Example sentences of "was [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said I was rather tied up at the school over most week-ends ; though the half-term holiday was the week-end after next and I might just be in Athens then — but I could n't be sure . |
| 2 | In more recent times the village was part of Lord Burlington 's estate at Londesborough , and was eventually sold off at the beginning of this century . |
| 3 | Their rooms at the Royal Albion Hotel were just a few doors from each other and it was Ken 's job to see that she always had her mug of cocoa before going to bed — and indeed that she was warmly tucked up at the right time for a lady of her years and responsibilities . |
| 4 | On November 28 Hatta resigned from the office of Vice-president , deploring the drift towards chaos : ‘ All our rebellions and our splits , our political anarchy and adventurism , and all the steps taken in the economic field which have created chaos , are the result of the fact that our national Revolution was not dammed up at the appropriate time . ’ |
| 5 | That was clearly borne out at the dispersal of the Mr and Mrs R E White 's Woodhayne herd where the talk of the sale was a 1000gns bid for a nine month old heifer calf . |
| 6 | She was immediately thrown in at the deep end when one of her young clients , Lucy Gates , died . |
| 7 | In any case , rescinding the deal will be very hard and was virtually ruled out at the annual meeting by Christopher Sharples , the AFBD 's chairman . |
| 8 | It was accordingly wound up at the end of May . |