Example sentences of "was [verb] at [art] [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew she 'd better be told , otherwise she 'd get a bonnie fright when she was stopped at the paydesk and accused of shoplifting . |
| 2 | Malc was kneeling at the altar and a price ticket of 39/11d ( nearly two quid ) decorated the sole of his shoe . |
| 3 | But even Joanna 's courage was shaken at the sight and sounds that confronted them when they mounted to the walkway at the top of the curtain wall . |
| 4 | On the 22nd Gracey 's forces assisted the French in what , despite what was claimed at the time and subsequently , was an almost bloodless coup by which they occupied the Town Hall and other central points ; and two nights after that about a hundred and fifty French civilians , including many women and children , were massacred by Vietnamese who burst into the Cite Heraud district past indifferent Japanese guards . |
| 5 | As expected , the whole family was devastated at the news and they all hastened back to Devonport in the ‘ Bessie ’ , the boat launched by the deceased daughter and renowned for her speed throughout the length of the Tamar . |
| 6 | She she has to make out a form , with erm what was happening at the time and everything . |
| 7 | In the 15 sign languages analysed , the following signs were found for LAUGH , HELP and ( tell a ) LIE , In all 15 sign languages , the sign for LAUGH was located at the mouth or lower cheek ; the hand was either held with index finger extended , or index and thumb extended and moved from side to side . |
| 8 | It was steamed at the weekend and made an impressive sight when it was double headed with the line 's own former NCB No 20 . |
| 9 | And then his mind cleared , and he was looking at the Robemaker and feeling contempt for him again , feeling as well , the dangerous , powerful white spears of the Stroicim Inchinn withdraw , so that he knew the Robemaker had again called up the Stroicim without giving any outward indication of having done so . |
| 10 | Matthew was looking at the floor and did not raise his eyes . |
| 11 | When she woke , he was looking at the fire and reading P. G. Wodehouse . |
| 12 | He was looking at the bin but she did n't know whether he had seen her or not . |
| 13 | Okay , so , where we got to last week then was looking at the analysis and modification of er work behaviour . |
| 14 | It was one of those very profound observations which was misunderstood at the time but is now widely accepted by Roman Catholic scholars among others . |
| 15 | Where they do not exist it can be presumed that either the genuine silver-gilt coronet was used at the funeral and then put back into the strongroom after the funeral , or they have disintegrated . |
| 16 | Her garments were so large and flowing that a man could have pleasured her while she was waiting at a bus-stop and no one would have been any the wiser . |
| 17 | Lord Hulton was waiting at the entrance and I thought I had better warn him . |
| 18 | This system was demonstrated at the conference and exhibition " Public access to library files ' at the Centre for Catalogue Research , Bath University , in September 1984 . |
| 19 | Over £1,500 was raised at the fete and this will be used to give 200 pensioners a slap-up Christmas dinner . |
| 20 | The offworlder Suragai was riding at the cart-tail and he made way and then urged his mount forward to join Burun . |
| 21 | The home ranked with the church as the place of religious allegiance , and this was symbolized at the beginning and end of the day by family prayers . |
| 22 | Blue-and-gold European flags surrounded the stadium , Beethoven 's Ninth Symphony ( adopted as the European anthem ) was played at the opening and closing ceremonies , and the entire arena was at one stage lit up in EEC colours . |
| 23 | What I used to do with a youngster was to knock at the door and his mother would say , ‘ Oh , God , what have you done ? ’ |
| 24 | Although the eugenic risk ( that the child of an incestuous relationship between father — daughter or brother — sister will have congenital defects ) was known at the time and was probably a factor , most of the arguments of the reformers were based on the protection of children from sexual exploitation . |
| 25 | It was ridiculous to have let the tank get so low but they had had an argument only three days earlier on whose turn it was to call at the garage and pay for the petrol . |
| 26 | Madeleine was sitting at the red and black wicker table in the little conservatory at the back of the house , pinning a paper pattern on to the green and blue paisley material she had spread out in front of her . |
| 27 | He was sitting at the table and staring ahead of him with a dark , brooding expression . |
| 28 | With hindsight it is tempting to ask if her outrage was directed at the Prince or the woman who held him in such thrall , Camilla Parker-Bowles . |
| 29 | Some of the older building was retained at the back and several of the better quality timbers were re-used in the new house . |
| 30 | I therefore went into a meeting at in December and er we were presented with a report , we did n't receive it before the meeting , it was taken at the meeting and we said that we would n't discuss it if it related to night flights and again I wrote immediately back to the department of transport and I suggested that they should erm spend the report which I refer to , monthly figures of night flights so that the night flights could be monitored . |