Example sentences of "was [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one demonstration my car was stopped at a hospital entrance but it soon became clear that much of the resentment was directed at what were seen as remote hospital authorities ‘ up there , . |
| 2 | A UN military observer , Colonel Walter van Dijk , who was with the convoy when it was stopped at a police and army barricade in Serbia yesterday , said the fate of the convoy had been ‘ resolved at the highest level ’ . |
| 3 | She went over to the Cookery and Refreshments Tent , but was stopped at the entrance by a pale-faced Constable Perkins . |
| 4 | Everything went according to plan and at noon the steward was stopped at the gate . |
| 5 | I knew she 'd better be told , otherwise she 'd get a bonnie fright when she was stopped at the paydesk and accused of shoplifting . |
| 6 | I was stopped at the horse-car entrance by a locked door and , in response to my repeated knocking , by a determined female who told me I was n't welcome . |
| 7 | An exhibition of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century watercolours from the Hermitage , which was planned for Kaliningrad , was stopped at the Latvian customs . |
| 8 | He drove out onto Mount Pleasant and was stopped at the temporary lights where the new sewer pipe was going in . |
| 9 | He went down the stairs and was stopped at the sound of voices . |
| 10 | Jehana 's mare was stopped at the far end of it , and Alexei was at her side . |
| 11 | Oh it was a horse-drawn , horse-drawn , there were no cars on the road in those days , I think I was one of the earliest to get knocked down by a car actually in Walsall , I was er , when we lived in Street he came down Street and immediately opposite there was a Co-op shop opposite Birds the fruitiers , and mother sent me down to the Co-op and the old trams used to run along the Pleck to Darlaston , Wednesbury and that way on and I ran across the road , past the Co-op the tram and a car must have just bumped into me and he knocked me down , a terrible commotion amongst the folks and could n't have hurt them much , because I got up and ran off , ran off home , so they were restricted in you see and the speed they could go in the car , but the car , the tram car was stopped at the bottom of Street , almost opposite the Co-op and er I must have just run across the road run into the car and more or less bounced off it I should think . |
| 12 | He was joined at the door by his wife and daughter . |
| 13 | Who on earth was thumping at the door like that early in the morning ? |
| 14 | Diana was enrolled at a girls ' day-school , Charles at a nearby kindergarten . |
| 15 | In July , the month in which Vincent was enrolled at the mission school , a desperate Tolstoy and his friend Stakhov set off on a pilgrimage to the Optina Pustyn Monastery not far from Moscow . |
| 16 | Finally I was enrolled at the Royal College of Physicians . |
| 17 | A programme for the Cooperative Party was formulated at the conference soon after its formation . |
| 18 | Which was how the Khan of the Merkuts — along with his escort , his retinue , and the principal members of his family — came to be crossing a bridge which was erected at the height of the second floor across several of the principal buildings in the better part of the merchants ' quarter of Kinsai . |
| 19 | Sheila and Mona were writing at side tables ; Michael was kneeling at the big armchair , a book between his elbows , as if in prayer , a position he sometimes used for studying . |
| 20 | Malc was kneeling at the altar and a price ticket of 39/11d ( nearly two quid ) decorated the sole of his shoe . |
| 21 | Malc was kneeling at the alter and a price ticket of 39/11 decorated the sole of his shoe . ’ |
| 22 | Poor Damien was kneeling at the entrance to the sanctuary screen , an easy target for someone lurking here with a crossbow . ’ |
| 23 | Further , women were penalised because their pension was calculated at a less favourable rate than for men on account of their longer life expectancy . |
| 24 | He got together with Clyde Walcott , a happy refereeing choice for three Tests in England this summer between England and Pakistan , and they ruled that the rule called for 90 overs to be bowled every day , and the allowance for wickets would only be taken into account for fining purposes when each side 's overall rate was calculated at the end of the game . |
| 25 | Ahead , the MTWTV convoy was halted at a red light , and behind , Presley 's finest followed the armoured car with its onboard demon , at a leisurely and unhurried pace . |
| 26 | The Renault in front was halted at the French border . |
| 27 | The race was successfully held the following day , but with no major success for the British team and indeed that state of affairs was to continue at the world cups before Christmas , at Val d'Isere and Val Gardena , with the exception of my brother Graham 's reasonable 32nd place at Val d'Isere , just two seconds down on the winner . |
| 28 | The underside of the handle is slotted to receive a knife blade which was riveted at the dolphin 's tail . |
| 29 | Staff held a 48-hour strike last week and said a 72-hour strike would be held this week unless Paul Knight was reinstated at the home in Barnet . |
| 30 | Steve 's prompt action was recalled at a special dinner in Southend when he and 13 other Credit Card staff were presented with Quality of Service Awards — a selection of crystal — by Senior Manager Bob Docherty . |