Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [vb pp] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Successors were appointed at the end of October 1989 to the heads of Italy 's two largest state enterprises , Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale ( IRI ) and Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi ( ENI ) . |
| 2 | Her legs were crossed at the knee , and she was wearing her new wedge-heeled shoes . |
| 3 | Many Koreans were affronted at the liberation of August 1945 being followed by the continued presence of Japanese and of the odious methods they had employed to suppress dissent . |
| 4 | These embolic signals were noted at the very frequent rate of 4.8/min during the 20 min recording time . |
| 5 | A neat stone arch and a flight of steps were built at the entrance and these have survived . |
| 6 | First steps were taken at the HSE conference in Jakarta . |
| 7 | Offices were established at the destination points to provide a service for the international traveller . |
| 8 | Prototype units were designed at the international workshops and discussed and modified in the field for the APSP was far more decentralised than the Mathematics programme . |
| 9 | The walls of Caen were constructed in the years following Edward III 's capture of the town in 1346 ; those of Rouen were begun at the same time on the orders of Philip VI , making the city one of the few properly defended towns , or ‘ villes closes ’ of upper Normandy ; Avignon 's wall was started at the instigation of Pope Innocent VI about 1355 ; while the defences of Tours , in course of construction in 1356 , were probably sufficiently advanced to deter the Black Prince from attacking the town on his chevauchée in the summer of that year . |
| 10 | Over 75 organizations were represented at the meeting in Durban , including the Congress of South African Trade Unions ( COSATU ) and the Labour Party , which held the majority of seats in the House of Representatives ( the chamber for Coloured people in the tricameral parliament — see p. 36880 for 1989 election ) . |
| 11 | For this reason the constables of many royal castles were appointed at the same time to be wardens of neighbouring forests : the constable of Rockingham castle was usually warden of the forests between Oxford and Stamford bridges ; the constable of Porchester kept Bere Porchester Forest ; the constable of Devizes kept Chippenham and Melksham Forests ; the constable of St Briavels the Forest of Dean ; the constable of Castleton the Forest of the Peak ; and the constable of Windsor castle was also warden of Windsor Forest . |
| 12 | The chief Norman royal castles were built at the headquarters of shires , and in early days their castellans were often ( though not invariably ) the royal sheriffs . |
| 13 | Africa 's needs in the area of remote sensing were highlighted at the conference by Bernard Sikilo , director general of Kenya 's remote-sensing centre in Nairobi . |
| 14 | Other unusual works by Carel Weight were executed at the height of the London blitz , and recorded events which showed how civilians were often more at risk than the forces . |
| 15 | Other unusual works by Carel Weight were executed at the height of the London blitz , and recorded events which showed how civilians were often more at risk than the forces . |
| 16 | The leader of the three was still shouting , but now his curses were directed at the woman who was confronting him . |
| 17 | She became an accomplished pianist and several of her pictures were exhibited at the Royal Academy . |
| 18 | Some of the pictures were sold at the Stourhead heirlooms sale at Christie 's in 1883 . |
| 19 | Next morning , the trumpets were blown at the North Gate and the Knight Marischal 's banner hoisted , with shouted demands for King Edward to appear . |
| 20 | The court took the view that the case raised issues that were sufficiently difficult , as could be seen from the fact that the parties were represented at the hearing by counsel , to justify the decision that the procedure had been an arbitration . |
| 21 | Doubts were raised at the time about the possible increase in working hours for headteachers in order to operate this system . |
| 22 | The officers from Brussels were stationed at the end of a narrow passage leading to the English House . |
| 23 | Even more interesting was the fact that over 300 cars were parked at the Park and Ride facility at Harman 's Cross which obviously reduced the level of traffic along the road to Swanage by that amount . |
| 24 | Yesterday , busloads of lads were disgorged at the city square to make their feelings plain . |
| 25 | Subjects were studied at the same time of day on four occasions at least seven days apart . |
| 26 | Over 50 forest peoples were represented at the conference , which was co-ordinated by the World Rainforest Movement . |
| 27 | SENSIBLY , speeches were made at the start of Sir Kingsley Amis 's 70th birthday party at the Savoy Hotel yesterday . |
| 28 | The two dimensional images were displayed at the time of acquisition and simultaneously stored into computer hard disc memory by an array processor . |
| 29 | Further Sikh demands were met at the end of December when the Lok Sabha approved the repeal of a constitutional amendment adopted by the previous Lok Sabha in March 1988 [ see p. 36692 ] allowing the declaration of a state of emergency in Punjab . |
| 30 | Some books were purchased at the divisional library and these were augmented by orders based on individual teachers ' specialist knowledge and individual visits , undertaken on their own initiative to bookshops in various places . |