Example sentences of "was [verb] at [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is this that I was hinting at in the previous chapter , when I referred to the queen ant as the central data bank . |
| 2 | The erstwhile bandido wore a bloody nose which he was dabbing at with an oversized tartan handkerchief . |
| 3 | Further fuel to the drive for competitiveness was added at about the same time by inter-provincial rivalry . |
| 4 | Then the sleeve of Dot 's coat was clawed at by a long briar . |
| 5 | Coun Hughes said the emergency services were called to Barnard Castle shortly before 2pm , while the nearby health centre was contacted at about the same time . |
| 6 | Mr justifies abandoning the approach in and on the basis that the decision was arrived at in a different housing market , when it was reasonable to conclude that the plaintiff 's loss of interest on the capital employed would be exceeded by the increase in the value of the property . |
| 7 | On Dec. 27 government spokesperson Yuan Mu was hissed at during a packed meeting with Beijing University students on current events when he said that China would not deviate from the socialist road , despite current events in Romania [ see pp. 37104-05 ] . |
| 8 | The cost at the time the system was developed was estimated at about the same as the salary of one personnel officer — for one year — without the costs of an office , car or secretary that the officer would need . |
| 9 | A constituency operation in south-east London was begun at about the same time . |
| 10 | On 27 June the Attorney-General sent to Buckingham warrants for the sale of Neroche , Selwood and Feckenham Forests , and the disafforestment of Braydon was begun at about the same time . |
| 11 | In France , for example , the domestic CP market was launched at around the same time , but by the end of 1990 it had grown in size to FF165 billion , around four times the size of the UK market ( see Table 6.10 for a comparison of commercial paper markets in Europe , the ECP market and the US CP market ) . |