Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following an intensive campaign by the World Health Organization , when mass injections of penicillin were given to everyone at risk , this form of syphilis has been eradicated in Yugoslavia . |
| 2 | But in a reply to a letter from prospective Stockton South Labour MP John Scott , a senior ambulance officer says : ‘ The account was submitted not to the patient but to a relative whose name and address were given to us at the time of the booking . |
| 3 | Nonetheless , the dealers who were gathered with him at the wine bar succeeded in changing his mind . |
| 4 | Last night prayers were said for her at Watton Methodist Church where her aunt is a member of the congregation . |
| 5 | Instead , the architects , McKay and Forresters , of Glasgow , were presented with it at the Edinburgh reception . |
| 6 | Two letter of thanks were then read — the first from Edith Harlow thanking all the teachers for the lovely handbag , matching gloves and cheque which were presented to her at the Essex Rally together with a jewel box , cheque , flowers and an iced cake all given by Essex teachers and class members . |
| 7 | We were looking across it at a slice-shaped building , calcined with pollution . |
| 8 | The major bus undertakings and the UndergrounD railways ( including the Metropolitan ) were also taken over on that day , and the minor bus operators were drawn in one at a time later , but the main line railway companies ( including their suburban services ) were excluded . |
| 9 | Various local councillors and moral guardians were waiting for them at the venue , having read local press reports that the Fabs ' travelling show included a rather racy striptease revue . |
| 10 | Oliver and Tim were waiting for them at the gangway . |
| 11 | Well they were going with their at the beginning of the year up for register and they 're catching up on it now . |
| 12 | They were handed to her at Blackpool , where a royal aide gave the go-ahead for marriage guidance workers to present the fish . |
| 13 | Oh , sure , about as safe as a shield of plastic wrap would make her feel if a bear were charging towards her at a full gallop . |
| 14 | That was all I needed to feel sure that Harvey had the half-dozen eggs that were stolen from me at London Airport . |
| 15 | I thought they were joking with me at first . |
| 16 | In City Fur Manufacturing Co. v. Fureenbond ( 1937 K.B. ) A owned some skins which were stored for him at an independent warehouse . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , no measures were taken against him at the Restoration , suggesting perhaps that he had not been a republican by choice and may have worked towards the return of Charles II . |
| 18 | Like this afternoon — I went on about the armchairs being slashed in Madge 's house — We were talking about you at the time . |
| 19 | we were talking about it at lunch time , you know , its one of those things that you just do n't think about , you know , |
| 20 | Our classification of references to the care programme approach along a hypothetical assimilation-adaptation continuum suggests that roughly half of local authorities which mention the care programme approach in their plans seemed to have assimilated it , and half were adapting to it at the time of composing the community care plan . |
| 21 | She was sometimes referred to as Trivia and offerings of black lambs , honey and new-born puppies were left for her at crossroads . |
| 22 | Her mother spoke emotionally of the moment when they were reunited with her at the hospital on Sunday . |
| 23 | Or rather , their memoirs were launched for them at a glib and glitzy party by Heinemann , the publishers . |
| 24 | Coke died in the 1840s and a monument was erected to him at Holkham , guarded by a cudding Devon cow carved in stone . |
| 25 | When she asks , you must on no account say that it went into the sea , because she will worry that it is a curse on you — or me as well , for it was given to me at my baptism . |
| 26 | ‘ Being a hijra was the only possibility for me ; there was no other career I could have pursued with the body that was given to me at birth . |
| 27 | The slices were perfectly aligned , and then a second layer was placed across them at right angles . |
| 28 | ‘ Words fail one at such moments ’ said the President when the news was broken to him at the Kremlin by the Norwegian Ambassador , but immediately recovering his powers of speech , he said he did n't see the prize as a personal achievement . |
| 29 | Again this was reported to you at the last meeting of this Committee . |
| 30 | oh she was shouting at him at dinner time Steven oh god dinner time she was shouting him |