Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The various points raised in your letter of 25 January were discussed at the recent meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council . |
| 2 | Moscow resented being excluded from the post-war occupation of Japan for example , whilst Washington was disturbed at the Communist victory in China in 1949 , and in June 1950 the invasion of pro-Western South Korea by the Communist North dramatically demonstrated that Cold War tensions outside Europe could have a major impact within Europe . |
| 3 | Curtis was staring at the bloodstained shirt , ‘ I suppose it has to have been a firearm , sir ? ’ |
| 4 | Maggie was looking at the corporal standing at the other side of the counter as she said , ‘ Sorry , no sandwiches left ; only wads , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 5 | The meal was organised around the char which had been caught that afternoon , and Hope was touched at the extravagant praise lobbed his way for the provision of the excellent fish . |
| 6 | Schizophrenic Clive Wells was appearing at the Old Bailey accused of killing a 63-year-old man when he gave specialist nurses the slip . |
| 7 | Cameron was staring at the shut door . |
| 8 | Martin was standing at the furthermost edge of the terrace , looking over the gardens and down to the sea . |
| 9 | Mr Smillie was speaking at the official promotion of ScottishPower 's ‘ Carefree Register ’ for elderly and disabled customers who require special treatment by the company , from meter readings and payment of bills to special reliance on power for such things as dialysis machines . |
| 10 | In the other bedroom , Carrie and Anna were listening at the open window , both doing their best to suppress giggles . |
| 11 | The Audi Quattro was parked at the far end of the small , packed car-park . |
| 12 | Ralph Salperton was standing at the living-room window . |
| 13 | As far as Veronica Totteridge was concerned , Theodora was staying at the right house , riding the right sort of horse . |
| 14 | Within the industry , the consequences of a rudderless Whitehall were welcomed at the commercial grass roots level . |
| 15 | She and Tudor were staying at the Black Boar , Chollerton 's only hotel . |
| 16 | Cowley was met at the front door by an elderly , but still handsome woman , dressed in trouser suit and a very westernised poncho . |
| 17 | Thorold Mackie was alleged at the High Court in Edinburgh to have used information obtained from a company chairman about an impending profits warning . |
| 18 | Seven Asian countries and the USA were represented at the recent eight-day Consultation on Global Communication and Justice , held in Quezon City , near the Philippine capital Manila . |
| 19 | The earliest displays of Etruscan and Greek art in Republican Rome were seen at the triumphal parades of loot and prisoners held in the centre of Rome to celebrate the victories of Roman consuls , senior magistrates who led the army into battle . |
| 20 | Mme Guérigny was standing at the front door , her head pushed back , shouting up to the attic window for Jean-Claude . |
| 21 | After Joyce was convicted at the Old Bailey in September 1945 , he was driven away to Wormwood Scrubs under armed escort . |
| 22 | Young Archie was educated at the local National school until he was 14 and then apprenticed to Stephens & Sons , pioneers of the Stephens motor-car . |
| 23 | Yvonne was standing at the far end of the room in her red tent dress , her arms extended , a glass of brandy glimmering in one hand . |
| 24 | Crum Brown was educated at the Royal High School , Edinburgh , and Mill Hill School . |
| 25 | Madeleine was seated at the little writing-desk in the back corridor on the first floor . |
| 26 | And in 1656 Orontea was given at the archducal court of Innsbruck , where Cesti was already established and had produced his L ‘ Argia ( 1655 ) for the visit of Christina of Sweden . |
| 27 | When they went in Marc was standing at the high-arched window at the far end of a long refectory made sepulchral by huge arching beams of dark oak . |
| 28 | A Calvinistic Methodist , Ellis was educated at the British School , Llandderfel , and then at the grammar school in Bala . |
| 29 | Captain Don Ward asked to be readmitted after Mr Taylor was defeated at the general election , but party officials have now decided he ca n't come back . |
| 30 | Since there was no longer any need to make diplomatic gestures in the direction of right-wing totalitarianism , Lequerica was replaced at the Foreign Ministry by Alberto Martín Artajo y Alvárez , a man well known and much respected in Catholic circles at home and abroad . |