Example sentences of "was [vb pp] at [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the process was stopped at that point and the Chart was examined , would be best interpretation of that segment . |
| 2 | The compliance to this advice was checked at each interview . |
| 3 | The flat area to the south was drained at some time in the eighteenth century and a canal was built across it . |
| 4 | Finally , there also seemed to be some evidence than an internal bias towards helplessness ( similar to Seligman 's concept ) was implicated at some stage , in making PMP more likely or leading to poor coping responses . |
| 5 | No hint of what was to come was given at that meeting on 20 February . |
| 6 | In the case where a lift was placed at each end of a summit , and where the traffic was through the summit , there would be no loss or gain of water by the use of the lift other than the loss of 1/100 of a lock each time either lift passed up and down . |
| 7 | IT WAS in the early afternoon when information was received at this desk about the plane . |
| 8 | But I think there 's something more important than funding that was realised at that Conference between Eastern and Western Local Authorities and that is that we need to be there to assist because we can assist . |
| 9 | Erm briefly , the situation is that it 's alleged that he broke two stained glass door panels and Mr denies that he broke the second of the two , the one at the front door he says was broken at some time earlier on the evening on which he was involved . |
| 10 | The one at the front door he says was broken at some time earlier than the evening on which he was involved . |
| 11 | It was forbidden at that time to bring wildlife to school . |
| 12 | The union treaty was considered at some length by the Central Committee plenum in December 1990 ; it approved a resolution calling for the ‘ renewal and preservation of a unitary Soviet Union ’ , a renewal that was ‘ socialist in character ’ . |
| 13 | My right hon. Friend then said : ’ I understand that in this instance Dr. Beer 's request was considered at some length by an assessment panel of six which included the District Chair , Chief Executive and District Director of Public Health . |
| 14 | Further improvement in the sharpness of the cut-off response of practical filters can be achieved by cascading sections and the design of filters comprising multiple identical sections was considered at some length in chapter 9 . |
| 15 | Although it was stressed at this meeting by one speaker that the school should make the appraisal a valuable exercise , other teachers expressed concern over whether their reports would actually be read . |
| 16 | As originally planned , MOPP was discontinued at this stage ; even assuming that tumour was still present , a further reduction of its volume as a result of more than eight cycles was considered unlikely . |
| 17 | It was after five-thirty on a Friday night , and Tom was expected at any minute . |
| 18 | In fact , however , new disappointments followed on Hitler 's confident promises : the bombing , almost unimpeded by German defences , intensified ; the situation on the eastern Front worsened almost by the day ; and in the west an invasion was expected at any time . |
| 19 | Coutts had been informed that a cheque for $6m was expected at any moment from MGM films in America — payment for the distribution rights of Electric Dreams . |
| 20 | There is evidence to support the theory that the whole system was disrupted at some point , either by the passage of a comet or else by an encounter with an interstellar storm . |
| 21 | The archetype of faith is Abraham , who went out at God 's command though he did not know where he was going , and who was prepared at that command even to sacrifice his own son . |
| 22 | It was accepted at this time that if you had talent you could sponge and exploit , as Colquhoun and MacBryde did when they abused Elizabeth Smart 's hospitality at Tilty Mill , a house belonging to Ruthven Todd and where they created havoc . |
| 23 | Well now , taking taking into account the fact that there are about three hundred schools here in Oxfordshire and there 's only one school so far that has chosen to even try to opt out , and it was defeated at that school , then I see that is erm a comment on the kind of Education Authority we have here . |
| 24 | It was felt at that meeting that another bolt debate was required to further air the views of all parties active in the Clwyd arena . |
| 25 | A great deal of work was done at that time in enlarging and landscaping the park , creating lakes and the kitchen gardens . |
| 26 | We have not yet as a nation fully acknowledged the wrong that was done at that time , and we have not fully rejected it . |
| 27 | You know , it 's bad defending , but we looked a different side second half , and not much was said at half time . |
| 28 | Moscow was said at this stage to have been somewhat sluggish over the provision of spares and replacement items . |
| 29 | They should have been resolved in December nineteen ninety two because it was decided at that summit that there would be eighteen extra seats for er the then er united Germany . |
| 30 | But in so doing the Prime Minister overlooked two crucial aspects of what was decided at that summit . |