Example sentences of "was [verb] [adv prt] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was let down lightly at the beginning , though . |
| 2 | In no time Leith was getting on famously at the new Massingham Engineering acquisition — which was apparently , for the moment , to keep its G Vasey Ltd name . |
| 3 | The circular stapling gun was then introduced through an anterior gastrostomy and opened in the lower oesophagus when a nylon or silk ligature was tied round just at the gastrooesophageal junction . |
| 4 | In a slowly-run affair , Highbrook was given a lot to do and was staying on strongly at the death . |
| 5 | She was cut off tragically at the height of her powers , but she had already made her mark : a crucial contribution to one of the most important discoveries of the twentieth century , and work on two major biological problems and the techniques for solving them , that helped lay the foundations of structural molecular biology . |