Example sentences of "and were [vb pp] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Talks took place on 13th July and were adjourned at the suggestion of the Chairman . |
| 2 | The centres with high U/Pb also have higher average Ce/Pb than most basalts ( Fig. 3 c ) If the U/Pb ratios are representative of their sources and were fractionated at the time of formation of the oceanic lithosphere , this must also be true of the Ce/Pb ratios . |
| 3 | Her hair was done in pig-tails that hung over her shoulders and were tied at the bottom with satin ribbon . |
| 4 | Plans to merge the two began to be put into effect last year and were completed at the end of February . |
| 5 | We arrived at Addis Ababa at midday on 28 October and were received at the railway station by the Emperor . |
| 6 | The platforms were reached by ‘ Stanwood ’ fixed steps and were closed at the driver 's end by ‘ Bostwick ’ collapsible gates . |
| 7 | These responses , like those in the next sections , were provided by respondents without prompting and were classified at the data analysis stage of the study . |
| 8 | The central doors are by Ludovico Pogliaghi and were finished at the end of the nineteenth-century ; the door panels represent episodes in the life of the Virgin , the ‘ light ’ being the Coronation . |
| 9 | For reasons explained in the rolling stock chapter , they were not entirely satisfactory and were returned at the end of 1923 . |