Example sentences of "was [vb pp] at the local [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was educated at the local church school then , at the age of twelve , went to work for a builders ' business in Lancaster . |
| 2 | Merrick was educated at the local board school in Syston Street , Leicester . |
| 3 | He was educated at the local grammar school and then Caius College , Cambridge , where he took his BA degree in 1665 , before embarking on a grand tour . |
| 4 | He was educated at the local parish school , the Miller Institution , later Thurso Academy , but little is known of his academic record . |
| 5 | The truth is that the health authorities and the social services department engaged in different types of service development , in different contexts , with different resources and with different outcomes — even though a surprisingly uniform ideal of community care was upheld at the local level throughout the service systems . |
| 6 | Meantime , he was employed at the local grocery store as a delivery boy delivering groceries to the local customers on his bike . |
| 7 | A successful prosecution was concluded at the local magistrate 's court on Monday morning . |