Example sentences of "was [vb pp] at [art] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | A UN military observer , Colonel Walter van Dijk , who was with the convoy when it was stopped at a police and army barricade in Serbia yesterday , said the fate of the convoy had been ‘ resolved at the highest level ’ . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It left Guernsey only once : from 1926 to 1927 it was exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Over £1,500 was raised at the fete and this will be used to give 200 pensioners a slap-up Christmas dinner . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Nothing was found at the Alten and Bridge of Don buildings after an initial , detailed search , but the other objects were uncovered much later . |
| 16 | Nothing was found at the Alten and Bridge of Don buildings after a detailed search . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | To ring the changes , hair was sprayed at the roots and lightly backcombed for an alternative look . |
| 19 | Balkan aggression was directed at the Germans and Austrians for much the same reason that Polish nationalism was directed against the partitioning powers , but unlike the Poles , the Serbians and Bosnians were supported by the Russians . |
| 20 | Some of the older building was retained at the back and several of the better quality timbers were re-used in the new house . |
| 21 | I therefore went into a meeting at in December and er we were presented with a report , we did n't receive it before the meeting , it was taken at the meeting and we said that we would n't discuss it if it related to night flights and again I wrote immediately back to the department of transport and I suggested that they should erm spend the report which I refer to , monthly figures of night flights so that the night flights could be monitored . |
| 22 | When the issue of employment action was discussed at the Community and Environment Committee in September , Councillor was clinging desperately to her history books . |
| 23 | A single span of 211 ft. was achieved at the London and North-Western Railway 's Grand Central Station , Birmingham ( later renamed New Street ) in 1854 . |
| 24 | I was involved with the show that was recorded at The Marquee and I think a few months after that he called me and said he was doing an album called ‘ Diamond Dogs ’ and did n't know where to get it mixed . |
| 25 | It was aimed at the women and children . ’ |
| 26 | He stressed throughout the difference between the coal strike , which was industrial and could be negotiated , and the General Strike , which was aimed at the constitution and must be defeated unconditionally . |
| 27 | The service was held at the chapel and everyone went to the Kirk Inn at Romaldkirk afterwards . |