Example sentences of "was at such " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were three possible air-launched solutions : the US Air Force 's Skybolt , which could be modified to fit the V-bombers ; a simpler British ‘ ram jet ’ , called Pandora , suitable for the TSR 2 , whose development was at such an early stage that costs could only be guessed ; and further development of the existing Blue Steel stand-off bomb on which work had been stopped after the Sandys Defence Review . |
| 2 | From time to time , and I think mainly to keep in touch , Aunt Janie would ring me to ask if I could come to the house to help with a small task , such as fixing the cellar door , hammering in a stray loose plank over the cistern and so on — although she must have known as well as I did how useless I was at such household chores . |
| 3 | It was amazing how little the money was at such a famous and unbelievably well-supported club . |
| 4 | Youthful offenders were also believed to be getting younger , and according to one magistrate parental authority was at such a low ebb that ‘ it is melancholy to find that some parents are not ashamed to confess that children of seven or eight years old are entirely beyond their control ’ , while another thought that ‘ in nine cases out of ten , children are entirely masters of the position ’ . |
| 5 | It was at such times , he said , that he was divested of all those characteristics of family , personality and reputation which identified him to the outside world . |
| 6 | I was surprised , as I always was at such moments , how slim and small she felt . |
| 7 | Space was at such a premium here that the narrow side streets had long since been filled with structures . |
| 8 | When the Shah realized that his hosts family was at such risk , said Marenches , he agreed to leave within three weeks . |
| 9 | He wanted to do more than just look ; it was at such times that he felt the urge to paint . |
| 10 | Robbie could scarcely believe this was the same man who was at such pains to keep her at a safe distance , until she reflected that in Fen 's eyes Miss Taylor would present no threat to his reserve . |
| 11 | When I took him in he was at such a stage he had to go in in a wheelchair . |