Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] at the [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three concrete blocks were cemented to the patio stones at the rear of the new pond as a base for this filter — it was important that these were all at the same level . |
| 2 | In Friedmann 's models , the galaxies are all moving directly away from each other-so it is not surprising that at some time in the past they were all at the same place . |
| 3 | But the trouble was they were both at the same time after school where she was meant to be decorating the hall for the disco after school that night . |
| 4 | The dating of Romano-British mosaics is not yet sensitive enough to exclude the possibility that the regular grid arrangements ( already discussed ) , the simple " or quincunx-panel lozenge formats , and these centralised designs were not broadly contemporary ( that each was possible at the same time , depending on the taste or knowledge of the client or mosaicist ) . |
| 5 | Elizabeth Maginnis , the convener , said the timetable for change — starting at the start of next school year and to cover all schools by April 1996 — was unrealistic at the same time as local government was being reformed . |
| 6 | Motivated by an 1841 paper of Boole , Cayley , who was interested at the same time in algebraic aspects of projective geometry , began seeking invariants of homogeneous forms of degree n in two and more variables . |
| 7 | He was proud that the invisible spirit animating the slight frame had dared to conceive the intended deed as his duty ; but he was afraid at the same time that he would lack the courage to endure the pain and carry it through . |
| 8 | ‘ Dr Armitage , I confess I had hoped for a little more from someone who knew Dr Wetherby so well and was resident at the same convention . |