Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manager Alan Murray , assistant manager Eddie Kyle and McAndrew were at the Northern League club at the same time . |
| 2 | He also expected support from Russia , but the tsar was too preoccupied with the affairs of Europe , where Napoleon was at the height of his powers , and Adam Czartoryski , the Russian foreign minister , advised negotiations with the Turks , rather than war . |
| 3 | This is not unnatural , as in the 1970s and early 1980s Spencer was at the Queen 's University , Belfast , and an active member of the All Children Together Movement . |
| 4 | Not less important , Kunaev was at the centre of an elaborate network of patronage and corruption which was clearly threatened by the imposition of an ethnic and political outsider . |
| 5 | Barr was at the CIA from 1973 to 1977 when Bush himself was director , and served on the White House domestic policy staff when Bush was Vice-President . |
| 6 | Nokia was at the Imagination Gallery off Tottenham Court Road . |
| 7 | ACTOR John Travolta was at the centre of a mid-air mystery last night . |
| 8 | Mr. Scott was at the head of his art in Europe , and he ( Sir Joseph Paxton ) said , that the building he had designed was a beautiful building . |
| 9 | Richard Barnett was at the finishing line . |
| 10 | ‘ He 's a better prospect than Gazza was at the same age , ’ said McDermott after the 19-year-old tormented Cambridge . |
| 11 | Police said they had no idea why Roberts was at the court as he was not due to appear on any charges . |
| 12 | NICK FALDO was at the centre of a heated row as he surrendered the lead in the $1.65 million Sun City Challenge in South Africa yesterday . |
| 13 | Various other reports suggest that Wise was at the mill up to 1890 . |
| 14 | Hugh was at the Milton sit-in , where the workers won a fight to stop compulsory redundancies but lost the war . |
| 15 | SALES rep Adam Nicholson was at the end of a huge traffic jam on the fog-bound M62 when he glanced in his rear-view mirror . |
| 16 | Noel Koch was the deputy assistant for international security affairs at the Defense Department when North was at the NSC ; he had been given a code-name , and it was ‘ Aaron ’ . |
| 17 | COVENTRY CITY managing director George Curtis was at the centre of a boardroom bust-up yesterday over his ‘ staggering ’ £163,000 annual income . |
| 18 | While all this was happening , Sukarno was at the house of his Japanese wife , Dewi . |
| 19 | May was at the table piling sandwiches on an already full plate , Frank was cutting into a large fruit loaf , and they both turned and hailed her brightly , saying , ‘ Hello , there ! ’ |
| 20 | Lieutenant Ward Bond was at the wheel of the police convertible hot on his tail . |
| 21 | Carol was at the coffee machine , stoking up for the day , the cover not yet off her typewriter . |
| 22 | Mr Sugden was at the pub , avoiding the necessity for sympathy . |
| 23 | And Caswell was at the bottom of it … ’ |
| 24 | National Chairman John Cryne was at the festival to give Jim Jordon , on the left in the picture , an engraved tankard . |
| 25 | DIEGO Maradona was at the centre of an incident which provoked a mass brawl between Cadiz and Sevilla players in a Spanish league match yesterday . |
| 26 | Peter and Gwenda Dixon were at the wrong place , at the wrong time . |
| 27 | Sheila and Mona were at the convent secondary school , Michael was finishing national school . |
| 28 | Firemen from Richmond were at the scene for about 90 minutes . |
| 29 | Mr Hussey was at the meeting . |
| 30 | Mr Hussey was at the meeting . |