Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [to-vb] [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were expected to leave school at fourteen and go out to work to earn a living or take up technical training . |
| 2 | One had tried to involve some of the staff but they apparently refused to get involved ; another head wanted more involvement and had a plan of action that would lead to this : another was sure that all staff were involved and departments were compelled to discuss finance at least once a month . |
| 3 | At the 1989 Annual Conference in Bournemouth it was resolved to support the RAF Benevolent Fund 's 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain Appeal , and Branches were asked to provide support at local level for what became known as the ‘ Reach for the Sky ’ Appeal . |
| 4 | In the second group ( the next 23 patients and 23 volunteers ) , the subjects were allowed to swallow saliva at 30 second intervals . |
| 5 | And that by a stroke of coincidence no bed and breakfasts were open and you were forced to seek help at the Hall ? |
| 6 | It was also frequently noted that staff were encouraged to request attendance at external courses , but likely to be nominated for attendance at internal courses ( normally developed in the frame-work of their perceived training needs ) . |
| 7 | This process of compounding , which he patented in 1845 , came to be known as ‘ McNaughting ’ , and as it was relatively inexpensive ( even though new boilers were required to supply steam at the higher pressure ) it was very popular in the second half of the nineteenth century . |
| 8 | The earnings allowance under the 1948 Act , which entitled those over 60/65 eligible for a contributory pension to earn a small amount without incurring deductions from their pension , was intended to discourage retirement at the minimum age ( Hansard , Vol. 432 , No. 150 , Cols 1380–1472 ) . |
| 9 | He was remanded to await trial at Reading Assizes . |
| 10 | Vera Loomis , the ninety-two-year-old who lived at number 92 and was known for some reason as Got All the Things There Then ? had offered plum wine or home-brewed lager and Susan Doyle , who was reported to watch News at Ten while her husband pleasured her , had suggested lemonade shandy . |
| 11 | Having appeared before the Archdeacon 's Court for having a bastard child , she was sentenced to attend church at Blisland , barefoot and bareheaded , to make confession of her sin . |
| 12 | The research was presented as an investigation of the way life and language in the community had changed , and general permission was sought to record interaction at which the fieldworker was present . |
| 13 | It currently accounts for some 10 per cent of ozone loss , but this proportion is likely to rise to 16 per cent if present trends continue , despite the fact that at a meeting of Montreal Protocol signatories last November , it was agreed to freeze use at present levels [ see ED 68 ] . |
| 14 | Raymond was witty and unusual and from time to time he was invited to drink coffee at the artists ' cafés . |
| 15 | He was called to give evidence at this morning 's hearing , but , although he appeared at the witness stand he exercised his right to remain silent . |
| 16 | The sold-out concert was scheduled to take place at Seattle 's 15,000 capacity Coliseum , however , Nirvana are believed to have pulled out because Kurt Cobain was furious over an interview which appeared in Vanity Fair magazine which revealed that he and his wife Courtney Love had indulged in a drug ‘ binge ’ while Courtney was pregnant ( see last week 's NME ) . |
| 17 | A spokesman for Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles , said the 63-year-old film star was scheduled to leave hospital at the weekend . |
| 18 | Similar techniques were adopted by the French in 1293–4 , when Bernard VI of Armagnac ( 1285–1319 ) was summoned to perform homage at Paris for the comtés of Armagnac and Fezensac , and the vicomté of Brulhois . |
| 19 | On that occasion the energetic opposition to Henry I 's accession put up by Constance of Arles and her sons created a serious crisis , in the course of which Henry was driven to take refuge at the court of the duke of Normandy . |
| 20 | Last night a benefit concert was set to take place at the Bristol Bierkeller , featuring Extreme Noise Terror , perhaps Britain 's foremost thrash band , now legendary for turning out songs which clock in at under one second . |
| 21 | John Evans , 112 , Britain 's oldest man was asked to give evidence at a public inquiry to help prove a footpath linking Fforest-fach and Gowerton in West Glamorgan , has always been public . |
| 22 | WALTER DA SILVA , coach of a South African first division soccer team , was forced to leave town at gunpoint after his team had lost 6–0 at home . |
| 23 | Boxer was forced to reduce pace at this point by the congestion of traffic in and out of the Barracks . |
| 24 | In the late 1930s the Sussex Rother was subjected to total clearance at Bodiam . |
| 25 | He also tried his hand as a film director , though less successfully , and wrote a play about a German who sought to take out a patent for gas ovens , which was staged to scant acclaim at the Arts Theatre in 1965 . |