Example sentences of "was [verb] at the [noun] and " 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 | Her mum 's 30-year-old wedding dress , altered to fit Joanne , was ruined at the cleaners and came back two inches shorter than when it went . |
| 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 | It left Guernsey only once : from 1926 to 1927 it was exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Matthew was looking at the floor and did not raise his eyes . |
| 12 | And I thought blimey , he 's a mongol , you know , when you 're looking at them , and then I was looking at the nurses and waiting for everyone to say something , and nobody said nothing . |
| 13 | When she woke , he was looking at the fire and reading P. G. Wodehouse . |
| 14 | Okay , so , where we got to last week then was looking at the analysis and modification of er work behaviour . |
| 15 | His reddish hair was receding at the temples and his grey eyes rested upon Doreen with obvious relief . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 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 | When the name of Holovich was called at the parades and counts , he shouted back ‘ Holly … here ’ and the trifle of the gesture was ignored . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 ? ’ |
| 25 | Nothing was found at the Alten and Bridge of Don buildings after an initial , detailed search , but the other objects were uncovered much later . |
| 26 | Nothing was found at the Alten and Bridge of Don buildings after a detailed search . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Forester was staring at the cottages and the cars , his fists bunched up hard , trembling with rage . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | My very experienced colleague remarked that her machine was looping at the edges and she could n't seem to cure it . |