Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [verb] [adv prt] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The servants were allowed to go out at the discretion of the matron and the house surgeon , and the house was to be locked up at 10 p.m . |
| 2 | He was intended to come down at the wrong moment , disappear , do the same again , then go shooting through the roof when the mechanics of the wire go wrong . |
| 3 | Then a car was heard pulling up at the gate ; either the bridal car or their uncle had come . |
| 4 | When a colleague had some treatment , a tape was played and he was made to look up at the highest point of the ceiling . |
| 5 | Easing the car into first gear , she set off back along the road , a frown deepening on her face as she was forced to crawl along at a snail 's pace , unable to see more than a couple of feet ahead in the ever-thickening snow . |
| 6 | Falati was allowed to stay on at the house after the intervention of Mr Mandela . |
| 7 | And I got the book it must have a bus you know ano , another , an extra bus on because he was allowed to get off at the tonight . |
| 8 | The Fire was started to get back at a prisoner who had refused to take part in a food boycott . |