Example sentences of "was present at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor does the chronicler say whether he was present at the nose-pulling . |
| 2 | General Powell was present at the meeting between the two defence ministers yesterday . |
| 3 | Goulding himself was present at the Wolfe Tone Societies meeting in Maghera in 1966 . |
| 4 | I was present at the sale and bought a set of Keesing 's Contemporary Archives which have proved invaluable though I have used them with the usual misgivings that accompany the enjoyment of a benefit which has been denied to others . |
| 5 | The Court Circular for 19 October 1990 reports the following : ‘ The Queen this afternoon visited Oriel College , Oxford and was present at the Installation Service in the Chapel of the Reverend Professor Ernest Nicholson as the Fiftieth Provost of the College . |
| 6 | Newspaper reports , where a reporter was present at the scene , might be thought to be valuable , but unfortunately it has been shown only too often how little reliance can be placed on them . |
| 7 | Indeed , he was extremely furious and led the fight to establish a new body and was present at the first meeting of the British Deaf and Dumb Association in Leeds in 1890 . |
| 8 | She was present at the birth of the Blessed Virgin , who was then given over to her care for twelve years , and at the Visitation and the birth of St John the Baptist and even at the birth of the Saviour , when she was allowed to provide bedding for the Virgin and swathing-clothes for the Child . |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers striker Alan , 22 , who was present at the birth , said : ‘ It was important for me to be there . |
| 10 | ‘ We ca n't tell clubs and players what to do ; that would be unrealistic in any international sport ’ , said Davies , who was present at the Bledisloe Cup series in Australia . |
| 11 | What is in that file is not as yet available to journalists , but apparently it contains an affidavit by an ex-policeman who was present at the discovery of the treasure . |
| 12 | As Philip Gibbs , correspondent for the London Daily Telegraph who was present at the battles as an observer , wrote : ‘ The suffering of all the German troops , huddled together in exposed places , must be as hideous as anything in the agony of mankind , slashed to bits by storms of shells and urged forward to counter-attacks which they know will be their death . ’ |
| 13 | Pope John was present at the general congregation on 7 December . |
| 14 | However , in France the infamous Festum Asinorum — the Ass ' Feast — during which a live ass was present at the Mass and the congregation brayed like the animal , survived almost to the Reformation despite efforts to stamp it out . |
| 15 | The Prince was furious at this intrusion into his private life and authorized his friend , Lord Tryon , who was present at the picnic to shout a four letter word at the journalists concerned . |
| 16 | He worked closely with the composer in Sonatas Nos. 3 , 4 , 5 and 6 who was present at the sessions , close to the piano , conducting the changes of tempo . |
| 17 | Josephus , who was present at the siege , refers to them as Sicarii . |
| 18 | As a result she was present at the important council meetings at the end of the year and it would be surprising if her voice was not heard in the discussions about the future of Aquitaine — all the more so since she could be expected to have some influence over her children , and particularly over Richard . |
| 19 | I have heard her voice and spoken to her lover and been walking with the Masai who was present at the farcical and tragic lion hunt . |
| 20 | The second appellant , who is Hungarian by birth and who does speak some English , was present at the hearing before the deputy High Court judge . |
| 21 | Miss Calagarri was present at the deceased 's bedside on 18 April because she had accompanied Mr. Morgan . |
| 22 | Prince himself was present at the opening . |
| 23 | Actively involved in the dissolution of the monasteries , he was present at the execution of the prior of Lenton and two monks in 1538 . |
| 24 | He was present at the funeral of Edward VI , but lived in quiet retirement during Mary I 's reign . |
| 25 | Although Edward never again went on crusade , Grandson himself led a small expedition to the east in 1290 and was present at the fall of Acre in May 1291 . |
| 26 | He was present at the surrender of Dunbar in May 1296 , which marked the victorious conclusion of Edward 's first campaign , but his main work continued to be high-level diplomacy . |
| 27 | During that period he witnessed the dissolution of the League of Nations , and was present at the creation of the new order , participating in both the Bretton Woods ( 1944 ) and San Francisco ( 1945 ) conferences . |
| 28 | He was present at the siege of Bharatpur in 1826 but deserted in early July 1827 in Agra . |
| 29 | Although he played only a minor military role in the war , he was a colonel by 1646 and was present at the capture of Ludlow in May . |
| 30 | Everybody was present at the meal ? ’ |