Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Fleischmann and Pons were announcing their results at the press conference before they had told any of their scientific colleagues . |
| 2 | On the contrary , they were risking their lives at the forefront of discovery in a new branch of science . |
| 3 | It began one morning at breakfast in the days when I was still a bachelor and Tristan and I were taking our places at the mahogany dining table . |
| 4 | Andy did some earlier work for Palm and Palm were showing their products at the ISPO exhibition . |
| 5 | they were dangling their toes at the end of this thing . |
| 6 | Amanda Fergusson was directing her field-glasses at the Monastery of Saint James , and her face bore an expression of prim pleasure which shocked her companion . |
| 7 | I suddenly found that I was losing my powers at a time when I needed them most . |
| 8 | Soon I was pricking my ears at every hiss and rustle , every creak and sigh , every flap , scuttle and click . |
| 9 | One spring-driven second later she 'd cut herself free , and two seconds after that she was showing her heels at the side door . |