Example sentences of "was at [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Best who was at a Lions selection meeting in Edinburgh yesterday morning , reckoned the margin and manner of Scotland 's 20-0 victory would certainly have England worried and that he expected a cracker of a game on Saturday week at Twickenham , where Scotland have won only twice , in 1971 and 1983 , since the Second World War . |
| 2 | It was at a jewellers ’ in Milan and could be retrieved for a certain sum . |
| 3 | He was at a police station , being questioned . |
| 4 | Emma Butler , 12 , was at a sports day with her family in May when the accident happened at the European School for children of nuclear scientists near Abingdon in Oxon . |
| 5 | " Who else was at the scenes " |
| 6 | It was at the menders ' yesterday . |
| 7 | And it was at the trekkers ' hut eight days before that we 'd met our porters with their dzos , Dzos — pronounced ‘ Joes ’ — are great hairy pack animals , a cross between yaks and cows . |
| 8 | Although I met Theresa on the way back from erm school and she said Alec was at the doctors cos not the way back from school , way back from the library . |
| 9 | And she said Alec was at the doctors cos he was feeling under the weather . |
| 10 | Her time was at the delegates ' disposal . |
| 11 | Sister Robinson was at the nurses ' station , talking to one of the first-year nurses , when Juliet arrived back on the ward . |
| 12 | It was at the mechanics was n't it ? |
| 13 | I was at the Combeses ' yesterday , and the Hammonds were there . |
| 14 | Angry as he was at the directors for failing to appreciate his talents and not understanding what he was driving at , Dustin was angrier with himself for losing jobs . |
| 15 | Husband Don was at the births . |
| 16 | The major leak erm was at the Scouts ' hut , where erm the , the building was actually putting pressure upon the water main , and er causing a leak . |
| 17 | The likes of Polanski , Nicholson and Hopper all talked freedom — even if it was at the movies — and that was music to the ears of those who followed the anti-war , hippie-inspired trend of throwing off inhibitions , of which there were plenty of public demonstrations when the beautiful people gathered , be it Los Angeles , New York , London or Paris . |
| 18 | Well not cos I felt like it but I was at the lights in Bromley this bloke , this , was stand- , sort of kept staring at my front passenger side wheel . |
| 19 | They both watched Mallachy , who was at the sailboards . |
| 20 | Under the mop of curls his face , without the emphasizing make-up he wore perpetually on the train , looked younger and more ordinary : it was David Flynn who was at the races , not Zak . |
| 21 | All her father remembered about his grandfather was that he was a dour man and that the only relaxation he ever gave himself was at the races . |
| 22 | But the swirling breeze was at the hunters ' backs , and the big bull suddenly lifted his muzzle to scent in their direction , and a moment later the whole herd was running towards the shelter of the trees . |
| 23 | Since Mrs Stych was at the Ladies of Scotland 's Tea , there was no reply . |
| 24 | His first one-man show was at The Artists Gallery 1941 and he showed with Peggy Guggenheim 's Art of this Century in 1944 which led on to a one man-show at the Guggenheim in 1947 . |
| 25 | Alfred Fry , stage manager of Drew 's company , told the court that he was at the premises in Friar Street when he heard Drew singing at six o'clock ; he also saw and spoke to Drew at 6.15 . |
| 26 | Two years ago Mrs Ayers went next door to feed Ivy 's cat while she was at the hairdressers when she disturbed burglars at work . |
| 27 | Pilot David Moore from Gloucestershire was at the controls of the forty seven year old Spitfire as it took part in an air display near Manchester on Saturday.The fighter plane looped the loop but as it neared the ground it plummeted down , bursting into flames.Firefighters were on the scene immediately , and confirmed that the pilot was dead.David Moore , who was 47 , flew with the Royal Navy for ten years before joining Rolls Royce as a pilot in the mid 1970s.He flew the company 's executives around Europe … but in his spare time he enjoyed piloting vintage planes like the Spitfire , which was owned by Rolls Royce.Today at the family 's home near Stroud , David Moore 's widow was coming to terms with the tragedy : |
| 28 | But by August 30 , ranked a Squadron Leader , he was at the controls of a Hurricane fighter facing 100 enemy aircraft along with just two other planes . |
| 29 | Accommodation was at The Mariners at Sandy Ground , an idyllic place which consists of 20 charming West Indian gingerbread style cottages which stand on the crescent shaped white sand beach shaded between palm , coconut and brilliant red flame trees . |
| 30 | Yes , ma'am , I understand ; and I have worked with children before … well , when I was at the nuns ’ school , it was part of the older pupils ' duty to be in charge of two or three of the younger ones to see they washed properly and … well , things like that , and just before I left I was doing this . ’ |