Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] [verb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , 6,760 were recorded at Selsey Bill between 23 April and 1 May 1962 , 4,310 at Beachy Head between 15 April and 2 June , 1971 , and 7,490 there between 25 March and 17 May 1973 , and 6,450 between 29 February and 15 May 1976 . |
| 2 | I am not drawing comparisons here , I am just making the point that 500-plus were lost in the Battle of Britain and nearly 700 were lost at Nuremburg on one raid . |
| 3 | At a time when new stations elsewhere meant bus shelters , fine new stations which retained at least some of the spirit of the old were provided at Taita , Palmerston North , and Rotorua , among others . |
| 4 | George Wilson of Reddings , Moffat , and Neil Manning of Tweedshaws , Tweedsmuir , Biggar also spent 2,800gns for Barlaes Teviot , a two-year-old from R&M Fergusson , Barlaes , Dalry , and this was followed at 2,200gns by a bid from FA Waugh of Kilnstown , Carlisle , for the first prizewinning Huntly Yarrow shown by R&M McIntosh of Outer Huntly , Ashkirk , Selkirk . |
| 5 | An example of similar design to this was excavated at Richborough and dated 50–80 AD . |
| 6 | This was felt at home to be a major humiliation , and the government found itself under fire from the whole spectrum of public opinion . |
| 7 | This was done at St Louis where the reduced wall height was pierced by low round-arched portals leading to the various facilities and to the trains . |
| 8 | Later , this was echoed at Romeo Gigli 's show in Paris . |
| 9 | Most of this was hidden at night , the garish neon signs dominating everything with their flashing instructions to smoke this , eat that , wear those . |
| 10 | This was dedicated at Apollo 's other great sanctuary , at Delphi in central Greece . |
| 11 | This was held at St. Andrew 's Hall on the 19th , 20th and 21st of November 1891 , and opened by the Duchess of Montrose whose son was ironically soon to become totally deaf . |
| 12 | This was discussed at length with Janet , after which it was agreed that the therapist would see her for the next 2 months at fortnightly intervals and that no more than one telephone call per week would be acceptable . |
| 13 | Increasingly with voluntary bodies , and I know that this was discussed at length in the P A G , but will be of interest to members , increasingly with voluntary bodies , we are moving towards er , jointly providing services with them , in a partnership arrangement where we are effectively purchasing and commissioning services from them , and that is the way we would wish the policy to go . |
| 14 | This was found at Wilton . |
| 15 | After discussion this was set at £2 a head for the weekend . |
| 16 | This was published at Oxford by John Baskett a printer of obscure origins who was able to acquire the patent as Royal Printer , the most lucrative monopoly in the kingdom , in 1709 . |
| 17 | The fifty year old was arrested at Pittville Park in Cheltenham for being drunk and incapable . |
| 18 | There have been six recent records for May , and a bird in summer plumage was present at Chichester gravel pits and Chichester Harbour until 19 July 1970 , and another was seen at Thorney Island on 25 July 1971 . |
| 19 | A further major goods station had been opened in 1876 at La Plaine Saint-Denis to supplement the activities of the others and by 1904 still another was required at Gennevilliers . |
| 20 | Three birds were recorded in early 1956 , seven between 1961 and 1970 , of which six were noted at Beachy Head between 3 and 17 September , and four in 1975 . |
| 21 | Among old records there is evidence of irruptions in September 1890 , when single birds were obtained at Harting and Selsey ; October 1892 , when at least seven were seen or obtained between Eastbourne and Selsey , and August and September 1940 , when six were shot at Rye Harbour . |
| 22 | The more sophisticated projects drawn up by Speransky in 1809 and Novosiltsev in 1819 were made at Alexander 's instigation and fell to the ground the moment he lost enthusiasm . |
| 23 | Before he took office the Defence estimates for 1957-58 were running at £1,700 million . |
| 24 | Overall , four-fifths were studying at university and one-fifth were polytechnic students . |
| 25 | In March 1485 he was sent to Portugal to pursue negotiations for a bride for the recently widowed king , and he was thus out of England when Richard III was killed at Bosworth . |
| 26 | ‘ There is a secret society , ’ he murmured , ‘ Englishmen who fled after your Richard III was killed at Bosworth . |
| 27 | Rostropovich 's new recording of Shostakovich 10 was made at Abbey Road in July 1989 , and is a complete success . |
| 28 | Between 5,000 and 10,000 people turned out to the council display at Walton and 15,000 to 16,000 were reported at Sefton Park . |
| 29 | These were debated at length but the actuarial profession did not find it possible to support them . |
| 30 | These were run at 1500V for about 2 hours . |