Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] [noun pl] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said he was to get £30,000 to £40,000 for his role , and added : ‘ I went down the A82 via Fort William before I was stopped by police at Doune . ’ |
| 2 | Mr Connor was treated for burns at Hereford General Hospital and later discharged . |
| 3 | The Administration Order , which has existed for about 100 years with hardly anyone noticing , was limited to cases at present below the £5000 threshold . |
| 4 | Andrew Risdon , 14 , was walking with friends at Whitstone Primary School , near Bude , Cornwall , when the wall suddenly toppled . |
| 5 | As noted earlier , the AEC was designed for offenders at risk of further offending and/or custody . |
| 6 | On 28 April that year one was seen with cattle at Lancing . |
| 7 | As ex- employees will recall , his wife and youngest daughter , were on their way to the Maldives when their aeroplane was bombed by terrorists at Colombo Airport . |
| 8 | Tear gas was used against demonstrators at Brokdorf and Grohnde in West Germany ; at Kalkar a moat was dug to keep out an army of protesters . |
| 9 | A car valued at £700 was sold by bailiffs at auction , without a reserve , for only £20 . |
| 10 | After a long apprenticeship with Celtic Boys Club , playing as a winger then a defensive sweeper , Nicholas attracted the attention of several English league teams and was invited to trials at Ipswich , Wolves and Manchester City . |
| 11 | Last year £1 , was raised for projects at home and in the overseas missions . |
| 12 | Sooting was noted on vessels at Bishopstone ( Bell 1977 , pp. 229–33 ) . |
| 13 | The number of CD4 positive cells per microlitre and the CD4/CD8 ratio in the peripheral blood was reduced in patients at stage IV compared with patients at stage II/III , and — at stage IV — in patients with gastrointestinal infections compared with non-infected patients ( data not shown ) . |
| 14 | Neil , 31 , was found after neighbours at Westgate-on-Sea , Kent , saw his front door open with the milk outside . |
| 15 | Dog handlers wearing protective clothing , caged the dog and it was brought to kennels at Newhnam on Severn . |
| 16 | This was originally an eyesore but was converted for Trees-R-Us at Christmas . |
| 17 | This was originally an eyesore but was converted for Trees-R-Us at Christmas . |
| 18 | The last piece was removed by surgeons at London 's £350-a-night Princess Grace Hospital . |
| 19 | The data was taken from trials at Silsoe College of tanker and umbilical hose systems between October 1 and March 31 in three years — 1986/7 ( average rainfall ) , 1987/8 ( wet ) and 1988/9 ( dry ) . |
| 20 | The early days of the strike — which Radio France International on May 25 said had been " virtually ignored " by the population — saw large FIS demonstrations ; on May 29 and 30 tear gas was fired by police at FIS demonstrators in various areas of Algiers . |
| 21 | Former Justice Minister Enrique Low Murtra , 52 , was killed by gunmen at La Salle University in Bogotá on April 30 . |
| 22 | In the 1870s , the Society was established in premises at Renfield Street where it remained until the splendid new building in West Regent Street was erected through the efforts of William Agnew in 1894 . |
| 23 | The competition was held among pupils at Drymen Primary School , and for the second year running was sponsored by the Royal Bank Branch in the town . |
| 24 | ( Its first president , Detlef Rohwedder , was murdered by terrorists at Easter . ) |