Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [coord] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Echo recently featured an article about a young man who was mugged and robbed at the entrance to Everton Park on Netherfield Road . |
| 2 | The fear of future unemployment , he believed , was exaggerated and existed at the moment " as a heavy legacy of dictatorship " . |
| 3 | Eventually , it was agreed and confirmed at a mass meeting held at the Stadium in Liverpool on 6 October that the seaman 's wage on all foreign-going ships should be raised to £pound11 and the fireman 's to £pound11 10s and that the national wage board should determine a national port wage within four weeks , the award to be paid retrospectively . |
| 4 | In the mid-seventh century , Dagobert II , one of the central figures in the mystery of Rennes-le-Château , was raised and educated at the monastery of Slane , just north of what is now Dublin . |
| 5 | At Exeter , another clothing centre , cheese was seized and sold at a lowered price , while the Cornish miners forced butchers to lower the price of meat , which also happened in Wolverhampton . |
| 6 | This channel , like the one for the forward plane , was supported and faced at the end with standing brickwork . |
| 7 | A detailed recruitment strategy has been drawn up by the National Executive Committee , which was discussed and agreed at the March Council meeting . |
| 8 | This 19th of Cherubini 's 34 operas was conceived and written at the height of the Revolutionary Reign of Terror . |
| 9 | This 19th of Cherubini 's 34 operas was conceived and written at the height of the Revolutionary Reign of Terror . |
| 10 | I was comforted and stimulated at the same time . |
| 11 | All excess grass was dried and cubed at a local factory with the cubes forming an important part of the winter diet . |
| 12 | French successes faltered , however , when the maid of Orleans , failing in her attempt to wrest Paris from the English in 1430 , was captured and burned at the stake in Rouen on 30 May 1431 . |
| 13 | Blockaded by Chinese troops , the leader was captured and executed at a public meeting . |