Example sentences of "[noun prp] were [adv] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Numbers of workers on strike throughout Albania in the latter half of May were variously put at between 140,000 and 350,000 , out of a workforce of 700,000 . |
| 2 | By the beginning of the fourth day , England were well placed at 145 for 2 , although both Boycott and Woolmer had once again been missed ; but they batted slowly and then four wickets fell quickly . |
| 3 | Having put England in , West Indies then bowled poorly and after 30 overs England were happily placed at 131 for 2 . |
| 4 | Chester were also drawn at home against Northwich Vics . |
| 5 | Suite and Primavera were both given at Witwatersrand University , Johannesburg , on 3 to 6 October 1945 ( six performances ) . |
| 6 | Profits at Superdrug were little changed at £34.8 million , but the move to selling perfumes at discount prices was rewarded with a 2 per cent market share . |
| 7 | Regis and Gary Bannister were both denied at close range before MacDonald spared us extra time with a rising 25-yarder which found the top left corner of Steve Sherwood 's net . |
| 8 | Manager Graeme Souness has already watched the 22-year-old , and Liverpool were again represented at West Brom 's match against Reading on Wednesday night . |
| 9 | I looked back at him , trying to give him a dirty look but him and de Haas were just grinning at me . ’ |
| 10 | ( She and Jack were still married at the time . ) |
| 11 | And perhaps in the minds of many , the memories of their tragic stay in Oxford were slowly softening at the edges . |
| 12 | Anyway he was at home that day , home for lunch , and he and Beryl were actually sitting at the table , talking as it happened about going down soon to take a look at the Hall , when Adam came in . |
| 13 | Leading anti-whaling nations such as Ireland , France and New Zealand were not represented at the Madrid meeting . |
| 14 | When she reached the breakfast table , Silas , Matt and Doreen were already seated at it . |
| 15 | When Gordon Parsons dismissed Mike Atherton ( 33 ) Lancashire were really struggling at 66 for two in the 27th over . |
| 16 | When Gordon Parsons dismissed Mike Atherton ( 33 ) Lancashire were really struggling at 66 for two in the 27th over . |
| 17 | On the basis of size of population , both Scotland and Wales were already overrepresented at Westminster . |
| 18 | In December Richard , Geoffrey and John were publicly reconciled at Westminster . |
| 19 | The pros and cons of mink keeping on island groups such as Orkney and Shetland were fully presented at a public enquiry held over a similar case on Westray in Orkney in 1978 . |