Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] at [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like Fyfe , all three were to remain at these places until the end of their working lives . |
| 2 | When England was at war and sentries were posted at both ends of the tunnel , one night , early in the war , German planes droned over and dropped bombs along the railway line possibly aiming to destroy the tunnel and so to cut a supply link to the Channel ports and the British armies in France . |
| 3 | Similarly , some coins of the Emperor Septimius Severus which were minted at several cities in southern Greece are found , almost exclusively , in the Levant . |
| 4 | He did not put on his sword , for no weapons were permitted at such occasions , though Ratagan had told him a gory tale of a banquet where a certain disagreement had been settled with eating knives , which the victors had subsequently continued eating with . |
| 5 | No leakages were permitted at any points nor were the canvas sides allowed to bulge inward to any greater extent than that caused by the slackness of the canvas specified on the drawing . |
| 6 | Seals were manufactured at many settlements , both towns and villages . |
| 7 | It was having the same sorts of mainly damaging effects on people 's personal lives and on their family lives and so on , and in research that I carried out in Brighton erm over the past three or four years we were looking at these effects — how they were affecting unemployed people in Brighton — and trying to explain them . |
| 8 | Now in this particular period if you were looking at these figures just like this , what would be your automatic reaction in terms of the type of holidays we ought to be providing ? |
| 9 | The problems of a poor wheat crop were overcome and record volumes were produced at both mills in the fourth quarter . |
| 10 | On the other hand , if you went to the other end of the scale and in that same season you looked at all horses that were offered at precisely two to one on , then you 'll find that there were twenty two horses which were offered at those odds and fifteen of them won . |
| 11 | Mr Taylor told the committee yesterday that an analysis of the force 's requirements based on the increasing workload showed a further 184 officers were needed at all levels ; but he was submitting a reasonable request . |
| 12 | Mr Taylor told the committee yesterday that an analysis of the force 's requirements based on the increasing workload showed a further 184 officers were needed at all levels ; but he was submitting a reasonable request . |
| 13 | The barn was important at winnowing time , when the doors were opened at both ends to create a draught to separate the corn from the chaff . |
| 14 | It was decided that training was necessary , so the officer training corps were introduced at several universities . |
| 15 | Average prices had fallen by about 2% and , despite cost-cutting , were continuing at these levels in April . |
| 16 | So they stood and their hands clasped at the baggage rack above their heads , and Millet saw the eyes of a fellow traveller flit to the girl 's features as if they were staring at those magazines on the high shelf behind the newsagent 's counter . |
| 17 | Sections ( 5 µ ) were cut at several levels and stained with haematoxylin and eosin , periodic acid Schiff , and high iron diamine alcian blue ( HIDAB ) , the latter with strict pH control . |
| 18 | Outdoor pursuits , especially walks , were promoted at all times , reading by oneself only when it was raining , and television not at all ( although in old age she herself became a tireless watcher of ‘ the News ’ ) . |
| 19 | In the case of the Colleges , the increased delegation of responsibilities bought about by new legislation warranted the introduction of new endeavours , or changes to existing ones , and the analysis helped to identify where these were required at all levels . |
| 20 | These arguments are subject to the same criticisms , regarding ethnocentrism and academic-centredness that were levelled at these writers , both in terms of their assumptions regarding literacy and those regarding ‘ objectivity ’ . |
| 21 | As extra-mural departments were established at several universities during the mid-nineteen twenties , the conjunction of the new Regulations and the entrepreneurial activities of departments such as Nottingham and Cambridge ( where the Board of Extra-Mural Studies replaced the Syndicate in 1924 ) led to a rapid growth in both scale and range of university provided courses . |
| 22 | sole practitioners would not object to the proposed extra accounting measures if they were aimed at all firms ; |
| 23 | Rostov 's authority was limited at all times by the secrecy requirements which surrounded every incomplete survey , and he had already concluded that his presence on the mission was actually of questionable value . |
| 24 | William Penn , who founded Pennsylvania , was baptised at All Hallows , and John Quincy Adams married there in 1797 ; he was later to become the sixth president of the U.S.A. |
| 25 | The manager had explained to him when he was taken on that the insurance people insisted the wharf was guarded at all times before they would agree to give cover . |
| 26 | Here police monitoring of the large crowds was facilitated by ‘ sophisticated radio equipment supplied by the Army , hot lines to the White House and the Pentagon , and an 8 by 12-foot map of the city , complete with a zoom-lens television camera for closeups , that could show where every police officer and other security force was located at all times ’ ( Farber , 1988:159 ) . |
| 27 | So convinced was she that ‘ Love conquers all , that she was prepared at all times to forgo conventional ties if they interfered with his development . |
| 28 | Obviously the stamp of personality was felt at all levels of the BBC . |
| 29 | No wonder I like things I was looking at these tights , yeah , it 's just one pair , and they were about eight pounds |
| 30 | Though it was too early to say how BP would respond to the opportunities created by the Budget , he said it was looking at several projects for extra investment in North Sea fields already in production . |