Example sentences of "[noun sg] was at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What it means to BPExploration was at the centre of last year 's R&D strategy review . |
| 2 | Second , Jones ' experiment was at the stage where its results were moving forward the fastest . |
| 3 | She knew Marek 's bedroom was at the back of the house . |
| 4 | Her bedroom was at the back of the house . |
| 5 | Our bedroom was at the top of a winding staircase and afforded views of the square outside . |
| 6 | In the normal subjects the fasted mean serum APGPR concentration was at the detection limit of the assay but postprandially two peaks of APGPR immunoreactivity were seen in the first and second hours after the start of the meal ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 7 | And once their physical usefulness was at an end , the Robemaker tore out the souls of his slaves and carried them to the Soul Eaters in the Cruachan Cavern , which some believed were the Gates of Hell . |
| 8 | ’ Gharr was at the spaceport when I landed , and he stopped me tight away . |
| 9 | The tall , thin young man stood up , realizing that the interview was at an end . |
| 10 | His official car was at the kerb . |
| 11 | At 8.30 , the cyclist was arriving at the finish , the motorbike had arrived 5 mins before ( but note , no time had been taken in finding a parking place , which would normally be the case ) ; the car was at the Morrison St — Lothian Road junction , and the bus had taken ten minutes to reach George IV Bridge , less than a mile . |
| 12 | The fires burned through the night , signalling across the forest that the era of the rajathuk was at an end . |
| 13 | You did n't cos the tape was at the beginning of the tape . |
| 14 | But I knew that it was no massive dental operation in progress but that the sluice itself was blocked by leaves , that the water going into the pipe which fed the turbine was at a minimum and that if I did n't get up and deal with the problem the turbine would shut down and the melin would be pretty cold in the morning . |
| 15 | They range from the impressive Eric Jones-Evans and Alan Tagg collections to a small but exquisite ( and previously unknown ) portrait of Ellen Terry , painted when this legendary actress was at the start of her career in Bristol and presented to the Collection by the artist 's granddaughter . |
| 16 | Hospitals were reduced to emergency cover , schools were closed , and much of industry was at a standstill . |
| 17 | Military expenditure therefore absorbed 70 per cent of revenues , and over half the country 's industry was at a standstill , the remainder working below capacity . |
| 18 | The revival of industry was at the heart of Mr Lamont 's Autumn Statement . |
| 19 | Our carriage was at the front of the train so that when she got out she was right at the end of the platform beyond the canopy with its wooden fretwork coping , in the middle of fields . |
| 20 | At the time of our first visit the construction of the large oil terminal was at the planning stage . |
| 21 | Humiliation was at the centre of Jock Stein 's disciplinary philosophy . |
| 22 | Cycling was at the centre of a number of social panics . |
| 23 | However , since about 1985 there had been a divergence of judicial thinking on the subject and the law was at a cross-roads . |
| 24 | A junction where judgments were required was signalled by the experimenter sounding a tone when the vehicle was at the centre of the junction . |
| 25 | The Princess was at the unit to launch a new leaflet aimed at raising cash to pay for research into cures for paralysis . |
| 26 | There was a hill there , pretty steep , and the bar was at the bottom of it . |
| 27 | A constable was at the door to regulate the stream of people going into the chapel , and she was directed to the eastern gallery . |
| 28 | You went off a main road went down another road and the village was at the end of a road and that was the end of it . |
| 29 | As was the custom , such applicants were expected to do some work in exchange for shelter in the sleeping cell and for their food , and such work was at the discretion of the labour master . |
| 30 | An Indian girl in a blue sari was at the cash desk in Marianne Price 's place . |