Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [adv] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The controls were voted in at the annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources ( CCMLR ) . |
| 2 | They were done once at the other house were n't they ? |
| 3 | He looked straight at her , and she could tell from the way his lower eyelids were drawn up at the inner corners and his nostrils distended that he was trying not to cry . |
| 4 | Phosphorus concentrations were measured only at the four sites listed . |
| 5 | Arrangements to introduce the new system of central scheduling were to be announced this week , but were called off at the last minute . |
| 6 | Both were reported to have agreed , but the talks were called off at the last minute . |
| 7 | Two additional changes ( also only relevant to joining a new scheme ) were brought in at the same time . |
| 8 | They were dug in at the other end of the village in an orchard very close to the enemy positions . |