Example sentences of "was [prep] [be] [vb pp] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accordingly , policies were re-written and strategies revised , firstly , to reflect the changes needed if Labour was to be kept at bay , and , secondly , to accommodate the non-Labour supporters of the old Liberal Party within the modern Conservative party . |
| 2 | And all thanks I got was to be sacked at end of summer — though only for a few months , that is , 'cos of the revolution . |
| 3 | The money was to be invested at interest within two years of Whitbread 's death . |
| 4 | Some heads of department involved other staff in producing their self-appraisal reports , either through discussing what was to be written at department meetings and/or asking members of the department to write parts of it . |
| 5 | Christie was to be married at Easter , but Ann planned to go over in late February to help with the wedding preparations and also , to take Sarah and see her settled in before she started her job . |
| 6 | In connection with the Festival of Britain Exhibition that was to be held at South Bank in 1951 , some major road works were carried out between Westminster Bridge and Waterloo Station , streets in that area being made ‘ one way ’ at the same time . |
| 7 | If she was to be left at home she showed no interest . |
| 8 | No inmate , however , was to be confined at night without being provided with a bed and other conveniences . |
| 9 | This ‘ tall stack ’ policy was intended to disperse pollution and dilute it to ‘ harmless levels ’ , while smoke was to be trapped at source by simple electrostatic filters . |