Example sentences of "was [verb] at [art] [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 | Ahead , the MTWTV convoy was halted at a red light , and behind , Presley 's finest followed the armoured car with its onboard demon , at a leisurely and unhurried pace . |
| 6 | The Renault in front was halted at the French border . |
| 7 | Steve 's prompt action was recalled at a special dinner in Southend when he and 13 other Credit Card staff were presented with Quality of Service Awards — a selection of crystal — by Senior Manager Bob Docherty . |
| 8 | The party was formed at a founding congress in November 1991 : 525 delegates , from almost all the regions and larger towns of Russia , attended the congress . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The ban on communists , however , was overturned at a special session of the Supreme Soviet on Sept. 23 , after which Aslonov resigned and the former Tajik Communist Party first secretary , Rakhman Nabiyev , was unanimously elected to replace him . |
| 11 | An earlier planning application by the firm for 47 homes on the site was refused by Middlesbrough council and an appeal against the decision was dismissed at a public inquiry . |
| 12 | Bellway 's subsequent appeal against the decision was dismissed at a local planning inquiry in 1990 . |
| 13 | Thus violence was sustained at a high level by American capitals ‘ first great offensive against labor ’ from the late-nineteenth century to the 1920s . |
| 14 | The general question of Unionist attitudes to Labour was highlighted at the Special Party Conference in 1917 where Law came under a strong attack . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | As a 17-year-old , Daniel was diagnosed as suffering from testicular cancer and was treated at the Royal Marsden . |
| 17 | Her head , which was rotating at a different speed and a contrary motion to her brushing arm , reminded him of a duck in a shooting gallery . |
| 18 | A bolus of L-[1-C]leucine ( 4 g/70 kg body weight , 19.4 atom % ) was given at a constant rate in 200 ml 0.9% saline over 10 minutes . |
| 19 | Progress on the project was given at the annual county council archaeology seminar , entitled Archaeology and Mineral Planning . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The drug was given at the recommended dose via a correctly positioned endotracheal tube . |
| 22 | It was situated at the far end of the house , above the sweet store room . |
| 23 | The piano was situated at the far end of the drawing-room . |
| 24 | The yard was situated at the eastern extremity of Polruan , where the forest rises steeply from the water 's edge . |
| 25 | Caspar was sniffing at the dead magpie . |
| 26 | And sometimes — ’ She looked away from Ben towards the corner of the room where a picture was hanging at a slight angle , and her head moved to one side as if to see it better . |
| 27 | One patient also had a distal gastric cancer which was resected at the same time as the colonic primary . |
| 28 | Soon after the murder , a huge wreath of white lilies was placed at the blood-stained scene . |
| 29 | 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 |
| 30 | 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 . |