Example sentences of "was [verb] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jehana 's mare was stopped at the far end of it , and Alexei was at her side . |
| 2 | I was stopped at the horse-car entrance by a locked door and , in response to my repeated knocking , by a determined female who told me I was n't welcome . |
| 3 | Finally I was enrolled at the Royal College of Physicians . |
| 4 | Sheila and Mona were writing at side tables ; Michael was kneeling at the big armchair , a book between his elbows , as if in prayer , a position he sometimes used for studying . |
| 5 | The Renault in front was halted at the French border . |
| 6 | Ten minutes later in the gymnasium downstairs Lee reflected that if she threw one of the dumb-bells she was using at the wall-sized mirror and it shattered into a hundred pieces around a central trauma , she would wake herself up and everybody around her and get into the local papers . |
| 7 | The general question of Unionist attitudes to Labour was highlighted at the Special Party Conference in 1917 where Law came under a strong attack . |
| 8 | Only three weeks ago Clough launched a scathing attack on the way he was treated at the European championship finals in Sweden this summer and voiced his disapproval at manager Taylor 's long-ball style . |
| 9 | As a 17-year-old , Daniel was diagnosed as suffering from testicular cancer and was treated at the Royal Marsden . |
| 10 | Progress on the project was given at the annual county council archaeology seminar , entitled Archaeology and Mineral Planning . |
| 11 | And in 1656 Orontea was given at the archducal court of Innsbruck , where Cesti was already established and had produced his L ‘ Argia ( 1655 ) for the visit of Christina of Sweden . |
| 12 | The drug was given at the recommended dose via a correctly positioned endotracheal tube . |
| 13 | It was situated at the far end of the house , above the sweet store room . |
| 14 | The piano was situated at the far end of the drawing-room . |
| 15 | The yard was situated at the eastern extremity of Polruan , where the forest rises steeply from the water 's edge . |
| 16 | Caspar was sniffing at the dead magpie . |
| 17 | One patient also had a distal gastric cancer which was resected at the same time as the colonic primary . |
| 18 | Soon after the murder , a huge wreath of white lilies was placed at the blood-stained scene . |
| 19 | she , she was baptised at the same time as I was , you know , er , the same day , Manchester assembly , that was nineteen seventy four seventy five no , seventy four , yeah |
| 20 | This research was undertaken at the British Library of Economic and Political Science , School of Oriental and African Studies , Library of the Conflict Research Society at City University , London ; Central Research Library , New York ; Columbia University ; and the Library of Congress . |
| 21 | The revision of Chapter II on Evidence followed and was completed at the Eleventh Session of the Conference in October 1968 . |
| 22 | The movie was completed at the final cost of $3 million . |
| 23 | On the way out , a policeman told him about the tragedy that was unfolding at the far end of the ground . |
| 24 | The arm was developed at the bio-engineering centre at the Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Centre in Edinburgh , which has a world-wide reputation for the quality of specialist clinical care it provides for people with severe or unusual physical disabilities . |
| 25 | It was developed at the Honduran Foundation for Agricultural Research by crossing a wild Asian banana with a Brazilian variety . |
| 26 | Also encouraging has been the fact that a row with America over government procurement , which threatened to spill over into tit-for-tat sanctions , was averted at the last minute . |
| 27 | The Audi Quattro was parked at the far end of the small , packed car-park . |
| 28 | When you sort out your notes , Sergeant , you might include in them the additional information that my car was parked at the other end of Boundary Drive , the end furthest away from Glenfair Road , see ? |
| 29 | On Nov. 29 it was announced that Gorbachev would visit Moldavia on the following day to address the republic 's Supreme Soviet , but the visit was cancelled at the last minute , reportedly because Dnestr Russian and Gagauz deputies had announced that they would boycott the session . |
| 30 | Hearing off : A disciplinary hearing involving a senior education officer who went missing during the summer was cancelled at the last minute yesterday . |