Example sentences of "it was [verb] [adv prt] at [art] " in BNC.
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1 | The road was owned by Mr Dalison who gave it to the parish , in 1892 and it was made up at the cost of £40 and the improvements to the cemetery cost a further £21 140 . |
2 | Unfortunately , this had the effect of making it also extremely mobile during transport , and it was sliding about at every bend in the road . |
3 | A GREY parrot had detectives baffled last night when it was handed in at a Liverpool police station . |
4 | He left a note explaining his action and it was read out at the inquest . |
5 | It was standing up at a crazy angle out of a mass of ferns . |
6 | As I recall , he had not been initially so preoccupied with the peace treaty when it was drawn up at the end of the Great War , and I think it is fair to say that his interest was prompted not so much by an analysis of the treaty , but by his friendship with Herr Karl-Heinz Bremann . |
7 | It was caught up at the neck into a huge thick collar of silver fur . |
8 | When that palazzo fell into disrepair the door was brought here , to Via Filodrammatici , where it was set up at the entrance to a convent . |
9 | It was set up at the outbreak of war , when the British wanted to explain events to the African population in East Africa , and became self-supporting within two years . |
10 | It was set up at the time of the publication of the Beveridge report by a group of young MPs who had strong links with the forces . |