Example sentences of "were [verb] at [art] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women and children were to report at the school in the morning to make arrangements for the care and education of the evacuees . |
| 2 | Approximately 27,000 cups of tea and coffee were consumed at the start in 1991 |
| 3 | Plants collected were exhibited at a dinner in July to Members and their guests , and a general discussion followed a talk by the Demonstrator . |
| 4 | After an uncomfortable night tossing about on board the steamer , on arrival Mrs Gould , her maid Mary , and the baby were lodged at an inn in Newcastle , while Gould took the opportunity of visiting some of the islands in the estuary . |
| 5 | The figures were revealed at a conference in Edinburgh , highlighting the problems facing young people in care . |
| 6 | Near the door there was a rose-tree and three gardeners , who were looking at the roses in a very worried way . |
| 7 | Previously we were looking at the way in which the colour order for pattern is decided by the Creation 6 program and took a pattern all the way through to the ‘ Knit a pattern ’ menu , ready to transfer directly across to the machine console . |
| 8 | Brian Adair , the president of the Law Society of Scotland , said that with underfunding and undermanning the country 's criminal and civil courts were creaking at the seams in spite of efforts to shore them up . |
| 9 | He said the country 's criminal and civil courts were creaking at the seams in spite of efforts to shore them up . |
| 10 | According to Greenpeace , 1,100 tons of munitions were dumped at the site in 1991 and 8,400 tons thus far this year . |
| 11 | The guarantee and the charge were executed at the bank in the presence of the bank manager . |
| 12 | The bodies of thirty one year old Pauline Turner and two year old Jamie , were found at a house in Worcester . |
| 13 | Over 75 organizations were represented at the meeting in Durban , including the Congress of South African Trade Unions ( COSATU ) and the Labour Party , which held the majority of seats in the House of Representatives ( the chamber for Coloured people in the tricameral parliament — see p. 36880 for 1989 election ) . |
| 14 | Late on the Saturday evening , in the glow which follows a good dinner and good wines , four of us , all old acquaintances , were sitting at a table in the lounge talking — inevitably — about birds , and the conversation got round to places we would like to visit . |
| 15 | The two of them were sitting at a table in the open air . |
| 16 | Paul Lexington and Bobby Anscombe were sitting at a table in the middle of the room , engaged in a fiercely whispered conversation . |
| 17 | During the 1980s , legislation and public subsidies were directed at an increase in owner-occupation and an attack on council housing . |
| 18 | He and Minter were huddled at a table in the narrow bay window of the Grapes public bar , overlooked and unattended as the lunchtime rush gathered pace and noise , cocooned from the gossip and laughter that swirled about them . |
| 19 | Budapest Radio said several people were killed at a demonstration in the Transylvanian town of Tirgu Mures yesterday . |
| 20 | Police have confiscated a replica gun after shots were fired at a family in their car . |
| 21 | After a second incident on Sept. 21 when depth charges were fired at an intruder in the Stockholm archipelago , Bildt claimed on Sept. 22 that Russian submarines had violated Sweden 's territorial waters and had been pursued , but this was denied by Russia on Sept. 23 . |
| 22 | Vaccines were kept in a cold room in Abidjan , and limited supplies were kept at the clinic in a refrigerator that was used exclusively for this study . |
| 23 | And you were working at the ski-shop in order to keep body and soul together ? ’ |
| 24 | NEW uniforms for Ballinacross Accordion Band were dedicated at a service in Knockloughrim Maghera yesterday . |
| 25 | In the run up to a Home International game at Hampden , the Scotland squad were assembled at a hotel in Troon . |
| 26 | Twenty-nine pairs of shoes were launched at the teacher in charge . |
| 27 | Inconclusive talks on currency issues were held at a meeting in Minsk on June 26 between representatives of the 11 Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) states ( including heads of government of Byelarus , Russia and Tajikistan only , and with Moldova and Azerbaijan present only as observers ) . |
| 28 | Four more were recruited at a meeting in December . |
| 29 | Four more were recruited at a meeting in December . |