Example sentences of "[was/were] taken at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If donations were taken at a service , they were left at the door either on the way in or on the way out . |
| 2 | Three subjects were taken at A level and they were usually taken as packages of closely related studies : physics , chemistry , and mathematics ; French , German , and English ; history , geography , and economics . |
| 3 | Each field started with 95 cells and images were taken at a rate of 12 frames per hour . |
| 4 | The picture was taken at a function held in the Bridge House , Tullamore , on Friday 12th February 1993 . |
| 5 | The decision to abolish the GLC and MCCs was taken at a time of major political disagreements between the GLC , in particular , and the national government ( Livingstone 1988 ) . |
| 6 | The decision to escalate the action in Surrey for 24 hours from 7am on New Year 's Eve was taken at a meeting in Redhill . |
| 7 | The decision was taken at a meeting of EC environment ministers on Dec. 21 , which also imposed new limits on exhaust emissions which will effectively make catalytic converters compulsory on all new vehicles by 1993 . |
| 8 | The video was taken at a meeting of the New Forest Hunt ten days ago . |
| 9 | The Lord Owen was taken at a disadvantage , surprised in the open , hunted like a hart , and his horse fallen lame . |
| 10 | The CPSU central committee 's decision that Gorbachev should visit Lithuania was taken at a plenum on Dec. 25-26 , held to discuss the CPL independence declaration . |
| 11 | Oh yes it 's , it 's been changed a lot and a , and er , it 's made such a difference and I 've met er , I 've got a er fr a very good friend who 's , who 's a Red Cross young man who I met at Leah Manning and he takes me out in the car which I would n't , never get out otherwise because my boys are all working you see they ca n't , they 're busy working and erm do shift work and security work , one 's got his own security business and the other one 's got a factory in Bishop 's Stortford so that they do n't get much chance , they work away , some of them do that they can not get to take me out see , so he takes me out , which he 's very , very good you know , he 's , yesterday he took me to erm , yesterday we , he took me to Ongar to see his sister in the bungalow and then he took me for a meal at erm The Chariot at er , at Brentwood , Brentwood , yes Brentwood The Chariot , it was quite nice I had rather , a good time , erm cos usually I ca n't get out unless I go out in the wheelchair you see I 'm confined to a wheelchair , though I struggle out into the kitchen with me two sticks and I 've got a stool in there that I do all my own cooking and I make cakes and that and I 'm doing a cake gon na make a cake for Christmas for me brother and make a cake , er another one for myself like , but , and then I go to my erm daughter-in-law 's to spend Christmas Day and then I , I 'm going to my son 's and spend Boxing Day which is my birthday , I 'll be seventy four on Boxing Day I 'm dreaded to say , yeah , but erm , this young man that takes me lives in Northbrooks , he 's er a widower , but he 's very , very good , he helps all us old people , you know , he 's ever so good he is to me , he comes up and brings my shopping today , does my shopping for me as well , so , well he 's , yes , he 's most kind , for , nearly two years I 've know him , that 's a photo over there , it was taken at a wedding look , of my , that 's it , over there , taken at a wedding dear , very good |
| 12 | The picture was taken at a fertility clinic and was used to illustrate the Princess 's caring nature . |