Example sentences of "they [was/were] [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were acquitted at the Old Bailey of making illegal exports , after saying the Government knew the company was doing business with Saddam Hussein . |
| 2 | They were treated at the Royal Liverpool Hospital for minor injuries . |
| 3 | They were painted at the Royal Academy Schools when I was a student immediately before the closing of the Schools in 1940 . |
| 4 | of patients surveyed were either satisfied or very satisfied with the service that they were receiving at the Northern General hospital trust — an impressive result . |
| 5 | The reason they 're rich in oxygen is because they were formed at the polar regions , alright ? |
| 6 | They were formed at the same time as the Quakers , actually , in sixteen fifty-two , and the main erm belief of the group was that John Reeve and his cousin Ludowick Muddleton were the two prophets who 'd been chosen by God as the last witnesses in the Book of Revelation . |
| 7 | They were halted at the outer guardhouse at the aforementioned trench , to identify themselves . |
| 8 | The die study has become one of the most important tools used by the numismatist because it provides a physical link between two separate objects and thereby provides evidence that they were made at the same place and time . |
| 9 | The same method of the die study is also useful in establishing mints , as die links between coins indicate that they were made at the same mint . |
| 10 | They were met at the front door by a delirious spaniel , who clearly had no idea of funeral decorum , and they proceeded into the front room , where Bill Clough switched on a bulging orangey imitation-coal electric fire , and then went to a horrible drinks cabinet — all plastic and flashing lights . |
| 11 | When these wagons arrived in the Underframe Shop they were unloaded at the required points or areas by hand-operated overhead travelling cranes in the ancillary bays , adjacent to the main workshop area . |
| 12 | Remarkably , they were saved at the last moment and rebuilt , now forming a group of pleasant dwellings . |
| 13 | But of course they were quoting at the very top of Leamington 's rate , and since then it 's gone right down . |
| 14 | It was Christmas 1781 when news filtered through that they were celebrating at the Red Lion at Bishopsgate ( an inn later to be made famous by Dickens 's Old Curiosity Shop ) . |
| 15 | ‘ They were aimed at the American market , and quite simply did n't work . |
| 16 | Although it can not be proved , there is a strong likelihood that they were working at the old Tilberthwaite Mine in the early part of the next century … someone was , as we shall see late . |
| 17 | For instance , the single person 's National Insurance retirement pension in 1990 is worth 26 per cent more than unemployment benefit , whereas back in 1972 they were paid at the same rate and had been for most of the period since 1948 . |
| 18 | Both beams were yellow , and they were arriving at the same rate . |
| 19 | They were sold at the New Caledonian Market in Southwark during the half light before sunrise to an art dealer who did not know they were stolen . |
| 20 | But when they were sitting at the oval table in the dining-room , eating Mrs Purry 's admirable steak and kidney pudding and drinking a full-bodied Burgundy , Penelope found herself next to Rupert , who talked very pleasantly about Italy , remembering that Penelope was shortly to visit Rome with the parish party , and told her of things she ought to see and restaurants where she might eat . |
| 21 | In different forms they were pursued at the second and third Councils of Constantinople ( 553 and 680–1 ) . |
| 22 | Again , er they were talking at the higher reach of our number |
| 23 | As they came close we watched as they demonstrated the subtle science of reading the often obscure words of the hymn and seeing where they were going at the same time . |