Example sentences of "it [was/were] [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it was pointing at the far corner of the floor , it emitted a stream of high-pitched bleeps . |
| 2 | It was situated at the far end of the house , above the sweet store room . |
| 3 | It was answered at the other end after the first ring by a friendly , but formal , female voice . |
| 4 | It was developed at the Honduran Foundation for Agricultural Research by crossing a wild Asian banana with a Brazilian variety . |
| 5 | It was developed at the Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield . |
| 6 | The first definite report of women taking the side of the men comes in early August , when it was announced at the quarterly general meeting of the Edinburgh Typographical Society that in the office of Neill & Co , 51 " female compositors had intimated their intention of tendering notices on Friday 5 August " alongside the men . |
| 7 | It was represented at the International Rose Festival at Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park in July . |
| 8 | The Department of the Environment said it was looking at the legal position of local authorities wanting to control parties . |
| 9 | It was said at the annual conference of the Association of District Councils on 1 July 1988 . |
| 10 | THE Restoration and maintenance of the village green and its stream had been a major project for the year , it was noted at the Old Alresford Parish Council 's recent annual general meeting in the Christy Hall . |
| 11 | Mr Michael King , regional secretary for the association , said it would provide accommodation where it was needed at the very bottom of the housing ladder . |
| 12 | It was suggested at the recent meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council that I send you a copy of the objections made by the Parish Council to the siting of a communication mast on land off Higher Lane , Scorton . |
| 13 | ‘ Addressed to myself , it was delivered at the back door this morning by a manservant . |
| 14 | Councillor Collinson is the owner of the local post office and general stores and it was agreed at the recent meeting of the Parish Council that this would be a good way of ensuring that the information pack was readily accessible by anyone wishing to consult it . |
| 15 | It was agreed at the regular meeting of the Council , today . " |
| 16 | An overwhelming vote of no confidence in it it was passed at the annual Police Federation conference in 1989 , with one member being reported in the press as having described the Authority as ‘ hell-bent on depriving police officers of their civil rights ’ . |
| 17 | In 24 patients ( 86% ) the Dieulafoy disease was located within the stomach ; in 17 patients ( 61% ) it was found at the classic site within 6 cm from the gastroesophageal junction ( in eight cases near the lesser curve , in two near the greater curve , in three on the anterior wall , in two on the posterior wall , and in two in a hiatus hernia immediately below the oesphageal-gastric junction ) ; in five patients in the corpus ; and in two patients proximal from the anastomosis after gastric resection . |
| 18 | The terrorists were obviously about to fire their weapon and it was aimed at the main grandstands . |
| 19 | It was aimed at the top 60% of school pupils , and was usually taken by 15- and 16-year-olds . |
| 20 | It was aimed at the top 20% of school pupils , and again was usually taken by 15- and 16-year-olds . |
| 21 | A scale was formed by simply scoring the number of times the respondent said that he or she was satisfied ; the resulting scale started with a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 6 , but it was dichotomized at the median value into a scale of political alienation with two values ( high and low ) . |
| 22 | Lowthorpe is mentioned four times in the Domesday Book , where it is spelt Logetorp , and in King Edward the Confessor 's time it was valued at the princely sum of eight shillings . |