Example sentences of "was [verb] [coord] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Echo recently featured an article about a young man who was mugged and robbed at the entrance to Everton Park on Netherfield Road . |
| 2 | A small boy in pyjamas put down the basket he was weaving and looked at the face for a second or two , then turned back to his basket . |
| 3 | Nails was laughing and shivering at the same time , so excited that he felt almost ill with it . |
| 4 | Suddenly the anguish was gone and she was laughing and crying at the same time . |
| 5 | The fear of future unemployment , he believed , was exaggerated and existed at the moment " as a heavy legacy of dictatorship " . |
| 6 | I was shivering and sweating at the same time . |
| 7 | Someone was squealing and crying at the same time , as if caught in a trap . |
| 8 | He was groaning and clawing at the pillow . |
| 9 | John was burgling and dealing at the same time , so we had a regular supply , like . |
| 10 | In the mid-seventh century , Dagobert II , one of the central figures in the mystery of Rennes-le-Château , was raised and educated at the monastery of Slane , just north of what is now Dublin . |
| 11 | He was crying and laughing at the same time . |
| 12 | This channel , like the one for the forward plane , was supported and faced at the end with standing brickwork . |
| 13 | Everyone was drinking but scattered at the sight of Bill Sykes but this little girl went back on stage to finish her drink ! |
| 14 | He fiddled with a piece of card he was carrying and glowered at the exit to the Customs hall as if he was expecting his worst enemy to come through the door . |
| 15 | The men wore short kilts of grey homespun , their hair was flowing or knotted at the back , most were bearded : the uplanders had arrived from the Glen of Keltney . |
| 16 | A detailed recruitment strategy has been drawn up by the National Executive Committee , which was discussed and agreed at the March Council meeting . |
| 17 | … Everybody was talking and gesticulating at the same time . ’ |
| 18 | Hilary Frome , stretched face down along the floor , was writhing and retching at the top of the stairs . |
| 19 | This 19th of Cherubini 's 34 operas was conceived and written at the height of the Revolutionary Reign of Terror . |
| 20 | This 19th of Cherubini 's 34 operas was conceived and written at the height of the Revolutionary Reign of Terror . |
| 21 | I was comforted and stimulated at the same time . |
| 22 | French successes faltered , however , when the maid of Orleans , failing in her attempt to wrest Paris from the English in 1430 , was captured and burned at the stake in Rouen on 30 May 1431 . |