Example sentences of "were [vb pp] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crates of fruit and vegetables were stacked at the other end . |
| 2 | Where necessary , new bridges , such as the Pont Saint-Michel , were built to cross the Seine , whose quays were developed at the same time as arteries for traffic . |
| 3 | Barricades were erected at the precise boundary of the two religious communities in an area of no-man's-land between a Catholic cathedral and a Protestant church , both rumoured to be threatened by attack . |
| 4 | They were halted at the outer guardhouse at the aforementioned trench , to identify themselves . |
| 5 | Some of the luggage was mislaid and after claims were placed at the lost luggage desk , it eventually turned up which meant a dash across the city out our ‘ 5-star accommodation ’ , the Vienna Marriott Hotel . |
| 6 | These lessons were given at the right time and were invaluable in later life . |
| 7 | On the second part , well nobody feels more strongly that I do about the problems of noise pollution and I agree entirely there er with what councillor has to say but may I remind members that this council did have a full service for a six months period , you all seem to have forgotten that , we did have a full service , an experimental one which ran for six months , er we were advised by the officers at the end of that period it was not necessary to run the full seven day a week service , it was not necessary we are still being advised that that is not necessary , that is the advice we were given at the last committee meeting and er the majority of members supported that . |
| 8 | Six C&P employees were treated at the occupational health centre before returning to work and two members of the public attended hospital but were later discharged . |
| 9 | Traditionally it has been thought that meteorites were formed at the same time as the solar planets , and the composition of them was used as a ‘ fossil guide ’ to the make-up of the planets . |
| 10 | They were formed at the same time as the Quakers , actually , in sixteen fifty-two , and the main erm belief of the group was that John Reeve and his cousin Ludowick Muddleton were the two prophets who 'd been chosen by God as the last witnesses in the Book of Revelation . |
| 11 | And as we believe that erm the earth and the sun were formed at the same time , so we 're starting to know a lot more about the original material from which the sun and the earth were formed , and here we find that it 's just full of prebiotic molecules which we did not know beforehand and therefore puts a different perspective on what we think the earth 's early atmosphere might have been . |
| 12 | records were broken at the National Powerboat championships at fairford in Gloucestershire … winner was midlander Mark Rolls … |
| 13 | The government , the ruling National Party ( NP ) ( which sent a separate delegation ) , the African National Congress ( ANC ) and the Inkatha Freedom Party were joined at the preparatory meeting by the Pan-Africanist Congress ( PAC ) , the Democratic Party ( DP ) , the South African Communist Party , various other political parties , delegations from the 10 " homelands " or bantustans , and representatives of the Indian and Coloured communities . |
| 14 | Kazakhstan also introduced banking restrictions ; goods and money were stopped at the Kirgiz border . |
| 15 | They were painted at the Royal Academy Schools when I was a student immediately before the closing of the Schools in 1940 . |
| 16 | The first question we asked was , how many of the words spoken by the subject were posted at the correct place in the word lattice ? |
| 17 | The statutes of the institute were altered at the same time to give Servan-Schreiber executive control . |
| 18 | The Chairman 's vice chairman 's and treasurer 's posts , not filled at the A.G.M. were filled at the first meeting of the new session 1991 — 1992 as follows ; Dr. A. J. Watson chairman ; G. W. Davidson , vice chairman and Mrs. P. Fisher , treasurer . |
| 19 | The Chairman 's vice chairman 's and treasurer 's posts , not filled at the A.G.M. were filled at the first meeting of the new session 1991–1992 as follows ; Dr. A. J. Watson chairman ; G. W. Davidson , vice chairman and Mrs. P. Fisher , treasurer . |
| 20 | The stock dove almost disappeared from some areas , but , like other species that were hard-hit at the same time , it has since made a good recovery . |
| 21 | Computer People Group Plc saw lower profits for the year ending December 31 than were expected at the interim stage due to a drop in recruitment revenues in the UK and lower volume sales of consultancy services in the US . |
| 22 | From each transformant , small pieces of mycelium were picked at the thallus periphery and grown on minimal medium with or without uridine . |
| 23 | No paralyses or other serious adverse events after OPV or IPV were reported at the 4–6 week visit . |
| 24 | NINE of 13 drug charges against a former tyre depot manager were dropped at the High Court in Aberdeen yesterday . |
| 25 | The greatest pity was that the top was clear enough for a view and as we were perched at the broad gable end of the mountain we could see some fabulous sights . |
| 26 | A washroom and WC were included at the left corner of the new room . |
| 27 | Ancistrus hoplogenys were added at the same time as the Corys . |
| 28 | The arguments about when to leave a casualty were addressed at the American Heart Association 's national conference on cardiopulmonary resuscitation in 1992 and were rehearsed in detail in its proceedings . |
| 29 | To say they were worshipped would be overstating the case but , as in so many cultures where people are dependent on an animal for existence ( the Plains Indian and the buffalo , for example ) , the forerunners of the modern Koi were respected at the same time they were exploited . |
| 30 | Elections for both the Lok Sabha and the state Assembly had then been scheduled to coincide with the June 1991 general election but were cancelled at the last moment [ see p. 38287 ] . |