Example sentences of "was [vb pp] at the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He drove out onto Mount Pleasant and was stopped at the temporary lights where the new sewer pipe was going in . |
| 2 | An exhibition of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century watercolours from the Hermitage , which was planned for Kaliningrad , was stopped at the Latvian customs . |
| 3 | She was educated at the Presbyterian Ladies ' College , Ormond College , and Melbourne University , where she studied philosophy and history ( BA 1903 ) . |
| 4 | The purified protein was assayed at the indicated concentrations for its ability to hydrolyse p- nitrophenol phosphate ( pNPP ) either in the absence ( ○ ) or presence ( ○ ) of 200μM sodium vanadate . |
| 5 | Officials say it is because the two sides have different versions of what was decided at the previous negotiations that the ceasefire has broken down . |
| 6 | The presentation was made at the Four Marks scout headquarters , by the Hampshire county commissioner , Capt. Michael Everitt . |
| 7 | Real progress was made at the UN-sponsored talks on Afghanistan in May 1986 since it was agreed that Soviet troop withdrawals should begin simultaneously with the cessation of external interference and not after it as Soviet officials had previously insisted . |
| 8 | Gosse was perplexed at the vast tracts of time required by geologists to account for the deposition of all the strata . |
| 9 | Moments later a shower of stones was hurled at the attic-room windows of the servants ' quarters . |
| 10 | The solemnity was heightened at the actual times of worship by the colourful splendour of clerical pomp . |
| 11 | The British Gas flotation , in November 1986 , raised almost £6 billion and , like the BT offer , was directed at the private shareholders . |
| 12 | An overwhelming vote of no confidence in it it was passed at the annual Police Federation conference in 1989 , with one member being reported in the press as having described the Authority as ‘ hell-bent on depriving police officers of their civil rights ’ . |
| 13 | In particular , concern was expressed at the possible effects of " global warming " causing storms and a rise in the sea level . |
| 14 | Firstly , I was I too was , if I can use the expression , gob-smacked at the strength of feeling that was expressed at the Social Services Committee and subsequently at the Policy Services Committee as well . |
| 15 | The 36-page brochure was unveiled at the Ideal Homes Exhibition in London this week and spotlights Redcar , Saltburn and Guisborough as bases for summer holidays or short breaks under the heading ‘ Where Moorland Meets The Sea ’ . |
| 16 | After the first rotary press was established at the Daily Times , that paper 's circulation soared from 25,000 in 1951 to 55,000 in 1955 ; ten years later , it reached 120,000 copies daily . |
| 17 | The terrorists were obviously about to fire their weapon and it was aimed at the main grandstands . |
| 18 | An inquest was held at the Five Bells in January 1905 into an accident at Hailing Manor works when William Chalker was crushed in some machinery while working with John Burgess . |
| 19 | A well-attended symposium on Global atmospheric chemical change , organised jointly by the Environment Group and the Industrial Division , was held at the Scientific Societies ' Lecture Theatre , London , last November . |
| 20 | A program on the synthesis of new antimalarial drugs was initiated at the National Institutes of Health in 1939 and formed the basis of a war program organized by the Committee on Medical Research of the Office of Scientific Research and Development , National Research Council . |