Example sentences of "was [vb pp] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jehana 's mare was stopped at the far end of it , and Alexei was at her side . |
| 2 | I was stopped at the horse-car entrance by a locked door and , in response to my repeated knocking , by a determined female who told me I was n't welcome . |
| 3 | Finally I was enrolled at the Royal College of Physicians . |
| 4 | The Renault in front was halted at the French border . |
| 5 | The general question of Unionist attitudes to Labour was highlighted at the Special Party Conference in 1917 where Law came under a strong attack . |
| 6 | Only three weeks ago Clough launched a scathing attack on the way he was treated at the European championship finals in Sweden this summer and voiced his disapproval at manager Taylor 's long-ball style . |
| 7 | As a 17-year-old , Daniel was diagnosed as suffering from testicular cancer and was treated at the Royal Marsden . |
| 8 | Progress on the project was given at the annual county council archaeology seminar , entitled Archaeology and Mineral Planning . |
| 9 | And in 1656 Orontea was given at the archducal court of Innsbruck , where Cesti was already established and had produced his L ‘ Argia ( 1655 ) for the visit of Christina of Sweden . |
| 10 | The drug was given at the recommended dose via a correctly positioned endotracheal tube . |
| 11 | It was situated at the far end of the house , above the sweet store room . |
| 12 | The piano was situated at the far end of the drawing-room . |
| 13 | The yard was situated at the eastern extremity of Polruan , where the forest rises steeply from the water 's edge . |
| 14 | One patient also had a distal gastric cancer which was resected at the same time as the colonic primary . |
| 15 | Soon after the murder , a huge wreath of white lilies was placed at the blood-stained scene . |
| 16 | she , she was baptised at the same time as I was , you know , er , the same day , Manchester assembly , that was nineteen seventy four seventy five no , seventy four , yeah |
| 17 | This research was undertaken at the British Library of Economic and Political Science , School of Oriental and African Studies , Library of the Conflict Research Society at City University , London ; Central Research Library , New York ; Columbia University ; and the Library of Congress . |
| 18 | The revision of Chapter II on Evidence followed and was completed at the Eleventh Session of the Conference in October 1968 . |
| 19 | The movie was completed at the final cost of $3 million . |
| 20 | The arm was developed at the bio-engineering centre at the Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Centre in Edinburgh , which has a world-wide reputation for the quality of specialist clinical care it provides for people with severe or unusual physical disabilities . |
| 21 | It was developed at the Honduran Foundation for Agricultural Research by crossing a wild Asian banana with a Brazilian variety . |
| 22 | Also encouraging has been the fact that a row with America over government procurement , which threatened to spill over into tit-for-tat sanctions , was averted at the last minute . |
| 23 | The Audi Quattro was parked at the far end of the small , packed car-park . |
| 24 | When you sort out your notes , Sergeant , you might include in them the additional information that my car was parked at the other end of Boundary Drive , the end furthest away from Glenfair Road , see ? |
| 25 | On Nov. 29 it was announced that Gorbachev would visit Moldavia on the following day to address the republic 's Supreme Soviet , but the visit was cancelled at the last minute , reportedly because Dnestr Russian and Gagauz deputies had announced that they would boycott the session . |
| 26 | Hearing off : A disciplinary hearing involving a senior education officer who went missing during the summer was cancelled at the last minute yesterday . |
| 27 | A planned visit by the king to Timisoara on Christmas Eve was cancelled at the last minute because of restrictions imposed by the government . |
| 28 | and that er he was er cos er last week there was supposed to be one of these big like rave things on and it was cancelled at the last minute . |
| 29 | The promised job with the chain stores was cancelled at the last moment ‘ due to the Depression ’ , the standard excuse . |
| 30 | He was preparing himself for a British Council tour of France but it was cancelled at the last moment ; he did , however , fly to Amsterdam and then on to Rome in December under the auspices of the same organization . |