Example sentences of "was [verb] [adv] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 60 min later , almitrine ( Lab Euthérapie , Neuilly/Seine , France ) , a drug known to potentiate hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction , was given intravenously at 16 g/kg per min ( patient 1 ) or 12 g/kg per min ( patient 2 ) . |
| 2 | If a pitch was turning more at one end than the other , we would offer it to Tuffers to enhance his chances of getting wickets to push his Test claims . |
| 3 | The seed of Hypericum monogynum , also from China , was raised successfully at both gardens and ‘ Morus papyreia ’ ( i.e. Broussonetia papyrifera , the paper-mulberry ) from Japan , was another successful novelty to thrive well in the open at Chelsea as , in fact , did many mountain subjects . |
| 4 | The ileocolic artery was perfused immediately at 3 ml/min using warmed ( 37°C ) , oxygenated ( 95% O s , 5% CO 2 ) Krebs-Ringer 's bicarbonate solution ( NaCl 118.4 mmol , KCl 4.7 mmol , dextrose 5.6 mmol , bovine serum albumin 30 µmol ) . |
| 5 | have to wait twenty five to eight before he 'd come in , how he was coming here at that time I do n't know . |
| 6 | Cytomegalovirus infection was found contemporaneously at some site in the body in six individuals ( ampullary biopsy in three , intestinal biopsy in five , and in the retina of one patient ) . |
| 7 | The treatment of mental illness was advancing considerably at that time , and it probably contributed more than the legislative change to reducing both the use of compulsory procedures and the incidence of long stays in hospital . |
| 8 | By then the Pozsgay bulldozer was rolling ahead at full speed . |
| 9 | This campaign was directed principally at naturalized Englishmen of German and Jewish extraction who were thought to have conflicting loyalties . |
| 10 | This agitation was directed principally at those members of the planning office , the full Council , and the Planning Committee who were most closely identified with the housing policy . |
| 11 | The damage was estimated today at 150,000 pounds . |
| 12 | Attendance was put officially at 300,000 people , but unofficial estimates were as low as 40,000 . |
| 13 | In order to find suitable locations for turning loops , the route was extended slightly at both ends . |
| 14 | He was tugging anxiously at one earlobe , and the silence continued to hang between them , though Nunzia slapped and stirred at the range . |
| 15 | Sergeant-Major Haines was sent forward at one point and with Donald Roy got the column moving . |
| 16 | When he was admitted to the ward , Mr Reynolds ' temperature was recorded orally at 36.8 C. Throughout the pre-operative period it remained within normal limits . |
| 17 | In the event , his speech was aimed primarily at reassuring Conservatives , and secondarily at mollifying markets . |
| 18 | From the start of the fourth round of negotiations the Palestinian strategy was aimed largely at halting settlements in the territories . |
| 19 | The sale was aimed particularly at small investors in accordance with the government 's commitment to wider share-ownership and was preceded by heavy advertising . |
| 20 | His 1988 exhibition was staged simultaneously at identical shows in New York , Chicago and Cologne ( Koons made 18 pieces in triplicate ) and it quickly sold out , grossing $5 million , despite one critic denouncing the work as ‘ a recycling of kitsch taste for jaded sophisticates ’ . |
| 21 | The rules mean that police would have to take control of the computer as soon as possible after the offence and establish that it was working properly at all times . |
| 22 | I think the bravest thing I ever did in my life was sing solo at that pantomime , I , I think that was braver than giving birth or having my wisdom teeth out . |
| 23 | From an initial position of advantage in immediate post-war Britain — when food was required almost at any cost — the agricultural interest succeeded in capturing the regulatory mechanism through the exercise of highly successful pressure-group politics . |