Example sentences of "[coord] [was/were] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The book-collector can obviously fight his corner here with examples from well-known authors and historic figures who either drew the cheques or were at the receiving end . |
| 2 | These unfavourable contrasts were commonplace at the beginning of the decade and were at the heart of the centrist critique of two-party politics as then played . |
| 3 | We said good-bye to Stoyaeka and were at the warehouse at 07:30 where we were introduced to Josef who would co-ordinate the unloading of the trailer . |
| 4 | The United States and Japan , who spent less than 0.04 per cent and 0.07 per cent respectively on ODA to LDCs and were at the bottom of the league table of aid donors , undertook to increase their aid . |
| 5 | They heard the siren and were at the entrance ready to take over as soon as the boy was carried out of the ambulance . |
| 6 | During the war the Savoy Players were the resident drama group , and were at the theatre for the duration of the black-out . |
| 7 | The palazzo therefore represents the height of architectural fashion for the mid-seventeenth-century , and was at the centre of the post-plague reawakening of city life . |
| 8 | I got across without mishap , and was at the back of the boat-house within seconds . |
| 9 | Drafted by the Conservative Research Department , it was presented by William Whitelaw , the Shadow Home Secretary , and David Howell , formerly a junior Minister who had worked under Whitelaw at the Northern Ireland Office and was at the time a Front Bench spokesman on Home Affairs . |
| 10 | The patient had been removed from her previous general practitioner 's list six months previously and was at the material time on no doctor 's list , and the Crown Court had held that it was not practicable for a doctor who had acquaintance with the patient to make the recommendation . |
| 11 | Mr Bumble rubbed his eyes , read the notice again , and was at the address in less than ten minutes . |
| 12 | It was the reason for the formation of the Survey Service and was at the root of its policy . |
| 13 | He was also a major shareholder in three commercial television companies , and was at the time of his death interesting himself in the production of programmes for network on the new commercial radio station . |
| 14 | The Hearthware was dressed in a plain hide jerkin ; most of their armour had been lost in the flight north and was at the bottom of the river by now . |
| 15 | ‘ Tuesday : We start ‘ early ’ , 3.30 pm , for music with John and the gentle , whimsical choreographer Geraldine Stephenson , who reveals she 's from Hull and was at the same school as me , Newland High School . |
| 16 | He alleged Wood fell into the second category and was at the heart of the conspiracy . |
| 17 | Sainsbury 's is the only retailer to use ‘ price per pint ’ unit ticketing and was at the forefront of multi-pack development in the UK . |
| 18 | Heads of department acquired heavier responsibilities , but were at the same time often grouped in wider partnerships — often known , somewhat grandly , as faculties — to encourage more interdisciplinary work and greater flexibility in the use of resources . |
| 19 | Dudley and colleagues quote the proportions of patients managed by nurse practitioners in their department on the two days in question and annually , which were substantial ; our census showed , however , that such proportions were by no means typical but were at the top end of the range . |
| 20 | The second had a double bed but was at the back of the cottage and overlooked an overgrown vegetable patch . |
| 21 | The bend has now been smoothed out , but was at the end of the straight section of road south-east of Hillend Farm . |