Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] at [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They were developed at that time as a useful product for the , for the menfolk .
2 Drexel assets were calculated at some $2,600 million and it was agreed to divide these between the bank 's creditors and the various litigants .
3 But if my own suspicions were aroused at that moment , Lord Darlington evidently did not share them .
4 Parler brought with him the influence of the Cologne school and , though only the choir and chapels with part of the south façade were completed at this time , it is interesting to compare , both on exterior and interior , the work of Matthias on the lower part and Parler on the upper ( 532 and 533 ) .
5 They were withdrawn at that time but enacted in 1894 along with provisions ‘ to introduce local self-government into rural parishes ’ ( Redlich and Hirst 1958:216 ) .
6 In a second condition , single chords were heard at each ear .
7 Like Fyfe , all three were to remain at these places until the end of their working lives .
8 Impractical , because if all areas of the curriculum were treated at this level of detail , hundreds or even thousands of criteria would be produced ; educationally unacceptable because of the curriculum fragmentation which would result since it would be difficult to link up such large numbers of criteria .
9 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 .
10 Similarly , some coins of the Emperor Septimius Severus which were minted at several cities in southern Greece are found , almost exclusively , in the Levant .
11 The House will recall that in the latter part of last year both my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State outlined measures to be taken by both the Government and mortgage lenders with the excellent aim of reducing the level of repossessions that were occurring at that time .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 Memory and imagination were grappling at each other 's throats , and these people would lose if he lay here much longer .
15 Over half of the staff of 62 were interviewed at some point , many more than once — a total of 66 interviews altogether .
16 or whatever , just let them know roughly what you 're doing , cos , all they get is a tape , it gives them an idea of what sort of things were happening at that time , any words they ca n't pick up if she 's cooking , maybe that 's something she was making or whatever , erm , in the please write the first names and details , why you know them , of all the people speaking on this side of the tape , in order in which they speak on the tape in the first , first instance , right , you know , so now Carla , my husband , myself , Lee and , you do n't need to repeat them again after that
17 Charles Laubscher recalls : ‘ My feelings were mixed at this news ( of the move to Malta ) .
18 Bells were rung at either end of a conversation to signal the beginning and end of the call .
19 However , some excellent studies were done at this time , many using fieldwork techniques and participant observation rather than surveys .
20 Toll houses were positioned at either end and tolls continued to be collected until 1873 .
21 Again the two brothers were pushing at each other and as they all mounted the steps Ellen stepped and walked by the side of her son , something she was in the habit of doing whenever they were in company , and which Joe had been aware of from the time she had recovered after his uncle 's death .
22 Finally , erm various terms have been erm thrown around about new settlements being an engine of growth and a sinkhole for future growth , erm the only point I want to make there is that any future growth beyond the present structure plan period of two thousand and six would of course be subject to the planning system , there is no automatic erm growth erm of any new settlement that is proposed or may be proposed beyond two thousand and six , and Mr Davis has indicated that at that time a new study will be carried out on the relative merits of the alternative options that were seen at that time .
23 Solutions ( 10 mM ) of 5ASA , 4ASA , and their metabolites were used in most experiments , as the effects of IFN γ induced HLA-DR expression were seen at this concentration .
24 The required options for a full investigation were seen at this stage to be as in the following list : —
25 Seals were manufactured at many settlements , both towns and villages .
26 Drybulb and dewpoint temperatures of air were regulated at each 7.6m along the chamber to track temporal variation in the glasshouse .
27 While we have more or less maintained our overall membership figure , and that in a deep recession , we have fallen far short of the targets set in March 1992 , which were felt at that time to be reasonable and achievable .
28 While we have more or less maintained our overall membership figure , and that in a deep recession , we have fallen far short of the targets set in March 1992 , which were felt at that time to be reasonable and achievable .
29 The backs of my legs were trembling at that time , but this was probably as much due to the cold as to the feeling of betrayal that had invaded my being .
30 ‘ I 'm not sure I approve of the way you were looking at that visitor , ’ he went on , bending towards her and speaking quietly .
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