Example sentences of "were [vb pp] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crates of fruit and vegetables were stacked at the other end . |
| 2 | Where necessary , new bridges , such as the Pont Saint-Michel , were built to cross the Seine , whose quays were developed at the same time as arteries for traffic . |
| 3 | Barricades were erected at the precise boundary of the two religious communities in an area of no-man's-land between a Catholic cathedral and a Protestant church , both rumoured to be threatened by attack . |
| 4 | Practice ski lessons were arranged at the local dry ski slope . |
| 5 | They were halted at the outer guardhouse at the aforementioned trench , to identify themselves . |
| 6 | Some of the luggage was mislaid and after claims were placed at the lost luggage desk , it eventually turned up which meant a dash across the city out our ‘ 5-star accommodation ’ , the Vienna Marriott Hotel . |
| 7 | These lessons were given at the right time and were invaluable in later life . |
| 8 | On the second part , well nobody feels more strongly that I do about the problems of noise pollution and I agree entirely there er with what councillor has to say but may I remind members that this council did have a full service for a six months period , you all seem to have forgotten that , we did have a full service , an experimental one which ran for six months , er we were advised by the officers at the end of that period it was not necessary to run the full seven day a week service , it was not necessary we are still being advised that that is not necessary , that is the advice we were given at the last committee meeting and er the majority of members supported that . |
| 9 | They were treated at the Royal Liverpool Hospital for minor injuries . |
| 10 | Six C&P employees were treated at the occupational health centre before returning to work and two members of the public attended hospital but were later discharged . |
| 11 | The reason they 're rich in oxygen is because they were formed at the polar regions , alright ? |
| 12 | Traditionally it has been thought that meteorites were formed at the same time as the solar planets , and the composition of them was used as a ‘ fossil guide ’ to the make-up of the planets . |
| 13 | They were formed at the same time as the Quakers , actually , in sixteen fifty-two , and the main erm belief of the group was that John Reeve and his cousin Ludowick Muddleton were the two prophets who 'd been chosen by God as the last witnesses in the Book of Revelation . |
| 14 | And as we believe that erm the earth and the sun were formed at the same time , so we 're starting to know a lot more about the original material from which the sun and the earth were formed , and here we find that it 's just full of prebiotic molecules which we did not know beforehand and therefore puts a different perspective on what we think the earth 's early atmosphere might have been . |
| 15 | records were broken at the National Powerboat championships at fairford in Gloucestershire … winner was midlander Mark Rolls … |
| 16 | The government , the ruling National Party ( NP ) ( which sent a separate delegation ) , the African National Congress ( ANC ) and the Inkatha Freedom Party were joined at the preparatory meeting by the Pan-Africanist Congress ( PAC ) , the Democratic Party ( DP ) , the South African Communist Party , various other political parties , delegations from the 10 " homelands " or bantustans , and representatives of the Indian and Coloured communities . |
| 17 | Kazakhstan also introduced banking restrictions ; goods and money were stopped at the Kirgiz border . |
| 18 | They were painted at the Royal Academy Schools when I was a student immediately before the closing of the Schools in 1940 . |
| 19 | The first question we asked was , how many of the words spoken by the subject were posted at the correct place in the word lattice ? |
| 20 | The statutes of the institute were altered at the same time to give Servan-Schreiber executive control . |
| 21 | The Chairman 's vice chairman 's and treasurer 's posts , not filled at the A.G.M. were filled at the first meeting of the new session 1991 — 1992 as follows ; Dr. A. J. Watson chairman ; G. W. Davidson , vice chairman and Mrs. P. Fisher , treasurer . |
| 22 | The Chairman 's vice chairman 's and treasurer 's posts , not filled at the A.G.M. were filled at the first meeting of the new session 1991–1992 as follows ; Dr. A. J. Watson chairman ; G. W. Davidson , vice chairman and Mrs. P. Fisher , treasurer . |
| 23 | The stock dove almost disappeared from some areas , but , like other species that were hard-hit at the same time , it has since made a good recovery . |
| 24 | Computer People Group Plc saw lower profits for the year ending December 31 than were expected at the interim stage due to a drop in recruitment revenues in the UK and lower volume sales of consultancy services in the US . |
| 25 | Small holes were drilled at the appropriate places , to accept the pin of a large thumb-tack and the sleeve of my mechanical pencil . |
| 26 | From each transformant , small pieces of mycelium were picked at the thallus periphery and grown on minimal medium with or without uridine . |
| 27 | Prototype units were designed at the international workshops and discussed and modified in the field for the APSP was far more decentralised than the Mathematics programme . |
| 28 | No paralyses or other serious adverse events after OPV or IPV were reported at the 4–6 week visit . |
| 29 | NINE of 13 drug charges against a former tyre depot manager were dropped at the High Court in Aberdeen yesterday . |
| 30 | In different forms they were pursued at the second and third Councils of Constantinople ( 553 and 680–1 ) . |