Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difficulty over these cars had arisen because the Brush Co. had demanded an appropriate charge if they were expected to store them at their works in Loughborough . |
| 2 | The shipwrights of Exeter , for example , bound themselves in 1766 not to work for masters who were seeking to employ them at " less wages than have been from time immemorially paid to journeymen shipwrights " , to " deprive " them of " several of their ancient rights and privileges " and to impose longer hours than had been " usual and customary " . |
| 3 | As vesting day , 1 April 1948 , approached , the shape of the organisations which were to take over the industry , and the men who were going to lead them at national and regional level were known . |
| 4 | He said they 'd call at eleven if they were going to call him at all . |
| 5 | You were going to sell them at one and tuppence each . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought you were going to tell me at least that it was for my own good . |
| 7 | Pointy-Beard simply said that Sunil wanted to see me when he 'd finished eating and we were going to meet him at Shazam 's and did I know it . |
| 8 | Since a rise in interest rates can cause quite a severe fall in the price of bonds , banks could make a considerable capital loss if they were forced to sell them at such times . |
| 9 | His friends and colleagues were trying to persuade him at the time that this would not be wise — what on earth would happen to the British election campaign if the country had to go to war in the Gulf half-way through ? |
| 10 | Sun was expected to display it at PC Expo this summer but Snoopy has never been seen except behind closed doors . |
| 11 | This man she 's married finally came to his senses , but he was refusing to marry her at one point . |
| 12 | However , there was concern for the two survivors aboard the lifeboat , who were severely seasick , and an attempt was made to land them at St Abbs . |
| 13 | At first it seemed that Francis was going to leave it at that , the ball in his court , but in fact he was trying to decide which would annoy her most : being kept in the dark about his conversation with Anna or knowing the truth . |
| 14 | The man was going to meet me at the bottom of Ber Street . |
| 15 | He was going to kiss me at his sister 's , Meredith thought . |
| 16 | She turned now and looked at her mother , adding , ‘ He … he was coming to see you at Christmas . ’ |
| 17 | Would I do the job this way if I was asked to do it at work ? |
| 18 | Ramsey was asked to meet him at dinner in Magdalene before the meeting and to second the vote of thanks in the Guildhall . |
| 19 | She saw his hands curl into white-knuckled fists and knew he was fighting to keep them at his sides . |
| 20 | At Waddington PA474 was restored to full airworthy condition and Air Force Board authority was obtained to fly it at certain RAF Fiftieth Anniversary celebrations in 1968 . |
| 21 | Merrill sensed that he was trying to put her at her ease , building a bridge over the rift that divided them , to get the evening off to a good start . |
| 22 | He maintained that Philip was trying to keep him at war in Scotland ‘ so that he might not pursue his rights elsewhere ’ . |
| 23 | Back with his own cast , he was determined to keep them at it as long as possible , fulfilling his own need for manic activity . |
| 24 | Draft specifications for general SVQs in this area have been sent out for consultation , and a seminar was held to discuss them at the end of October . |
| 25 | What was required to hold him at bay was constant vigilance . |