Example sentences of "was closed [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was closed as a running-shed between 1934 and 1940 , but was then in daily use until the arrival of the last North Station car — 290 — on 27 October 1963 . |
| 2 | ‘ I was going to bring you some flowers , ’ he said awkwardly , ‘ but the flower stall was closed at the station . ’ |
| 3 | The door was closed at the time . |
| 4 | It relied on government subsidy and was closed at the end of 1958 . |
| 5 | The investigations into the death of Sviridenko ( who was found dead on a disused railway line ) was closed at the end of 1992 . |
| 6 | The fund , which was set up in February 1989 to collect money to service Poland 's foreign debt , was closed at the end of 1990 after reports of mismanagement . |
| 7 | I would not like to see a repeat of the problems caused when Station Lane was closed at the railway bridge some time ago ! |
| 8 | Her gown , too , was black , and the high-necked bodice was closed with a mourning brooch . |
| 9 | The only other entrance was a small door to the left of the sanctuary but that was closed with a padlock , rusting with age , and obviously had not been opened for years . |
| 10 | Philips shares traded in London , Belgium and on the Instinet international trading system all soared on the news , by an average 9% by noon London time Friday ; the Amsterdam share market was closed for a holiday . |
| 11 | The library was closed for a while and Mr Slipper , the Headmaster and Mr Crangle had a private viewing of the Bookman . |
| 12 | The road was closed for a while because of a dangerous street light . |
| 13 | ‘ The restaurant was closed for a week , with a total loss of power , but we improvised to keep the show on the road . ’ |
| 14 | In February 1989 , when the Louvre was closed for a month , museum experts under the direction of Lola Faillant-Dumas examined the ‘ Marriage at Cana ’ with infra-red reflectography , using a Hamatsu camera attached to a screen for immediate visualisation . |
| 15 | In fact , the snow was so heavy that the airport was closed for a time , briefly raising the hope that Professor Pollard would be stranded in Athens for several days ! |
| 16 | South Oxfordshire District Council has reopened its Ladygrove Park after it was closed for a cleaning up operation ; the park was closed some weeks ago after gypsies staying there left it full of litter . |
| 17 | Although the stock exchange was closed for the day as a result of the explosion , trading was largely uninterrupted since the central computer system remained undamaged . |
| 18 | On Aug. 11 the Shenzhen stock exchange was closed for the afternoon after " A " shares — reserved for Chinese investors — fell by 17 points . |
| 19 | The shop was closed for the lunch hour . |
| 20 | In Stenner v. Taff-Ely Borough Council ( The Independent , 25 May 1987 ) , the Court of Appeal held that a local authority which employed a gymnastics coach at its leisure centre was not liable to the plaintiff ( a friend of the coach ) , whom the coach had permitted to use the gym at a time when the leisure centre was closed to the public . |
| 21 | The office run by Oxfordshire county council was closed to the public while police carried out forensic investigations . |
| 22 | SunSoft Inc president Ed Zander , speaking at the recent Unix International members meeting in New Orleans that was closed to the press , issued a call to arms against Microsoft Corp , making a strong plea for the industry to come together and adopt common interface specifications and common marketing programmes . |
| 23 | SunSoft Inc president Ed Zander , speaking at the recent Unix International members meeting in New Orleans that was closed to the press , reportedly issued a call to arms against Microsoft Corp , making a strong plea for the industry to come together and adopt common interface specifications and common marketing programmes . |
| 24 | For several years Marton was closed during the winter , and its service cars transferred to Rigby Road shed , which operated the Marton route . |
| 25 | The tourist trade was practically non-existent and Reid 's Hotel was closed during the War . |
| 26 | As Frau Nordern went into the office a babble of voices rose behind her , still audible , although muted , as the door was closed by the man with the cigar . |
| 27 | Part of the inflationary gap was closed by the success of Bevin in getting the trade unions to follow a voluntary pay policy . |
| 28 | The land was therefore made into a coach road , allowing farm labourers and market gardeners access to the fields , but during the reign of George I , this long-established route was closed by the Surveyor General and only a few privileged people were allowed to use it . |
| 29 | The depot was closed by the police in the interests of public safety . |
| 30 | After the Conflagration ( his Monument being broken ) somebody made a little hole towards the upper edge of his Coffin , which was closed like the coffin of a Pye and was full of a Liquour which conserved the body . |