Example sentences of "was [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In effect , Talabecland had ceded from the Empire , and was joined at various times by other provinces that were dissatisfied with the current elected Emperor . |
| 2 | During his visit to Shenzhen and Shuhai Deng was joined at various times by other high-ranking leaders , including President Yang Shangkun , Yang Baibing , President Yang 's younger brother and a member of the central committee secretariat of the ruling Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) and secretary-general of the Central Military Commission , Qiao Shih , a member of the CCP politburo standing committee and central committee secretariat , and Zhu Rongji , a reformist Vice-Premier . |
| 3 | As a family 's income rose , so the cash aid was withdrawn at different rates for different members of the sample . |
| 4 | At the 1987 election he was cocooned at Labour headquarters , surrounded by television screens , satellite aerials and endlessly insistent telephones . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , it was treated at considerable cost before being allowed to enter the water system , whilst slurry was allowed to enter rivers untreated . |
| 6 | Entertainment value was limited at Ayresome Park on Saturday . |
| 7 | An impressive demonstration of this was given at Great Casterton in the first section across the town rampart in 1950 ( Corder , 1951 ) , excavated with meticulous care as part of a training school ; every sherd was collected and recorded , totalling in all about 100 from the bank . |
| 8 | erm I just put that up , which should have been up while we were talking about money , which is erm the beautiful Oxford crown , which you can see downstairs , which was minted at New Inn Hall , the college that emptied , and was turned into the mint , mostly from college plate . |
| 9 | Much of the actual mock-up assembly work was completed in Hawaii before the filming , but the preliminary moulding and construction was completed at Long Beach and then shipped to Pearl Harbor . |
| 10 | Relevant factors included ( 1 ) the hirer 's lack of expertise in the plant hire business ; ( 2 ) that the contract was arranged at short notice and was for a short period of hire ; it was therefore difficult for the plaintiff hirers to arrange insurance cover ; ( 3 ) that the clause was not the subject of negotiation ; ( 4 ) that the hirers had little or no control over the way the driver did his job . |
| 11 | AN epileptic was mugged at knife-point as he lay semi-conscious after a crippling fit . |
| 12 | The other man moved over to join them , gripping Connelly 's right arm so that his hand was groping at empty air . |
| 13 | Yorkshire 's most testing time came soon after lunch when Metcalfe , after top-scoring with 38 , was well taken by Rajesh Maru at first slip against Cardigan Connor and David Byas was caught at mid wicket off Paul-Jan Bakker to make them a shaky 95 for three . |
| 14 | Ranatunga was caught at short leg with just four runs needed , giving Jayasuriya his moment of glory , while Tillekeratne remained 36 not out . |
| 15 | He was educated at New College , Oxford , as one of a small band of mature students sponsored in 1937 by the Oxford Delegacy for Extra-mural Studies , got a soccer Blue , and became a lifelong worker for the WEA . |
| 16 | He was educated at New College , Oxford , and proceeded to the degree of BCL in 1599 , having become MA and studied civil law for three years . |
| 17 | he was educated at Quaker schools in Penkelt , Cheshire ; Bootham School , York ; and Glasgow High School . |
| 18 | He was educated at Quaker institutions : Sidcot School and Woodbrooke College , Birmingham , where he took the social studies course . |
| 19 | He was educated at private schools in London , then served his apprenticeship from 1879 to 1882 in the locomotive works in Bow . |
| 20 | He was educated at private schools in England , the Athénée Royal in Brussels , and in Paris . |
| 21 | He was educated at private schools in Kew and Maida Vale , and in 1866 entered the Royal College of Chemistry , presided over by Dr Edward Frankland . |
| 22 | He was educated at local schools and at the Leeds Mechanics ' Institution and Literary Society , where he was a diligent student in drawing and mathematics . |
| 23 | He was educated at local authority schools in Lowestoft , Hemel Hempstead , and London , and evening classes in Manchester . |
| 24 | He was educated at local schools , including the Devonport Classical and Mathematical School , and became an apprentice to his father . |
| 25 | He was educated at local council schools until he obtained employment as a shipping clerk , working with several companies until he was thirty-eight . |
| 26 | He was educated at top school Ampleforth — not Eton as many believe . |
| 27 | He was educated at secondary school in Vienna and at the University of Vienna , where he graduated in medicine in 1927 . |
| 28 | Each table was cut off from the next by screens of greenery ; even so , from where he sat he had a view of what was happening at other tables and on other levels . |
| 29 | In other words , awareness that something was happening at national level did not provide workable lines along which local managers could shape their own efforts . |
| 30 | Suddenly the section of the audience that was laughing at Italian children flinging spaghetti realised that everyone else had fallen silent . |