Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [verb] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was when I was gazing dully at the finger , the heel of my hand resting in an intercostal space , that I felt the faintest flutter from below . |
| 2 | ‘ I was playing better at the end and if it had been a five set match I think I could have fought back . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Because I 'll never cry for you again , ’ I said , which was a very false promise , because I was crying inside at the time , and only I know how much I cried for her later . |
| 4 | ‘ I was working late at the office as you know . |
| 5 | I was left cruelly at the mercy of the ‘ sames ’ : a different in the middle of identicals . |
| 6 | I have read Primo Levi 's experience at Auschwitz and I produced a series of paintings based on the Holocaust which were exhibited together at the Mercury Gallery . |
| 7 | His on-stage father would unsnap the child 's clothes , which were held together at the back by a clasp , pack them with toothbrush , pyjamas , and reading matter , and throw the patient luggage at an assistant stage manager dressed as a railway porter . |
| 8 | We on this side of the House will continue to propose and to support policies which give practical effect to the hope for a new and durable world order of peace , liberty , and prosperity which was expressed again at the United Nations last week . |
| 9 | The officer had dismounted from the grey horse which was skittering nervously at the road s edge . |
| 10 | But he took the evening paper suggestion more seriously , and it eventually emerged as the London Daily News , which was changed ambitiously at the last minute into Britain 's first twenty-four-hour ‘ rolling newspaper ’ , aimed at pulling both evening and morning sales . |
| 11 | Hence , this was the first of his conference performances which was aimed primarily at the nation . |
| 12 | In a written statement Bush claimed that the legislation , which was aimed partly at the sale of chemical weapons technology to Iraq , had been vetoed because it " would severely constrain presidential authority in carrying out foreign policy " . |
| 13 | The Home Office granted her political asylum with uncharacteristic haste and from then on she was interviewed constantly by every newspaper and radio network represented in Britain — including , of course , the BBC 's German language service , which was aimed directly at the East Zone . |
| 14 | On the wall at the end of the Long Room hangs one of the few remaining copies of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic , which was read aloud at the General Post Office on Easter Monday 1916 . |
| 15 | She was dressed in a long white robe of finely pleated linen , which was belted loosely at the waist . |
| 16 | Quality assurance in Chemistry was the subject of the Radio-chemical Method 's Group 's AGM meeting , which was held recently at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington . |
| 17 | Since then the district rate had risen steadily ; so too had rents , responsibility for which was laid firmly at the door of landlords and hence the Alliance : –Tote Labour and keep out Alliance landlords ' , concluded E Reed after a brief analysis of increases in rents ( Election leaflet 1920 ) . |
| 18 | Police today appealed to anyone who saw the killers ' car , a black Vauxhall Carlton , registration XXI 7255 , which was found later at the Shore Road , Greencastle . |
| 19 | Shorter himself was displayed prominently at the busiest intersection of the moor , Wishmoor Cross , where three counties and four parishes meet . |
| 20 | Police are particularly anxious to trace a courting couple who were seen nearby at the time of the attack . |
| 21 | It is good that both these kennels , who were established right at the start of the breed 's development , are still active today . |
| 22 | Sir if I could complete the er arithmetic , I think it would be helpful , if you were to look again at the single page note that was handed on this morning . |
| 23 | by the time Sophie-Carmen was six , she was improvising freely at the piano ( though it was to be a year-and-a-half before she had any formal instruction in music ) . |
| 24 | I glanced at Carol but she was staring vacantly at the fire . |
| 25 | She was peering closely at the drawings . |
| 26 | Gazing blankly at the colour chart that was thrust into her hands , she felt as though she was falling apart at the seams , as though all the muscles and tendons that were holding her body together were snapping one by one . |
| 27 | Mrs Page-Alucard had apparently been murdered while she was working alone at the centre . |
| 28 | We , have I told you about the policeman who was fixed permanently at the ? |
| 29 | " There 's been a death in his family , " Tom said to the barman who was looking curiously at the pale , wide-eyed young man . |
| 30 | He was leaning against the casualty department door leering at the nurse who was dabbing gently at the three parallel scratches on Martin 's face . |