Example sentences of "was [verb] at the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh it was a horse-drawn , horse-drawn , there were no cars on the road in those days , I think I was one of the earliest to get knocked down by a car actually in Walsall , I was er , when we lived in Street he came down Street and immediately opposite there was a Co-op shop opposite Birds the fruitiers , and mother sent me down to the Co-op and the old trams used to run along the Pleck to Darlaston , Wednesbury and that way on and I ran across the road , past the Co-op the tram and a car must have just bumped into me and he knocked me down , a terrible commotion amongst the folks and could n't have hurt them much , because I got up and ran off , ran off home , so they were restricted in you see and the speed they could go in the car , but the car , the tram car was stopped at the bottom of Street , almost opposite the Co-op and er I must have just run across the road run into the car and more or less bounced off it I should think . |
| 2 | He went down the stairs and was stopped at the sound of voices . |
| 3 | She went over to the Cookery and Refreshments Tent , but was stopped at the entrance by a pale-faced Constable Perkins . |
| 4 | He was joined at the door by his wife and daughter . |
| 5 | Who on earth was thumping at the door like that early in the morning ? |
| 6 | Which was how the Khan of the Merkuts — along with his escort , his retinue , and the principal members of his family — came to be crossing a bridge which was erected at the height of the second floor across several of the principal buildings in the better part of the merchants ' quarter of Kinsai . |
| 7 | Poor Damien was kneeling at the entrance to the sanctuary screen , an easy target for someone lurking here with a crossbow . ’ |
| 8 | He got together with Clyde Walcott , a happy refereeing choice for three Tests in England this summer between England and Pakistan , and they ruled that the rule called for 90 overs to be bowled every day , and the allowance for wickets would only be taken into account for fining purposes when each side 's overall rate was calculated at the end of the game . |
| 9 | Staff held a 48-hour strike last week and said a 72-hour strike would be held this week unless Paul Knight was reinstated at the home in Barnet . |
| 10 | He said it in English , slowly , as though enjoying the sound of the words , and he added with a secret little smile , ‘ That happened just before he was recalled at the request of Lami Dozo himself . |
| 11 | The bill was withdrawn at the end of October . |
| 12 | An employee who was reprimanded at the end of July 1980 subsequently demanded , through his solicitors , that the letter of reprimand be withdrawn . |
| 13 | This process can be traced back until we arrive at a single cell which was formed at the moment of conception by the fusion of two parental germ cells , i.e. one egg and one sperm cell . |
| 14 | I was dumbfounded at the sight of his shiny blue-black hair , his long-lashed blue eyes and his brown face . |
| 15 | Overall its exclusively lead-free diet was consumed at the rate of 10.2mpg , even with a thirsty catalyst as standard . |
| 16 | Mr Dobie was dismissed at the behest of an agent of the council . |
| 17 | Yes sir , er ever since P P G three was revised at the beginning of last year , I believe that the department has been moving steadily in the direction that indicated but certainly my brief here is quite specific . |
| 18 | Before any evidence was heard at the Court of Session on the issue of negligence , Lord Prosser dismissed the action after holding that ‘ person ’ did not cover an unborn child . |
| 19 | WHAT a contrast between compassionate Ian Botham and greedy millionaire Peter de Savary was highlighted at the start of Ian 's 546 mile Land 's End to Margate charity walk . |
| 20 | It took firefighters almost an hour to free the passenger who was treated at the scene by paramedics . |
| 21 | Mr Lennon was treated at the scene by a team of paramedics before being taken by ambulance to Wigan Royal Infirmary . |
| 22 | Her husband , Patrick , also 68 , was treated at the scene by paramedics before being rushed to hospital . |
| 23 | Much publicity was given at the beginning of this year to claims that large numbers of offences are committed by offenders who are already on bail as a result of other charges . |
| 24 | The second lecture , closely connected with the first and , like the first , closing with a portentous allusion to contemporary music drama , was given at the beginning of February , and dealt with the mysterious " death " of tragedy at the end of the fifth century . |
| 25 | Serious consideration was given at the beginning of the year to the present public , parliamentary and media relations . |
| 26 | A management agreement was signed with the Anglian Water Authority , some financial assistance and early help was given at the start of the project . |
| 27 | It was given at the launching of what was Britain 's largest liner at the time , the S.S. Aquitania . |
| 28 | In the same way a temple which was situated at the top of a flight of steps might be shown on top of steps , though the number of steps on the coin would normally be fewer than in reality . |
| 29 | It was situated at the bottom of York Street along with Edward , Vulcan and Howard Streets , York Street ran off Cleveland Street beside the main rail line . |
| 30 | Throughout the Middle Ages it was situated at the centre of a major marcher lordship , guarding one of the principal river crossings from southern England into Wales . |