Example sentences of "was [verb] [noun sg] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joseph , of Bow , east London , was given probation at the Old Bailey yesterday for attempted robbery . |
| 2 | Their roots lay in another relatively new corporate phenomenon , that of management consultancy , which was gaining credence at the same time . |
| 3 | It would be a marvellous feat if the 22-year-old swimming pool attendant from Wakefield was to supercede Hare at the first attempt . |
| 4 | He appealed to William who was cutting leather at the other end of the bench . |
| 5 | Kenneth Taylor , who said he did not receive any extra payment other than his normal wages , was giving evidence at the High Court in Aberdeen on the second day of the trial of Alexander Murray . |
| 6 | A divisional fire officer with Lothian and Borders fire brigade , William Templeton , was giving evidence at the High Court in Edinburgh . |
| 7 | The girl was giving evidence at the High Court in Glasgow at the trial of her 38-year-old father , her grandfather , 64 , and her uncle , 23 , who can not be named for legal reasons . |
| 8 | And just as a bulldozer began clearing the coal , another demonstration of anger was taking shape at the unlikely venue of Cheltenham ; a town far removed from collieries and pits , but nevertheless a hotbed of outrage . |
| 9 | In 1854 she was appointed teacher at the experimental Portman Hall School endowed by Barbara Leigh Smith ( later Barbara Bodichon , q.v . ) . |
| 10 | He was preparing lunch at the precise moment . |
| 11 | I was throwing water at the English boy and his friend and they were yelling , ‘ She 's crazy . |
| 12 | The filming was to take place at the National Theatre under the eye of the distinguished director Mr Hugh Hudson . |