Example sentences of "were [adv] [verb] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was only the slightest of pauses for communal reflection before twenty-nine pairs of shoes were duly launched at the teacher in charge . |
| 2 | Almost , you know and they said they were better , we were right looking at the stage over this time . |
| 3 | And perhaps in the minds of many , the memories of their tragic stay in Oxford were slowly softening at the edges . |
| 4 | Although his actions were widely condemned at the time and subsequently , it is a more open question whether his objectives were so much at odds with those of his government . |
| 5 | The results were widely interpreted at the time as a personal vindication for the General . |
| 6 | HLA class I and class II alleles were serologically typed at the Tissue Typing Laboratory , NSW Division , Australian Red Cross Society Blood Transfusion Service using the standard National Institutes of Health test for class I and a modified National Institutes of Health test using immunomagnetic beads for class II . |
| 7 | That this was due not merely to right-wing and civil service sabotage is clearly recognised by the left MPs who were most involved at the time . |
| 8 | In such an institution , he felt , there was bound to be a number of aged people of unsound mind simply because of age ; they were better kept at the workhouse with a special attendant , and in a ground floor ward . |
| 9 | Given any example of a classic scientific theory , whether at the time of its first proposal or at a later date , it is possible to find observational claims that were generally accepted at the time and were considered to be inconsistent with the theory . |
| 10 | Human rights , during the cold war , were largely ignored at the Security Council , which is the only UN body with teeth . |
| 11 | Social events for example were organised for the deaf rather than by deaf people themselves , mainly by hearing missioners ; deaf magazines like the Deaf Quarterly News and the British Deaf Times were largely aimed at a readership far too sophisticated for the average ordinary deaf person , written and edited by missioners ; the Guild of St. John of Beverley , an organisation of mainly clerical missioners interested in doing things for the deaf , flourished . |
| 12 | ‘ They were desperately unhip at the start , and they probably still are . |
| 13 | The descriptions are a mixture of quotations from texts which were already known at the time of writing , when Rahewin completed the work of Otto von Freising . |
| 14 | If , moreover , at this early date , sizeable Nazarean enclaves existed as far distant as Syria , one can not ignore the possibility that they had come into being prior to Jesus 's death and were already established at the time of the Crucifixion . |
| 15 | The new patterns of the economy , the steady decline of manufacturing industry ( in which 6.5 m. of the population were directly employed at the end of the seventies ) as against the rise of the service and transport sector ( which employed 7.25 m. at the start of 1980 ) also told in favour of the redistribution of resources in favour of particular regions and occupational groups . |
| 16 | The boys , on a two-week holiday , were quickly comforted at the show in Bridgend , South Wales . |
| 17 | It was always going to be a difficult fixture for lowly Millmead Reserves against high-fliers Shottermill Reserves , and the visitors ' hopes were totally dashed at the start when they could only field nine men . |
| 18 | The ESPLANADE , on which witches were once burned at the stake , is the scene of the famous Military Tattoo held annually at the time of the International Festival . |
| 19 | The women though were more offended at the attitude of the Council . |
| 20 | Most Bewick 's Swans are now recorded in wet grasslands or large areas of open water in the interior , although des Forges and Harber record none in the interior before 1940 and as recently as 1961 most were still seen at the coast . |
| 21 | Finnan was shouting commands and swords were still flashing at the beasts who fought to clamber on board . |
| 22 | Whilst we were still looking at the blaze , Marjorie Truckle ( Ernie 's sister ) , who would have been about thirteen years of age , came rushing across the field with a message from their mother — |
| 23 | The remaining employers , during the negotiations which followed the mass meeting of 31 August and the threat of a strike , were still sticking at a compromise formula , one which Amelia McLean , putting the women 's case in The Vote , said she was prepared to accept , viz : a five-year ban on women entrants from 1 January 1911 , and the establishment of a 50 per cent distribution of Monotype keyboards between men and women . |
| 24 | They were still sitting at the kitchen table . |
| 25 | The race started with the smallest grid since 1932 , yet 16 of the 29 cars that qualified were still running at the end . |
| 26 | ( She and Jack were still married at the time . ) |
| 27 | Appreciative letters were still arriving at the stage door from listeners to the Home Service . |
| 28 | Millwall 's protests ended with Cunningham being booked and they were still arguing at the end . |
| 29 | Do n't exaggerate , they were still whispering at the edges . |
| 30 | They were both tickled at the image of Dorothy as a defender of the public good . |