Example sentences of "were [verb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crates of fruit and vegetables were stacked at the other end . |
| 2 | People were gazing at the still smoking ruins and chalked on a blackboard on the pavement was , ‘ Employees meeting at Victoria Hall , Rollestone Street tonight at 6 o'clock . ’ |
| 3 | Barricades were erected at the precise boundary of the two religious communities in an area of no-man's-land between a Catholic cathedral and a Protestant church , both rumoured to be threatened by attack . |
| 4 | Practice ski lessons were arranged at the local dry ski slope . |
| 5 | They were halted at the outer guardhouse at the aforementioned trench , to identify themselves . |
| 6 | Adverts extolling her virtues were placed at every suitable vantage point . |
| 7 | Some of the luggage was mislaid and after claims were placed at the lost luggage desk , it eventually turned up which meant a dash across the city out our ‘ 5-star accommodation ’ , the Vienna Marriott Hotel . |
| 8 | These lessons were given at the right time and were invaluable in later life . |
| 9 | During this period of contraction , both passenger and freight services were withdrawn at an alarming rate , being substituted by short-lived bus services and road freight transport . |
| 10 | The building works associated with this Contract were undertaken at a total cost of £800,000 by G.J. Seddon Limited , Builders and Contractors , within the specified contract period . |
| 11 | TALENTED North-East writers were honoured at a special ceremony last night . |
| 12 | They were treated at the Royal Liverpool Hospital for minor injuries . |
| 13 | Six C&P employees were treated at the occupational health centre before returning to work and two members of the public attended hospital but were later discharged . |
| 14 | The reason they 're rich in oxygen is because they were formed at the polar regions , alright ? |
| 15 | We had filled our tank , and were eating at the open food-stall , or " warong " , just across the street when a dilapidated petrol-truck pulled in to top up the filling-station 's reservoir . |
| 16 | records were broken at the National Powerboat championships at fairford in Gloucestershire … winner was midlander Mark Rolls … |
| 17 | The government , the ruling National Party ( NP ) ( which sent a separate delegation ) , the African National Congress ( ANC ) and the Inkatha Freedom Party were joined at the preparatory meeting by the Pan-Africanist Congress ( PAC ) , the Democratic Party ( DP ) , the South African Communist Party , various other political parties , delegations from the 10 " homelands " or bantustans , and representatives of the Indian and Coloured communities . |
| 18 | Kazakhstan also introduced banking restrictions ; goods and money were stopped at the Kirgiz border . |
| 19 | They were painted at the Royal Academy Schools when I was a student immediately before the closing of the Schools in 1940 . |
| 20 | The first question we asked was , how many of the words spoken by the subject were posted at the correct place in the word lattice ? |
| 21 | Murder victims Julie Godwin , mother of a young child , and Elizabeth Over , both 30 , were holidaying at a remote bush camp close to the Mozambique border in Zululand . |
| 22 | Computer People Group Plc saw lower profits for the year ending December 31 than were expected at the interim stage due to a drop in recruitment revenues in the UK and lower volume sales of consultancy services in the US . |
| 23 | Small holes were drilled at the appropriate places , to accept the pin of a large thumb-tack and the sleeve of my mechanical pencil . |
| 24 | From each transformant , small pieces of mycelium were picked at the thallus periphery and grown on minimal medium with or without uridine . |
| 25 | Prototype units were designed at the international workshops and discussed and modified in the field for the APSP was far more decentralised than the Mathematics programme . |
| 26 | NINE of 13 drug charges against a former tyre depot manager were dropped at the High Court in Aberdeen yesterday . |
| 27 | Peerages are for those who control industry , politics and the media and who invariably were educated at the top public schools . |
| 28 | Three top designers were approached at an undisclosed cost . |
| 29 | The greatest pity was that the top was clear enough for a view and as we were perched at the broad gable end of the mountain we could see some fabulous sights . |
| 30 | A washroom and WC were included at the left corner of the new room . |