Example sentences of "[pers pn] was at " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had next to none when I was at drama school and young actors need to know more about what will be expected of them on film sets and television studios . |
| 2 | Indeed when I was at the police college in 1987 and Jones was on the Senior Command Course prior to taking up a position as assistant chief constable , I took a straw poll among my immediate colleagues to see what influence such books achieve . |
| 3 | A year or so before that I was at a conference in America where deconstruction bulked largely on the agenda . |
| 4 | I decided to stay where I was at the moment until things quietened down . |
| 5 | Twenty minutes later I was at the head of the queue . |
| 6 | Twice I was at the cinema when it burned down . |
| 7 | I was at the Trocadero , Elephant and Castle , as an assistant manager , and there were a hundred and twenty-two on the staff . |
| 8 | So , through no fault of my own , I was at a loose end quite a bit . |
| 9 | When I was at university ( actually a rather seedy teacher training college in south-east London ) nobody could afford to run a car . |
| 10 | He gets annoyed if I say anything about it , but that does n't stop him going on about how slim I was at 17 when we first met . |
| 11 | ‘ Obviously I would like to be as successful as I was at Everton , ’ he said , ‘ but you can not do that in five minutes . |
| 12 | ‘ Obviously I would like to be as successful as I was at Everton , ’ he said , ‘ but you can not do that in five minutes . |
| 13 | He 'd meet me from school — I was at drama school then . |
| 14 | I was at that time in Jesus Christ , Superstar . |
| 15 | In 1974 I was at the National Theatre doing Shakespeare with Sir John Gielgud and whenever there was a play it was in repertory form , so another play came on and I had five days off , so I 'd fly to Toronto , have a three day ‘ loon ’ in Canada and then come back . |
| 16 | During the time that I was at MainMan , David had become more and more removed from us , but I figured that that was because he was so busy and that was the way it was when you had become a big star . |
| 17 | ‘ I was at Queen Eleanor 's and they urged me to go to university , but I wanted to be independent , so I came into the Met . ’ |
| 18 | When I was at the Transport Department , my aim was a good rail service for the public and as efficient a service as possible . |
| 19 | Quite a few years ago now I was at a Family Service on an Advent Sunday , and the young curate began his talk with a question addressed to the children . |
| 20 | Indeed , all the time I was at Salamanca , I was never once invited to anyone 's house . |
| 21 | I knew Washington quite well , having visited it two or three times while I was at Amherst in 1969 . |
| 22 | ‘ I was at Harrods , you know , modelling hats for the older woman . |
| 23 | ‘ I was at the National Theatre doing a play about a flying picket called Line ‘ Em by Nigel Williams . |
| 24 | ‘ When I was 14 I was at comprehensive in Milton Keynes . |
| 25 | It was a lot to do with the school I was at , and worrying about these other girls being prettier or cleverer than me . |
| 26 | In 1980 I was at the Cleveland debate between Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter . |
| 27 | A little later , I stood nervously beside my bag , hoping that I was at the right bus stop for Sligo . |
| 28 | ‘ George Harrison taught me that — I was at his house , and I noticed that all he had for breakfast was fresh fruit . |
| 29 | At the end of this fourth volume , I am still not certain whether I have been reading about a great man , any more than I was at the end of the third volume , or the second , or the first . |
| 30 | But after we 'd pulled over and Jeffrey Bernard had been unwell on the pavement , after the police car had been persuaded to leave us alone , and after we 'd finally got that hefty brute of a Bill Ellis Trophy fully upright again — in its carrying case and everything — I was at least able to start thinking partially straight again . |