Example sentences of "[adv] he was [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he was sitting at the kitchen table eating his plate of beans when Donald walked in . |
| 2 | Inwardly he was seething at the slight to his authority , but under the eagle-eyed scrutiny of his superior in the dreaded society , he carefully kept his features blank . |
| 3 | All the alleged incidents are said to have taken place between 1980 when he was fostered at the age of six by the family and 1985 . |
| 4 | All the alleged incidents are said to have taken place between 1980 when he was fostered at the age of six by the family and 1985 . |
| 5 | In 1911 , when he was working at the Rockefeller Institute in New York , he described the transmission of a malignant new growth by means of a cell-free filtrate . |
| 6 | She threw her arms around Piers where he was sitting at the breakfast table , and nipped his neck with her teeth . |
| 7 | When we come to Waterloo the Great Duke 's extraordinary ability to be exactly where he was needed at the crucial moment is well described , as are his outward calm and inspiring courage . |
| 8 | ‘ No , sir , I do n't know that , but I know why he was waiting at the gate . |