Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] was at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I was at the party but I did n't see anything suspicious . ’ |
| 2 | She just had to turn out , and there was nothing coming down , foot down , opened up , got I was at the top of the hill and she was nowhere in sight . |
| 3 | ‘ How did you know I was at the Holiday Inn ? ’ |
| 4 | There never was any threat from them to Barbara — they did n't know she was at the flat because she was in her room when they burst in . |
| 5 | He asked instead why Hunter-Blair had not said he was at the Post on the day of the murder and why he had troubled to ask Linley to keep his presence secret . |
| 6 | The guy was probably dead when we tipped him into the shaft — we just assumed he was at the time though the older I got the less sure of that I was — but even if was n't , he must have been killed when he hit the bottom ; it 's thirty metres at least . |
| 7 | For a minute she did n't know where she was and , as she realised she was at the farm , fear stayed firmly with her . |
| 8 | She could see she was at the point where the police might be going to do some hard questioning . |
| 9 | I should have thought it was at the bottom |
| 10 | Patrick was wishing he was at the wheel . |
| 11 | Ok roger I was at the Fav and I guess you were but there were two guys fitting your description ( I never knew that sheepskins were so popular ! ) |
| 12 | I thought I was at the office . ’ |
| 13 | The next time I saw her was at the crematorium . |
| 14 | Before his reign the site would have been on the southernmost borders of the empire ; when he died it was at the empire 's heart . |
| 15 | He felt he was at the heart not just of Royalbion House , not even of London , but of the entire cosmos . |
| 16 | Next thing I knew he was at the door , insisting that I accept the invitation and asking me if I was prepared to make another documentary with him ! |
| 17 | did n't like us , oh no , no , no matter where we went there was always , there was n't trouble like there is now , I mean there was no violence as such you know , but we thought it was at the time , you know , they were n't very nice to us at all |
| 18 | I think I was at the end of the line . |
| 19 | Actually , I think it was at the opening of Pork because Andy came to the opening and David had that song on the ‘ Hunky Dory ’ album called ‘ Andy Warhol ’ , so we made sure they met . ’ |
| 20 | Kate wished she was at the pantomime . |
| 21 | Maman said it was at the back , the other way from the bathroom end of the corridor . |
| 22 | But you said he was at the bottom of the stairs I was at the top and you were in his office |
| 23 | I was determined it was at the burn that came down by the distillery at the edge of the town . |