500 bales of hay and 1,000 bales of straw were destroyed at the weekend . |
| 7 | Over 300 rolls of carpet were sold at the highly successful roadshows . |