Example sentences of "were [verb] [adv prt] at the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Details of these were given out at the April training day and included in that days ' notes . |
| 2 | Quite a number of them were turning up at the BBC and the harassed receptionist was heard to say , as she reported the arrival of yet another , ‘ I 'm sorry , where did you say you were king of ? ’ |
| 3 | — Nearly 50 awards were handed out at the Erimus Quoit and Rifle Social Club , Middlesbrough for the Winter Handicaps 1991–92 . |
| 4 | The receivers were called in at the Broadgate developer and the shares suspended at 7¼p , but the FT-SE 100 Index shook off the crisis and climbed to a new peak , up 18 points at 2778.8 . |
| 5 | Thousands of young volunteers , who had abandoned civilian safety to enlist in Kitchener 's great New Army , were cut down at the Somme , and their comrades disillusioned . |
| 6 | Falcons were fitted out at the Bordeaux plant to customer specification . |