Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pers pn] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Aztecs were using it at the time of the Spanish Conquest in the form of mosaic applied to wooden masks of their gods , combined with shell inlays for eyes and teeth ( Plate E ) . |
| 2 | We were to meet him at the airport , and when we were making all the arrangements with him on the phone , he said , ‘ Are you sure you 'll be able to recognize me ? ’ |
| 3 | His partner had suddenly remembered her brothers were to meet her at the door and take her home ( an old trick , this ) . |
| 4 | I did n't know if you were comparing it at the end . |
| 5 | So erm I do n't whether or not I s I still do n't think they were ultimately revolutionary , I think they were just erm people who they think were exploiting them at the time sort of erm you know in a certain situation |
| 6 | I was given it at the end of a stormy course on race relations given to staff at Hen don Police College . |
| 7 | My sister 's job was to meet her at the bus stop with the wheel basket so she did n't have to carry it up the road . |
| 8 | About once a week or fortnight I had to attend some quite high-powered meetings in London to which James came too , as I was feeding him at the time . |
| 9 | It 's bigger than British Telecom which , at its profitable peak , was coining it at the rate of £90 a second . |
| 10 | I was watching it at the movies , I was watching the whole thing at the cinema . |
| 11 | But Platt insisted that his only interest in Diego Maradona 's old club was beating them at the weekend to boost Bari 's survival chances . |
| 12 | But Platt insisted that his only interest in Diego Maradona 's old club was beating them at the weekend to boost Bari 's survival chances . |