Example sentences of "[verb] was [vb pp] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | No hint of what was to come was given at that meeting on 20 February . |
| 2 | The sum involved was calculated at $82,500,000 in early 1989 . |
| 3 | It would be anomalous if the right to rescind was lost at an earlier date when the misrepresentation does not become a term of the contract . |
| 4 | Erm briefly , the situation is that it 's alleged that he broke two stained glass door panels and Mr denies that he broke the second of the two , the one at the front door he says was broken at some time earlier on the evening on which he was involved . |
| 5 | The one at the front door he says was broken at some time earlier than the evening on which he was involved . |
| 6 | The order to mobilise was received at Stony Stratford at 6 pm on 5 August 1914 , and by 10 pm 60% of the Mounted Field Ambulance had reported to their Headquarters at the Cock Hotel . |
| 7 | The tissue studied was taken at least 5 cm distant from any macroscopic disease . |
| 8 | In all the sign languages except Chinese Sign Language , ( tell a ) LIE was located at the lower face , with the hand moving sideways . |
| 9 | For his pro-Nazi activities and other connections Houde was interned at the outbreak of the war in 1939 , but as my friend Robert LaPalme , the famous Montreal caricaturist , later told me , ‘ Whatever else he was , Camilien Houde was a bright character in a dull world ! ’ |
| 10 | A Discovery Day for the mentally handicapped was held at Mid-Kent College with two open Medau classes . |
| 11 | Legal advice as to what extent the actual iconography and style of the real-life legions could be used was taken at every stage . |
| 12 | With the arrow in place , bleeding was held at bay . |
| 13 | Larsen saw that the skylight through which they had entered was situated at its midpoint , its twin a few feet away on the opposite slope of the roof . |
| 14 | For Field 's piano concertos , two of which O'Conor is playing with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra this week , contain astonishing music , material which it is hard to believe was conceived at the turn of the 18th to 19th century . |
| 15 | An interesting discovery which would certainly have brought the Hunters running was unearthed at Danbury , Essex , in October 1779 . |
| 16 | The decision to have the three executed was taken at the very top by a Cabinet sub-committee . ’ |
| 17 | It took energy to sustain that degree of emotion , she discovered , and what little she had left was directed at physical recovery . |
| 18 | The total value of the property taken was put at £925 , £54 less than the cost of the damage caused . |
| 19 | How Britain 's small businesses are funded was discussed at a recent national conference of the institute of directors . |
| 20 | She would then speak as if talking to herself , but what she said was aimed at me and usually struck to the core of my being , so that I was stunned into silence … |
| 21 | The Finance Minister Crispus Kiyonga on July 3 , 1989 , presented a budget for 1989/90 ( the fiscal year starting on July 1 , 1989 ) which he said was aimed at strengthening the balance of payments and at reducing inflation , but which nevertheless would provide for a 40 per cent salary increase for civil servants . |
| 22 | NINETEEN blacks were massacred at a taxi-rank near Johannesburg last night in an attack the African National Congress said was aimed at derailing the transition to majority rule . |
| 23 | His excuse that he did not realise what he was being given was laughed at . |
| 24 | The cost at the time the system was developed was estimated at about the same as the salary of one personnel officer — for one year — without the costs of an office , car or secretary that the officer would need . |
| 25 | King Arthur , so the story goes was born at Tintagel Castle and raised there by Merlin the magician . |
| 26 | The previous year 1255 , the property belonging to the Bishopric of Rochester , had been valued as follows : The estates at Halling with its member of Holborough and Cuxton , contained 717 acres of arable land , that not being marled was valued at fourpence an acre , also 38 acres of meadow land worth sixpence an acre , and 20 acres of pasture at eightpence an acre , the Mill at Holborough being valued at twenty shillings and the Mill at Cuxton worth thirteen and fourpence , no value is put on the vineyard at Halling but it is mentioned . |
| 27 | ‘ The man who had Carrie and Mikey kidnapped was trained at Balashikha . ’ |
| 28 | The paved corridor had already been cleared , so work was directed at a building attached to it . |
| 29 | The high esteem in which he was held was shown at his funeral where a tribute to his great accomplishments for deaf education in Leeds was paid by the Director of Education for the district . |