Example sentences of "was [verb] [to-vb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The working was booked to stop at Colwyn Bay , Llandudno Junction and Llandudno , and worked from block to block until Muspratt 's Sidings when it took the Down Fast line and having got clear signals , proceeded to try to make up time . |
| 2 | Fergus said , ‘ And so I was sent away and Grainne was permitted to remain at Tara . ’ |
| 3 | He was actually the oldest son of a farmer and er was expected to stay at home and the firm . |
| 4 | He was bailed to appear at Durham Crown Court in December , 1981 , but failed to appear . |
| 5 | Faced by a prosecution concerned primarily with political advancement , confronted by intimidated witnesses who produced no convincing evidence , and his guilt attested by a jury of eleven Campbells and four others , James Stewart was sentenced to hang at Ballachulish ferry on 8 November 1752 . |
| 6 | When the young men , released from silence , were not talking about ‘ shows ’ in London — which , as their only excursion into permissiveness held out vistas of slightly forbidden enjoyments — they commented with a kind of awe on the ardour of devotion which Eliot was Seen to display at Mass . |
| 7 | The country 's commercial debt was said to stand at $10,600 million , plus $1,200 million in interest arrears , to some 500 banks . |
| 8 | This particular model was built to demonstrate at shows and has been generally lent , hired out , pawed , mauled and knocked about as a result . |
| 9 | Oldham 's classy defender was told to stay at home after phoning Boundary Park to say he was running a temperature of 102 . |
| 10 | And yet , why had his manner changed so abruptly when he learned that the girl whose hat he had rescued was going to live at Sunset Cottage ? |
| 11 | Mr Wolski knew what he was going to do at lunchtime that fine spring day . |
| 12 | He had a notion something damned odd was going to happen at Broadstairs . |
| 13 | Nobbled a horse that was going to run at Winnipeg , instead of one running at Vancouver ? |
| 14 | Not long afterwards , therefore , Havard was invited to call at Magdalen . |
| 15 | Dr Mortimer was called to look at Sir Charles ' body . |
| 16 | I was beginning to feel at home in the desert . |
| 17 | By midway I was beginning to feel at home on the excellent , steep rock , placing my feet in a more balanced way and making smoother , les clumsy moves . |
| 18 | It is quite likely therefore that a meeting of Lambarde and Shakespeare took place at this time , although it was n't until 1594 that Shakespeare made his mark , for it was at Christmas of that year that he was Summoned to appear at Court . |
| 19 | Now that he was starting to feel at home , it was time to start work . |
| 20 | In all cases , transcription was found to initiate at position +1 ( Fig. 2 ) , ruling out the possibility that the decrease in CytR regulation is caused by the introduction of a new promoter . |
| 21 | Cotton 's nephew William or ‘ son ’ as he called him ( for he had no children ) , was a close friend of Doctor Livingstone , who was brought to stay at Forest House in the 1860s . |
| 22 | I have forgotten how I picked up my copy , it may have been at a retreat which I was asked to lead at Pleshey . |
| 23 | The Bath No 8 was asked to perform at openside flank before being switched to the tight side of the scrum . |
| 24 | Marching in fierce summer heat and unrelentingly harassed by Muslim mounted archers , the army was forced to halt at Hattin , in a waterless region , in the hope of being able to continue next day . |
| 25 | In 1658 he was allowed to preach at Bishopsgate once more , as a Sunday lecturer , and in August 1659 the restored Rump , after much dispute and delay , voted to re-install him as rector . |
| 26 | This certificate produced the desired effect and I was allowed to stay at home on parade days . |
| 27 | The pellet was allowed to stand at room temperature for 15 minutes to allow binding to occur and unbound 51-chromium was then removed by washing with 0.9% saline . |
| 28 | This mixture was allowed to stand at room temperature for 15 minutes . |
| 29 | But in the light of the latest revelations , Shadow Transport Secretary John Prescott said : ‘ I ca n't believe this plane was allowed to land at Kuwait after the war began . |
| 30 | A letter written six months before trial was sufficient in Mumby v R R Taylor ( Trading as Daisy Bus Service ) ( 1976 ) SC Library Transcript No 459 and the plaintiff was allowed to amend at trial even though doing so meant the defendant 's payment in was inadequate . |