Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] [vb pp] at [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As soon as Moby was too old for puppy classes , he went to the bigger-dog classes , run by Jenny , to reinforce what he 'd been taught at puppy classes and , most importantly , what he 'd learned at home .
2 They were there only because they 'd been stopped at gunpoint from going any farther — by the Turkish army , a key NATO ally of the US and Britain .
3 Those who agreed were visited at home , where , after giving informed consent , they completed a series of questionnaires and had blood taken by the research nurse .
4 I was very interested in their answers to my questions , which often seemed to offer a different view of history from the one I had been taught at school .
5 Hair Type : Short , grown out style which had been coloured at home .
6 From the document we learn that not only were pumps installed to drain the mines but a water-powered battery of stamps had been erected at Tilberthwaite .
7 It was all a smokescreen to make them believe that the Clarion Call had been lost at sea .
8 Her father , a sailor from Shetland , had been lost at sea , and her mother had to bring her two young children up in desperate poverty until they went to the orphanage .
9 There was Davy Treffry and little Nick Polwhele who was only thirteen ; and Tom Rowe , whose father had been lost at sea three months before .
10 In Emmerson ( reported at [ 1991 ] Crim.L.R. 194 with Commentary ) the tape had been played at trial , and the question was whether the jury were entitled to be provided with a copy of it after retiring , so that they could hear again the all-important tone of voice of the officer conducting one of the interviews .
11 If I had been asked at Christmas whether my home waters of Chew and Blagdon would be full by opening day , the answer would have been an emphatic no .
12 After the catch had been landed at East London , the curator of the small local museum , Miss Courtenay-Latimer , came down to look it over .
13 ELBC radio ( Monrovia ) said that he had been seen at Man in Côte d'Ivoire , landing aboard a Cessna light aircraft with relatives , en route for Burkina .
14 Besides , there was safety in the farm enclosure after the gates had been barred at night , whereas in the street below their apartment the way lay open in either direction , and presences palpitated unseen in the arches of the carriage doors under each house .
15 In December 1330 Edward wrote to David asking him to give effect to his father 's promise and restore Wake and Beaumont to their Scottish lands ; but the Scots prevaricated , and in the autumn of 1331 Edward 's policy towards Scotland hardened , influenced no doubt by the fact that the final payment of Bruce 's indemnity had been received at midsummer .
16 Mrs Singh had been visited at home and the head had arranged for me to be present so that I could explain and reinforce any suggestions .
17 It was not enough that they had been questioned at length about a work in which they had secretly collaborated : they were now to be insulted by having their acknowledged work dismissed as of small account .
18 Forays had been made at night ; scaffolding had been torn down and a few workers employed in building Carewscourt had been killed .
19 An attempt had been made at strangulation .
20 But back came Colleges and after Rigby ( damaged ankle ) had been replaced at prop by Alan Kittle , Wyllie grabbed a loose ball 20 metres out and simply exploded through the visitors ' defence for what proved to be the clinching score , Thomson adding the two points .
21 During the third week of the Council , Archbishop Parente appealed to African bishops for support , criticizing them for turning against their old masters ( many had been trained at Propaganda Fide ) and siding with the northern Europeans .
22 They had been trained at college to preach Western-style sermons based on abstract thinking arranged in linear form .
23 The nine set free had been detained at civilian and military sites ; some appeared to have Middle Eastern backgrounds .
24 Piotr Jaroszewicz , 83 , had been strangled at home near Warsaw after apparently being tortured .
25 Up until two years ago , he had been tutored at home .
26 The interior of Mr Broadhurst 's caravan had remained unchanged during the four years it had been sited at Cliff Top .
27 One hundred and thirteen had been born at term and the others at a median gestational age of 32 weeks ( range 24–36 ) ; none of the latter had been discharged from their neonatal unit on additional inspired oxygen .
28 Carol had been born at Christmas twenty-seven years ago — how long ago it seemed .
29 The plain fact of the matter , snobbish though it may sound , was that they were both unintelligent and ill-educated in comparison to myself , belonging as they did to a different social class from the one into which I had been co-opted at school .
30 She proved to be a pleasant soul whose husband had been drowned at sea .
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