Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [adv prt] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | When the men were starved out at the beginning of April 1890 and the union had capitulated , the organisation celebrated its triumph by refusing to take back men who wore the union " button " and required those who were re-employed to sign " The Document " , undertaking to work harmoniously with non-unionists and imported labour . |